A recent Directors & Boards article about "What Directors are Thinking" was written by SVDX Member, Amy Guggenheim Shenkan talking about taking on risk.
Read MoreFORTUNE’s Modern Board just posted the top 10 books that board directors should read, as suggested by many friends of SVDX.
Read MorePwC outlines the top 10 questions boards should ask around strategy and oversight.
Read MoreBoard members have a responsibility to ensure that the sales model is constantly being optimized for more efficient revenue gains.
Read MoreA recent Pearl Meyer article discusses how a board director with chief human resources officer experience can ensure talent management and leadership development is a strategic priority.
Read MoreA recent Boardspan feature follows a conversation between Maggie Wilderotter and Abby Adlerman about how the best boards are built.
Read MoreDiligent Institute, along with partners Spencer Stuart and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, hosted more than two dozen public company board members for the annual Next Gen board Leaders West Coast Summit in Spring 2023.
Read MoreDiligent Institute’s recent “Inside Today’s Boardrooms” episode featured Carin Robinson, Director at the PwC Governance Insights Center, discussing key findings from the 3rd annual edition of their latest report: “Board Effectiveness: A Survey of the C-Suite.”
Read MoreDiligent Institute issued the April Director Confidence Index, which saw a rebound in board optimism, despite an originally gloomy 2023 forecast.
Read MoreFortune and Diligent have teamed up to put together an annual list of the top companies with the most “modern” boards.
Read MoreA recent episode of Evan Epstein’s Boardroom Governance podcast featured Penny Herscher, a Silicon Valley-based tech executive and corporate director at Lumentum, SGH (Smart Global), Embark Trucks and Forvia SA, Delphix and Modern Health.
Read MorePwC leadership contributed to a Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance article regarding private company boards increasingly adding outside directors to their ranks.
Read MoreSVDX recently hosted the first webinar in a series devoted to entrepreneurial boards. The webinar recording will be posted shortly and the next webinar will take place on February 15th. If you were not able to join the session, check out the following resources below related to the topic.
Read MoreNow in its 37th year, the U.S. Spencer Stuart Board Index examines the latest data and trends in board composition, board governance practices and director compensation among S&P 500 companies.
Read MoreAccording to a Bloomberg article, corporate boards are getting younger thanks to retiring boomers.
Read MoreOf the 33 IPOs in Silicon Valley in the past year, 31 had a founder in the role of CEO/Chair. Fully one-third of the 150 largest public companies in Northern California are now led by Founder/CEOs.
Founder-led companies benefit from their leader’s entrepreneurial spirit and clarity of vision. Founders have passion, focus, creativity and drive. But do they have the experience and the business skills to lead their companies after the IPO? Will investor interests be protected in companies where Founder/CEOs have voting control?
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