12.2024

Socia has been chosen to carry out a Board Effectiveness Review at the Government Property Agency – following a similar review we completed in 2021. The Government Property Agency (GPA) was established in 2018 as an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office and...

11.2024

Alex Cameron from Socia participated as part of a team of presenters from the Board Effectiveness Guild in a Governance Magazine webcast. This event focused on Stakeholder perspectives on Board Reviews. Alex’s contribution concentrated on managing the...

10.2024

We recently hosted our annual Board dinner at the Globe Theatre with a group of CEOs and Chair who are clients and friends of Socia. The topic of discussion was ‘Maintaining the independence of the Board’ and the challenges this brings – especially...

9.2024

Socia has been contracted to support the New Homes Quality Board to design and run their annual Board strategy day – and then to facilitate a forum for leaders of all the new homes building codes to discuss the government’s response to the MMC report on...

08.2024

Socia has been commissioned to carry out an external Board Evaluation for the Royal Mint Board. The Royal MInt is at a pivotal point as a business, and the Board has the challenge to enable the business to innovate moving into new markets with new products. The shares...

07.2024

Alex Cameron from Socia is the co-author of an article in the latest issue of Governance magazine on the topic of ‘Risk, dissent and decision-making’ in Boards. You can read a copy of the full article at...

06.2024

Socia has been commissioned to carry out an external Board Evaluation for the East West Rail (EWR) Board. EWR is responsible for designing, developing and delivering the section of East West Rail between Bletchley and Cambridge – while overseeing the remaining works...

05.2024

Socia has been awarded the contract to conduct a Board effectiveness review for the Heritage Fund. The Heritage Fund is classified as a Non-departmental Public Body (NDPB) with a local, regional, and national remit to fund heritage projects across the UK. The 10...

04.2024

Socia has been awarded a contract to run a 360 degree feedback process for a group of leaders at the Energy Systems Catapult. This is part of a long term relationship between Socia and the Catapult including coaching and Board development projects

03.2024

Socia has been commissioned to run a set of workshops for Network Rail and the ORR on Effective Collaboration. These workshops will use Socia’s collaborative leadership toolkit to explore the foundations of collaboration in the rail sector,  how to build...