With brands taking greater leadership roles in society, they’re now expected to engage on a wider range of issues, including those not directly related to their business. A variety of stakeholders will encourage an organization to lead with social impact as much as they do the products they make or the services they provide...
If you desire more credibility and more influence, serving on some boards of directors is a great start. For consultants and professionals, the right seat might even help you attract more high-paying clients...
Nasdaq’s diversity efforts are again attracting attention almost six months after the US Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) endorsed a proposal requiring the boards of Nasdaq-listed companies to reflect particular diversity requirements...
As in past years, these flights of fancy are grounded in reality. Positive or negative - some a bit more extreme than others - they may in turn become reality, but they’re principally designed to entertain...
Credit Suisse Group’s Chairman António Horta-Osório resigned when he breached Covid-19-related rules by his personal use of a corporate aircraft, and he attended the Wimbledon tennis finals in the U.K. in July, when the country’s Covid-19 rules required him to be in quarantine...
Business leaders play a crucial role in growing their companies and ensuring things run smoothly. However, important decisions and processes can't be developed in a silo. Leaders must also ensure that each decision is aligned with the C-suite's long-term vision for the company...
As I look back at the many new boards I have been involved in organizing, certain lessons keep repeating. While there are nuanced differences between fiduciary and advisory boards, the basics are the same...
According to Dan Hesse, the American people have spoken regarding what they want our ESG New Year’s resolutions to be. As background, Dan was a decade ahead of his time on ESG as Sprint CEO...
The dawn of corporate governance goes back to the 1930s when US corporations first began selling stocks to a wider set of owners...
The White House is proposing an AI Bill of Rights to guard against these problems and ensure AI systems do not harm the people...
A series of challenging, unique new governance trends will undoubtedly influence the manner in which boards function and exercise their leadership role in 2022...
This blog focuses on strategies to transform enterprise data into strategic real-time AI driven insights, and outlines the requirements for Board Directors, CEOs and leadership teams to increase their data literacy management skills...
Christy Pambianchi, executive vice president and chief people officer of Intel, said one of her top priorities is to prepare the chip maker's global teams for the future of work. From the crisis, came an opportunity to reimagine how people can work and collaborate together. For Intel, in part, this means...
Chinese internet giant Tencent is planning to distribute HK$127.7 billion ($16.3 billion) worth of JD.com shares as an interim dividend to its shareholders, as the company chaired by billionaire Pony Ma starts to step back from some of its most successful investments...
Yet, highly profitabel corporations are not investing. They are instead hoarding cash and rewarding shareholders. This raises pressure on ...
Even with the pandemic and the latest variant filling the news headlines, there is still a lot of talk about climate change. Just how much is illustrated by a report out this week from leading leadership advisers and recruitment consultants Heidrick & Struggles in partnership with INSEAD, the France-based international business school...
There is no one-size-fits-all approach, and what may seem like a baby step toward sustainability could be the make-or-break difference for a potential customer or investor...
Centene chief executive Michael Neidorff will retire next year and a new board will be created to oversee the health insurer as part of a deal with Politan Capital Management, which had been pushing for changes...
Providing further proof - as if any were needed - that ESG investor groups can never be satisfied, ExxonMobil finds itself under renewed attack from activists for not doing enough even though it is on target to meet the 2025 goals it was previously pressured by the same activists to adopt...
One of the pitfalls of being an activist investor is that it can engender a bevy of executives who dislike being told how to manage their company. It can also lead to other investors who can’t resist trying to play a game of “gotcha” as well...
GameStop CEO Matt Furlong gave investors a brief peak at the company’s turnaround game plan today, but the few details he disclosed during the third quarter earnings call won’t satisfy those who are still hungry to learn exactly how the retailer known for its physical stores plans to reinvent itself for an increasingly digital future...
The third richest woman on the planet, MacKenzie Scott (Jeff Bezos’s ex-wife) is using her vast fortune to revolutionize the world of philanthropy and challenge what she says is the massive accumulation of wealth that’s been concentrated in too few hands...
Unlike many founders, who exit the CEO job only to hang on as executive chairman or a director for years, Dorsey is leaving both roles. He wrote Monday that after handing the reins to Twitter Chief Technology Officer Parag Agrawal, he plans to serve on the board through “May-ish” to help with the transition. The company also named director Bret Taylor, who is Salesforce’s president, as board chair...
Competing perspectives on the roles, responsibilities and effectiveness of corporate directors pose challenges to the ability of the board and its executive leadership to form a working partnership capable of responding to the latest pandemic threat...