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Enhancing Governance Oversight for Private Companies
Private companies who operate with strong and efficient governance can maintain a positive outlook despite uncertainties. NACD resources address the unique challenges faced by private company boards, with a focus on oversight topics, boardroom effectiveness, and navigating difficult governance issues. Discover essential tools, articles, handbooks, and templates designed to empower directors and strengthen board practices toward sustainable growth and long-term value creation.
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2024 NACD Private Company Board Practices
and Oversight Survey
The latest data on private company board practices and composition.
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Directorship Magazine
Private Company Boards Focus on New Areas of Oversight While ESG Stagnates
Understand the latest private company governance trends to benchmark your own board's practices.
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Cybersecurity Threats Top Board Agendas
Cybersecurity threats have emerged as the leading concern on corporate board agendas. While other boardroom issues may fluctuate, AI and regulatory requirements continue to be top priorities for directors this quarter.
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Webinar
PCGL Series: Cyber-Risk Oversight for Private Company Boards
This webinar equips directors with the knowledge necessary to oversee cybersecurity, protect data, and ensure the resilience of their businesses in the face of cyber threats.
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Webinar
PCGL Series: Effective Board Oversight for Private Company Boards
Join a panel of experts as they share their insights, case studies, and practical advice on best practices for governing a private company board.
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Directorship Magazine
Strengthening Human Capital Oversight For the People: Employees and All Stakeholders
Learn how your board can improve their oversight and establish a solid governance foundation for human capital management in response to shifting workforce norms.
Tools for Success
Practical tools, templates, and more to put into action at your next meeting.
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Boardroom Tool
Vision, Mission, and Values Statements Sample
Clearly articulate your company’s purpose and direction.
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Boardroom Tool
Documenting Governance
Leverage these sample documents to create or update your board's governance documentation.
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Archive
Explore past articles to find more topics that remain relevant to the modern board.
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Directorship Magazine
Turning Risk into Reward
With myriad new and emerging risks, private company boards can use this guidance to develop a risk management framework to achieve their companies' value-creation goals.
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Directorship Magazine
Debunking the Myth of the Fast and Successful Succession Plan
Guidance for creating a strong CEO succession plan prior to a departure.
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Directorship Magazine
Who Coaches the Board of Directors?
What must organizations do to compete more effectively and achieve their desired results? And from a board perspective, where can we find the equivalent of a film session for directors?
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Directorship Magazine
Lack of Experience Causes Strategic Capital Oversight Errors
When a CEO and CFO lack experience at an amalgamated company, a new director questions how to navigate unforeseen costs that threaten its solvency.
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Directorship Magazine
Elevating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Boardroom
Five winning boards leverage the power of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) to enhance their governance and create long-term value for their organizations and stakeholders.
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Directorship Online
It’s Time for Private Equity Boards to Step Up
While public company boards tend to govern and advise, private equity boards can play a greater role in providing strategic direction, coaching the management team, and sharing expertise as we navigate the next several years in the business world. It requires dealmakers and lead investors to rethink how they establish and optimize the value of the board.
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