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Is Video Push Next For Spotify As Former Disney, YouTube Execs Join Board Of Directors
Spotify is reportedly adding 4 new members to its board of directors prior to its stock listing. The choice of former execs from YouTube and Disney who have experience with video, alongside board member Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos, is fueling speculation that Spotify may make a major push...
What is the Real Responsibility of Your Board of Directors?
There is ongoing contention in the United States about what it means to represent shareholder interests...
Board to death: how long should company directors hang around?
Long-serving directors like Harold Mitchell continue to hold on to positions on corporate boards. How long is too long?
Is Landing a Board of Directors Role Like Landing Any Other Executive Job?
Many c-suite and senior-level executives focus their job search efforts on landing a Board of Directors role. They’re the kind of candidates Boards typically covet. Executive job seekers often ask me what they need to do differently in their job search to land a Board role. The Difference Between the Two Basic Types of Boards of Directors FOR-Profit Boards of Directors: Because these Boards serve profit-making…
Building A Diverse Board Makes Sense For Startups
While there is a lot of existing data tying board diversity to better company performance, most of it focuses on companies that are already public. That..
How to Land a Paid Board Position
High-performing executives look beyond the C-suite, with their eyes on an even bigger prize: paid board positions. Executive leaders tell me they seek board roles as a way to stretch their skills, take on more responsibility, and discover new challenges. They also see it as a way to learn and expand their horizons in a […]
Who leads, the Executive Director or the board chair?
Who is the boss? Who is really running the show? Our focus is who-is-in-charge in the relationship between an Executive Director and the Board Chair.
How to get your board to prize sustainability
MGM Resorts and UPS shed insight about how company boards may be open to hearing the business case.
Build and Maintain the Board
Recruiting and retaining people who will support your mission, but not take over your theatre, is key.
Who Should be on Your Startup Board?
One of the things that founders have the most angst about is whom they should have on their board and at what stage of the business. This…
What Gets a Board to Support Strategic Planning?
A new study suggests that strategic planning remains a struggle for boards. A clearer picture of life without a strategic plan may help.
How One Bank Chairman Created a Diverse Board
Building a diverse board requires both commitment and intentionality.
10 Key Findings That Impact Board Performance
Overseeing a company is no small task. Disruptive technologies are changing corporate business models, geopolitical turmoil is impacting supply chains and investment opportunities, and increased regulatory complexity is affecting innovation. Institutional investors and shareholder activists are also playing a more powerful role shaping corporate governance. But no one more than board directors have to keep
8 Tips for Taking Your State Board Exam
Are you ready to take your state licensing exams? Follow these tips to help prepare yourself
OPPD board strategic directives guide utility's future
The OPPD Board of Directors established a set of strategic directives to guide the utility into the future and prepare the utility for industry changes.
8 Tips to Get More From Your Investors and Board
If you don't ask, you won't get, says Mark Suster.
A look at board composition: How does your industry stack up?
Regulatory changes, technology advances, industry shifts, and investor and shareholder influence, require corporate boards to have the right balance of skills, knowledge, and diversity of perspective to enhance their business’ shareholder value.
How to win consulting, board and deal roles with PE and VC funds
There are relatively few jobs directly inside private equity and venture capital funds, and those jobs are highly competitive. However, there are many other ways you can work within the industry.
Market Intelligence Director Shows How Agencies Are Funded
Different rules, cultures, and sales cycles make selling to the government dramatically different from selling to the commercial sector. Learn about key budg...
Good Governance: Many board problems boil down to communications challenges
A great number of the governance challenges that we come across in the work that our firm, Quantum Governance, L3C, undertakes with credit unions can be boiled down to matters of communications. Are your board members crossing over into day-to-day operations? Well … have their roles and responsibilities been clearly defined, updated and effectively communicated …
If You Want a Good Relationship With Your Board, You Need to Ask These Questions
These are the top five questions founders don't ask their boards, but should.
