Next-Up Blog

29 November 2018 By Victoria Tomlinson

Non-Executive Roles  Helping Charities  Conference  Unretirement  Events  Networking  Skills  Trustees

How we can learn from the young – to stay young?

Last week we held the first Next-Up conference. ‘Blown away’ was a phrase I kept hearing through the day. We had more than 100 seasoned professionals as delegates – people who have left or are leaving corporate life and don’t want to ‘retire’ – mixed up with young tech entrepreneurs, charities, private equity firms, headhunters and an online magazine looking for writers.

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16 November 2018 By Guest writer Simon Hill

Non-Executive Roles  Mentoring  Conference 

Mentoring young tech entrepreneurs - Learning more than we give?

I’ve recently had an enlightening and yet humbling experience. I have been working with a young tech entrepreneur and was looking forward to sharing my wisdom. What I never expected was that I would learn as much, if not more, from him.

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4 October 2018 By Guest writer Jonny Ross

Non-Executive Roles  Skills  Blog  Conference

Why all non-executive directors need to be strong digital leaders

Non-executive directors need to understand digital or they will fail the companies they serve. In this blog, Digital Strategist Jonny Ross from Fleek Marketing explains why he believes retirement is the perfect time to get digital.

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11 September 2018 By Guest writer Judy Atchison

Non-Executive Roles 

Is a non-executive director role right for you? Is it the holy grail?

Retirement is no longer what it was. As we are all fitter and more active for longer, so we want more from life after an executive career. There is almost an expectation that as you step down from your chief executive, director or partner responsibilities, a non-executive director role awaits you.

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9 August 2018 By Guest writer Sue Tyrer

Non-Executive Roles 

5 new challenges for a non-executive director

Being a non-executive director is no longer a part-time occupation. For those thinking about a non-executive portfolio as a wind-down activity after retirement, they would do well to read the latest Guidance on Board Effectiveness, issued by the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) in July 2018.

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