by Siobhan Considine | Oct 15, 2026 | Blog
Every meeting develops its own language. Certain phrases and shorthand build up over time, with the people around the board table who know the organisations’ history able to understand exactly what they mean. For a minute taker, these phrases are a signal to pay...
by Siobhan Considine | Aug 11, 2026 | Blog
The boardroom often feels different in August. It may mean a paper is postponed until September, a decision left sitting on the action tracker a little longer, a forecast quietly revisited outside the formal cycle, or a strategy session held without a board paper in...
by Siobhan Considine | Jun 11, 2026 | Blog
A board pack rarely changes by accident. Recent research found that the average board pack now runs to 226 pages. That is a lot of information for any board to work through and a lot of places for something important to hide. A supplementary finance paper issued...
by Siobhan Considine | May 26, 2026 | Blog
For years, the conversation around AI has been driven by a single, unsettling question: is it coming for our jobs? For Executive Assistants, the question has felt particularly loaded: is this technology here to support us, or to replace us? AI has been quietly...
by Siobhan Considine | Feb 28, 2026 | Blog
Most charity boards are filled with committed, capable and passionate people. Research from Charity Excellence and GOV.UK shows that 66% of trustees and staff rate their passion for their cause as 10 out of 10, with over 80% recommending the role to others. But...
