Top Challenges facing boards in 2026

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Top Challenges Facing Boards in 2026

What's making your sweat?

Are you facing complex questions around strategy, governance or AI? How about risk and resilience, culture, or representation? In this session we’ll address the stickiest issues facing each of these areas, as voted by you, on the day.

To surface the biggest challenges, we’ll use 'Group Wisdom', a technique developed by Peakbalance to take your collective input on the fly. It’s instant, anonymous and will allow us to address the ‘unspeakable’ things.

We’ll then turn to the mighty Julie Garland McLellan, CEO of The Directors Dilemma to share her insights into tackling these most vexing of issues.

If you’re wondering where the real challenges are likely to lay in your governance journey, this is a webinar not to be missed. Your perspective will be captured in real time and we can’t wait to see what is (really) challenging boards in the year ahead.

CEO - Peakbalance

Jermey Foster

Jeremy Foster works with business leaders, tapping into the collective Group Wisdom of their organisations, to reveal competitive strategy. Leveraging over 25 years in tech, telco, and innovation, plus leadership in the NZDF, his approach drives clarity and ownership in teams small and large.

Managing Director - Directors Dilemma

Julie Garland McLellan

Julie Garland McLellan is an internationally recognised expert on board governance. Her newsletter, The Director’s Dilemma, is read in more than 60 countries and she has worked hundreds of boards over the past twenty years. She brings to her role deep professional qualifications and practical experience on 23 boards.

Takeaways from the webinar?

Joining this webinar will give you practical experience using Group Wisdom to surface priorities across strategy, governance, risk, people, and culture. This will help you to;

hearing strategies to tackle vexing issues facing boards;
demonstrating how to align diverse perspectives on complex issues;
build stronger ownership and commitment across leadership and stakeholder groups;
anticipate challenges in areas like AI, resilience, and technology more effectively;
enhance inclusivity by ensuring indigenous and cultural voices inform decision-making.

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