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The neuroscience of better board decision-making – Corporate Directors Skip to content Is your board struggling to make top-quality decisions? Experts at the Corporate Board Directors Forum in Scottsdale say your biology is to blame. If you do three simple things, your situation will improve dramatically and immediately. Privacy protection. We have enhanced our privacy policy to better protect you. This policy includes the use of cookies to give you the best online experience and provide essential functionality of our services. By clicking “Close” or continuing to use our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy. Click here…
Those calling for an end to quarterly earnings reports argue that the change will help companies focus on long-term goals rather than short-term priorities. But the focus on short-termism does not come from reporting requirements. It comes from investors and analysts who monitor company performance in real time and use continuous data, private engagement, and proxy influence to make decisions long before results are released. With or without quarterly reporting, companies need to focus on establishing and maintaining a compelling value story, a comprehensive stock story based on market positioning, a value creation plan, and management accountability if they want…
In an evolving business environment, companies frequently engage in mergers and acquisitions to strengthen their competitiveness and create value. For companies making acquisitions, questions often arise about how the results of the acquired business should impact ongoing performance-based long-term incentive (LTI) compensation. For serial acquirers, performance-based LTI goals can explicitly include a defined level of inorganic growth. In these cases, the hurdles for adjustment are high, and adjustment is often not guaranteed. Companies with infrequent acquisitions need to ensure fair treatment of ongoing performance-based LTI compensation. Remuneration committees typically seek to ensure that: Management is not prevented from pursuing acquisitions;…
introduction Private company boards continue to face a rapidly evolving governance environment characterized by expanded director responsibilities, increasingly complex risk oversight, and heightened expectations for alignment between compensation and organizational performance results. While public company director compensation data remains the most widely available and frequently used reference point, private company director pay practices have meaningfully evolved due to increased director workloads, new governance expectations, and increased adoption of equity-like compensation mechanisms. Additionally, private companies are increasingly seeking the same board talent as public companies. Therefore, a competitive value proposition is important for private company directors. This 2026 update provides a…
Lee Tsukroff, CFO and COO of Thorne, a health and wellness company focusing on nutritional supplements, personalized health diagnostics and wellness testing, joins host Jack McCullough to share how he’s helping shape the future of consumer wellness by blending financial discipline with purpose-driven innovation. From Unilever to Ben & Jerry’s to leading Thorne’s mission of personalized health, Lee reflects on his career journey, what it takes to lead operationally as a CFO and how AI and personalization are transforming the supplement space. Listen by clicking below. The Q&A, lightly trimmed and edited for clarity, follows. — Listen to the podcast here…
Employer-paid healthcare costs will rise sharply in 2026, further squeezing corporate profits already squeezed by rising labor and operating expenses. However, despite 9 in 10 reporting premium increases and 43% expecting premium increases to be in the double digits, only 6% of CFOs surveyed by CFO Leadership in January said lowering health care costs was their organization's top priority. CHROs report similar pressures, with 85% saying per-employee healthcare costs will increase in 2026, and about a third citing an increase of more than 10%. This outlook echoes the sentiment of CEOs: 81% told our sister publication chief executive As of…
Corporate Board Member Network Announces New Advisory Board – Corporate Board Member Skip to content The CBM Network has brought together a distinguished group of Fortune 500 directors to form a new advisory board to help shape a program of conversations, research and events that serve today's boardrooms. Privacy protection. We have enhanced our privacy policy to better protect you. This policy includes the use of cookies to give you the best online experience and provide essential functionality of our services. By clicking “Close” or continuing to use our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy. Click here…
Don’t block anti-DEI shareholder proposals — do this instead – Corporate Directors Skip to content Boards should emphasize early shareholder engagement, a stricter legal framework, and proactive transparency around employee metrics to reduce litigation risk and maintain flexibility. Privacy protection. We have enhanced our privacy policy to better protect you. This policy includes the use of cookies to give you the best online experience and provide essential functionality of our services. By clicking “Close” or continuing to use our website, you agree to our Privacy Policy. Click here for our privacy policy. accept Privacy and Cookie Policy …
Artificial intelligence is not a technology cycle. This is a governance exam. For boards, the question is not how fast AI is advancing, but whether board discipline is keeping up. AI is not a tool to approve, it is a boundary for the board to define. AI forces deeper questions. What decisions cannot be delegated? Who makes them? Boards must manage trade-offs between speed and judgment, efficiency and resilience, and automation and human values. Getting AI “right” is less about the tools an organization employs and more about the management principles advocated by the board. In summary, boards govern AI…
Last week's 6-3 Supreme Court decision invalidating President Trump's IEEPA tariffs is the most significant trade news in decades. For companies that have spent the past year absorbing lower profit margins, re-pricing products and rerouting supply chains, it's tempting to treat this as all clear. it's not. The legal landscape may have changed dramatically, but uncertainty has not disappeared. It's just moving to another location. Here's a quick look at what CEOs should be asking today. What took a hit and what didn't? Who should I ask? Trade lawyer or customs broker. The court invalidated tariffs imposed by President Trump…