Trust can take years to build but it doesn't have to. Here are five guiding principles for speeding things up.

A board is a social system which needs to be consciously and intentionally developed if it is to evolve to become a trusted resource for the management team and stakeholders that it serves.

The approachability of your board will be partly based upon how you react to bad news.

The approachability of your board will be also based upon how well you listen - with curiosity rather that judgement.

Ideally the management team should look forward to conversations with the board...are they searching, even handed and inclusive of different voices?

5 tips to make your board more approachable and therefore likely to hear the truth, sooner.

Ten tips and tricks to help you to navigate interpersonal empathy

Assertiveness is a stance that we can represent in how we speak to people - or indeed in how we relate to the world. This crib sheet may bust a few myths...