Private companies are increasingly looking to independent voices when forming or updating boards.

 

It's part of an overall push by a growing number of private companies to bolster governance as a way to fine-tune business strategies and succession planning, says Maureen Bujno, managing director of Deloitte's Center for Board Effectiveness. 

 

She talks with David Shaw, editor of Directors & Boards and Private Company Director magazine, about a host of private company governance trends.