Board Leadership
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How Gold Medal Boards Prioritize Their Time [Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance]
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Consciously or unconsciously, every board independently decides where it is going to focus its attention and efforts. We asked directors to reflect on their board agenda over the past 12 months and identify the top three areas where their full board has spent the most time, and we then ranked those items based on how…
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The Critical Role of the Board Chair in Driving Board Performance [Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance]
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2 min read
While all directors can contribute to the board’s success, the board chair has a unique set of responsibilities, both in the tone that they set, and their influence on how time and resources are deployed. The best board chairs are facilitators who get the best out of the collective expertise of the board—yet many chairs…