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What Directors Can Learn From IPOs
After a lull during the financial crisis that started in 2008, initial public offerings (IPOs) have made a resurgence. While the pandemic slowed down...
Board of the Past Won’t Take Your Company into the Future
We’re in a new world — one that requires a new paradigm of management leadership and board oversight.
With tension finally starting to ease on...
What will stay and what will go in private company governance after a tumultuous...
After a year of crises and disruption, it might seem like a relief to close the books on 2020 and pretend the nightmares of...
A Call to Account
In her early years as CEO of Midmark Corporation, a Dayton, Ohio-based global manufacturer and supplier of medical, dental and veterinary equipment and services,...
The Year of Climate Governance: There are real steps private company boards can...
This could be the year of reckoning for climate change as politicians, investors and stakeholders-at-large are pushing for big change.
As a key ESG issue,...
The Importance of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on Private Company Boards: Oversight and culture...
As demographics in the United States become increasingly diverse, forward-thinking boards are determining ways to achieve more diversity of background, experience and thought in...
Future-Proofing the Business from the Board’s Perspective: Are you asking the right questions
After a challenging 2020, most companies’ leadership and boards are immersed in and fully occupied with the near-term performance of the business. At one...
Our Board Evolution: The board supported the family through the loss of their leader.
Like most family businesses, Hussey Seating had a long history of family members serving as our CEO and board chair. That all changed in...
The Role of Minutes in Protecting Companies and Their Directors
A prominent Delaware judge once said, “Writing good minutes is like flossing; nobody likes to do it, but it is essential.” Clear, well-prepared minutes...
The Light Governance Touch
The board of Quarles Petroleum Inc. allowed management the time to create and execute a response to the pandemic.
Only a handful of companies had...