Annalisa Barrett and Susan Angele are both senior advisers with KPMG's Board Leadership Center. In this article, they discuss the underrepresentation of Asians and Latinos in the boardroom and the need to bolster board diversity.
Annalisa Barrett and Susan Angele are both senior advisers with KPMG's Board Leadership Center. In this article, they discuss the underrepresentation of Asians and Latinos in the boardroom and the need to bolster board diversity.
Libby Wagner is a poet and president of Libby Wagner & Associates, offering expertise in leadership, strategy, management, and executive team development that helps organizations create environments where clarity and increased trust lead to unrivaled results. In this article, she discusses the need for boards to provide the time and space for employees to come to emotional terms with major organizational changes, such as mergers and acquisitions.
John Pabon is chair of The Conference Board's Asia Sustainability Leaders Council, on the board of advisors to the US Green Chamber of Commerce, and author of The Great Greenwashing: How Brands, Governments, and Influencers Are Lying to You. In this article, he discusses the concept of “greenwashing” and the ways boards can protect their organizations against it.
Rick Williams is a leadership expert and founder and managing director of Boston-based consulting firm Williams Advisory Partners. In this article, he discusses the importance of an independent board exercising its own judgment in decision-making.
Julie Myers Wood is CEO of Guidepost Solutions, a global leader in domestic and international investigations, compliance solutions, monitoring, and security and technology consulting. In this article, she discusses how boards can best manage the legal and compliance risks associated with the use of artificial intelligence.
Steve Lentini is founder and CEO of Positive Intelligence, an executive coaching service that helps CEOs and other C-suite executives get the best out of their teams. In this article, he discusses how to navigate potential conflicts between boards of directors and executive management teams, who can often have opposing goals.
Rajeev Kumar is a senior managing director at Georgeson, a global provider of strategic shareholder engagement, proxy solicitation, and governance consulting services. In this article, Rajeev discusses the rising pressure faced by boards from investors and proxy advisor firms, assessing director vulnerability and several considerations to identify and strengthen those vulnerabilities.