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AI Has Entered the Director’s Tool Kit. Now what?
As boards strategize about how their firms should use AI, they’re also experimenting with it themselves. But not without complications.
The Board Wants You Removed. But Why?
A new survey shows that a record-high 55% of board directors would like to replace at least one member. So why don’t they?
Meeting Less, Talking More?
New data shows that boards don’t meet significantly more often today than they did a decade ago. Should they?
November 3, 2025
Nearly 60% of new director appointments this year are retired executives, a reversal of recent history. Why are firms swinging away from actively employed directors?
May 12, 2025
As boards jump into ongoing conversations about tariffs, the key issue is how best to handle risk management.
Shareholders are expected to press boards on everything from tariffs to AI, and then some. Why experts say this proxy season feels more tense than in years past.
May 11, 2025
Activists won more than 50 board seats globally in Q1, nearly half the total for all of last year. What topics may become hot buttons this proxy season.
A new Korn Ferry study finds successful chairs are great coaches, curious, and continually learning. Here’s what they told us.
January 9, 2025
Revenue growth at big firms has dropped by almost half in the past five years, and most CEOs seem baffled. Can boards help leaders think differently about growth?
CEOs are being criticized more often, and more openly, by their employees than ever before. Why that worries boards.
As activist campaigns reach record levels, boards are taking a bigger role in trying to head them off early. Does it work?
March 16, 2022
For the first time since the Cold War, directors everywhere in nearly every business are faced with a geopolitical crisis impacting their companies.
As the well-documented problem persists, experts say boards may need to step in to help management.
