Helping boards, directors and executives succeed by leading with clarity, courage and purpose

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Strong governance isn’t about ticking boxes. It’s about seeing clearly, deciding bravely, and leading with care - especially when the landscape is shifting. Sustainable Boards helps directors and leadership teams strengthen performance, adapt to change, and build organisations that last.

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Why Sustainable Boards

Boards and leadership teams rarely struggle because of a lack of competence or willingness to do the right thing. More often, it’s the pace, pressure, and complexity that make it hard to stay effective.

We help you cut through that complexity — strengthening how you govern, decide, and work together. Our role is to turn good intentions into lasting results: clearer focus, better discussions, and stronger relationships.

Everything we do is grounded in experience, empathy, and realism — bringing clarity to see what matters, courage to act, and care to bring people with you.

Our Services

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    Board Performance

    Helping boards see clearly where they stand - and take practical steps to strengthen decision-making, dynamics and impact.

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    Governance Frameworks

    Designing and refining governance structures that support confident decisions, clear accountability and long-term success.

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    Startup and Scale up Governance

    Setting younger organisations on the right path with fit-for-purpose governance that grows alongside their ambition.

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    Company Secretarial Support

    Providing calm, pragmatic support to keep governance teams running smoothly, from the agenda to the decisions.

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    Risk and Control Frameworks

    Building simple, effective frameworks that help organisations understand risk, stay resilient and make sound decisions.

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    Leadership Team Effectiveness

    Helping leadership teams align around purpose, communicate clearly and work together with confidence and trust.

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How Sustainable Boards works with you to address your challenges

Many boards and leaders already know what’s holding them back — the challenge is finding the right way forward.

We don’t over-diagnose or over-complicate. We listen carefully, understand your context, and work with you to find pragmatic, lasting solutions that help your board perform at its best.

We know how sensitive these challenges can be. Our approach is empathetic, discreet, and focused on helping you overcome obstacles and embed real, workable change — with clarity, courage and care at the centre of it all.

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About our Founder

Susan Stenson

With over twenty years’ experience working alongside boards and leadership teams across Europe, Susan brings calm insight, constructive challenge and a steady focus on progress that lasts.

She founded Sustainable Boards to help organisations strengthen governance and leadership in practical, human ways — with clarity, courage and care at the heart.

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Get in touch

Ready to start to thinking differently about your board or leadership team performance? Let’s start a conversation about what clarity and courage could do for you.