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Governance Overview

Committees & Roles

Core Oversight Topics

Strengthen Legal Oversight

General counsels and corporate secretaries play a critical role in ensuring legal and regulatory compliance and enabling effective board operations. NACD's expert insights and actionable tools are designed to help you navigate evolving regulations, mitigate risk, and strengthen governance practices.

Featured Report

Oversight of CEO Activism

Navigate CEO activism risks by defining board oversight protocols, weighing stakeholder impacts, and ensuring public stances remain consistent with corporate strategy.

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Key Resources

Curated insights and guidance on this topic.

Governance Outlook

The Future of Audit Regulation: A Call for Adaptive Oversight

Explore how evolving audit regulation can strengthen oversight, enhance audit quality, and sustain market trust.
Director Essentials

Board Calendars and Meeting Agendas

Learn how to shape meaningful board discussions and ensure timely consideration of key issues.
Director Essentials

Directors & Officers Liability Insurance

Learn how liability insurance has become a critical risk-management tool for publicly traded companies, private firms, and nonprofit organizations in an evolving and complex business environment.
Director Essentials

Ethics and Compliance Oversight

Explore the nine key steps necessary for board oversight of ethics and compliance.
Director Essentials

Special Committees

Use these temporary committees for concentrated expertise and independent review to supplement standing committees on specific matters.
Director Essentials

Board Communications: Documentation and Retention Practices

Implement sound document retention practices for board communications—both inside and outside the boardroom.

Tools for Success

Practical resources designed to help boards turn insight into action.

Boardroom Tool

Building a Relationship Between the Board and CISO

Understand how to build strategic board-CISO relationships that shift reporting from technical data to trust-based partnerships that drive business strategy.
Boardroom Tool

Board Candidate Profile Sample

Define desired skills for director recruitment that align with long-term strategy.
Boardroom Tool

Code of Ethics and Business Conduct Sample

Outline the ethical standards for directors and employees.

Directorship® Picks

Magazine thought leadership and timely online exclusives to help boards stay ahead.

Online Exclusive

What Directors Should Know About Advance Notice Bylaws

Discover four recommendations for maintaining transparency while navigating shareholder activism.
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Why Boards May Become America’s New Regulators

Explore how fraying governance norms and risk migration may position boards as the new guardians of accountability.
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What Every Director Needs to Know About AI Records

Boards should transition to enterprise-grade tools and rigorous acceptable AI use policies to mitigate discovery risks.