Taking the Helm

Chairing with discord

  • 5 June 2025

This webinar is designed to equip board chairs and leaders with the skills to effectively steer a fractured board toward collaboration and productivity.

 

This session will explore methods for handling power struggles, defusing tensions, and fostering a culture of constructive debate while maintaining control and authority. Participants will gain practical tools to transform boardroom conflicts into opportunities for growth and stronger governance.

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Background information

Join us for an insightful webinar series where we will explore the evolving role of the board chair in today’s fast-paced business and governance landscape. As organizations face increasing complexity, regulatory changes, and heightened stakeholder expectations, the responsibilities of board chairs have expanded beyond traditional oversight.

 

This series of webinars will provide expert guidance on modern chairmanship, equipping leaders with the skills and strategies needed to foster effective governance, drive strategic decision-making, and build resilient boards and organizations. We will also examine how chairs can enhance board dynamics, manage stakeholder relationships, and ensure that governance structures remain agile in a rapidly changing world.

 

Leading a board can be challenging, but when dysfunction and discord arise among members, the role of the chair becomes even more demanding. 

 

This event is a must-attend for board chairs, directors, and governance professionals facing the complexities of managing a fractured boardroom.

 

This session will delve into the key challenges of chairing a dysfunctional board, from handling power struggles and personality clashes to fostering productive discussions in a tense environment. Participants will gain valuable insights into maintaining authority, improving decision-making processes, and transforming boardroom conflict into constructive dialogue. This webinar will provide actionable strategies for regaining control and restoring board cohesion. Attendees will explore best practices for conflict resolution, techniques for building consensus, and methods to encourage a culture of respect and collaboration.

 

Whether you are dealing with disengaged members, vocal dissenters, or leadership resistance, this session will equip you with the tools needed to lead with confidence, turn discord into progress, and ensure your board operates effectively.

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DATE:
5 June 2025

 

TIME: 

04:00 – 05:00 ET

08:00 – 09:00 UTC

09:00 – 10:00 UK

10:00 – 11:00 CEST

10:00 – 11:00 South Africa

11:00 – 12:00 Saudi Arabia

13:30 – 14:30 India

16:00 – 17:00 China

17:00 – 18:00 Japan

18:00 – 19:00 Sydney

20:00 – 21:00 Auckland

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Prof. Mervyn King

Patron, Good Governance Academy

Mervyn King is a Senior Counsel, former Judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa, and designated Chartered Director (South Africa). He is Professor Extraordinaire at the University of South Africa, Honorary Professor at the Universities of Pretoria and Cape Town, and a Visiting Professor at Rhodes University. He has honorary Doctorates from Wits University and Stellenbosch University in South Africa, Leeds University in the UK, and Deakin University in Australia.

 

Mervyn is honorary fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales; the Institute of Internal Auditors of the UK; the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants; the Certified Public Accountants of Australia; the Chartered Institute of Public Relations of the UK, and the Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

 

Mervyn is Chair Emeritus of the King Committee on Corporate Governance in South Africa, as well as of the Value Reporting Foundation (incorporating the International Integrated Reporting Council and SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). He has received Lifetime Achievement Awards for promoting quality corporate governance globally, from several institutions.

 

Mervyn chairs the Good Law Foundation and has chaired the United Nations Committee of Eminent persons on Governance and Oversight. He is a member of the Private Sector Advisory Group to the World Bank on Corporate Governance and of the ICC Court of Arbitration in Paris. Mervyn currently chairs the African Integrated Reporting Council and the Integrated Reporting Committee of South Africa and is Patron of the Good Governance Academy.

 

Mervyn has been a chair, director and chief executive of several companies listed on the London, Luxembourg and Johannesburg Stock Exchanges. He has consulted, advised and spoken on legal, business, advertising, sustainability and corporate governance issues in over 60 countries and has received many awards from international bodies around the world including the World Federation of Stock Exchanges and the International Federation of Accountants.

 

He is the author of many books on governance, sustainability and reporting, the latest being “The Healthy Company.”

Carolynn Chalmers

Chief Executive Officer, Good Governance Academy

Carolynn Chalmers is the Chief Executive Officer of Professor Mervyn King’s Good Governance Academy and its initiative, The ESG Exchange. She has edited two international standards: ISO 37000:2021 – Governance of organizations – Guidance and its associated Governance Maturity Model, ISO 37004:2023.

 

Carolynn makes corporate dreams come true, assisting leaders and leadership teams in how to create value for their organisations. She makes use of her expertise and experience in corporate governance, organizational strategy, Digital Transformation, and IT to do so.

 

Carolynn is an Independent Committee Member of South Africa’s largest private Pension Fund, the Eskom Pension and Provident Fund, and recently retired as Independent Committee member of several board committees for the Government Employee Medical Scheme. Carolynn has extensive management, assurance and governance experience and has held various Executive roles for international, listed, private and public organisations across many industries.

 

Carolynn is best known for her successes in establishing governance frameworks, and designing and the leading large, complex initiatives that can result. She attributes this success to the application of good governance principles. She shares her insights on her 2 LinkedIn Groups – Applying King IV and Corporate Governance Institute. 

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Senior Lecturer, College of Accounting Sciences, University of South Africa

Dr Grebe is a chartered accountant and senior lecturer at the University of South Africa (Unisa). 

 

She teaches postgraduate accounting sciences through blended learning using technology in distance education, and through face-to-face study schools throughout South Africa. During her employment at Unisa, she also acted as Coordinator: Master’s and Doctoral Degrees for the College of Accounting Sciences (CAS), chairperson of the research ethics committee and chairperson of the Gauteng North Region of the Southern African Accounting Association (SAAA). 

 

Before joining Unisa as academic, she gained ten years’ experience in audit practice and in commerce.