Did you know your board is responsible for evaluating and strengthening implementation of the company’s diversity policy? In the corporate governance guidelines of many countries, it is recommended that the board be responsible for ensuring relevant diversity in the company, not only on the board itself, but also within top management and at the …
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Do your Audit, Nomination, Remuneration or other committees have updated charters setting out the roles and responsibilities of each committee? Have these been discussed and agreed at board level? Your board committees should have updated charters. As described in our recent article What is a Board Charter and why is it important?, committee charters (sometimes …
To create a truly high performing board, consider some of this advice on how to evaluate board performance from Leadership Advisor Group, respected for high quality board assessments of some of the top listed companies in Scandinavia and UK. Their custom evaluations go beyond online surveys to include other modules. Read more and/or download at …
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The Swedish business statistics site ekonomifakta.se has created a great interactive diagram showing the presence of women on boards of the top companies across Europe over time, from 2003 to 2020. Progress continues to be made everywhere, some countries at a slower pace than others. See the article and interactive diagram here, where you can …
In this section we’ll help you to stay up-to-date with the latest thinking on how to professionalize the boards of corporations, foundations and non-profits.
