Midyear Reset: Refocus Your Board’s Strategy for the Road Ahead
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Our curated resources are designed to help you take stock of where your board stands and where it’s going. NACD members can access exclusive insights, practical tools, and timely policy guidance that helps their boards to stay resilient, relevant, and future focused.
Board Strategy in a New Era of Activism
Shareholder and stakeholder pressures are growing. NACD members can access this resource outlining five practical steps and 20 key questions that help boards respond strategically to activism and strengthen long-term performance and oversight.
Leading Minds of Governance & Tech
Join NACD members and nonmembers at Leading Minds of Governance & Tech in Denver, CO, for an immersive look at the risks and opportunities shaping today’s boardroom. From a deepfake scenario workshop to expert-led sessions on AI, audit, cybersecurity, and compensation, walk away with practical insights to elevate your oversight of emerging technology.
Essential Tools
“Navigating Changing US Policy: Key Board Implications”
This NACD resource collection highlights how evolving US policy—shaped by the Trump administration—may impact business strategy and board oversight. Access expert analysis and key takeaways designed to help boards lead with clarity in uncertain times.
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Board Vision™: The Magic and Madness of Modern Leadership
What separates good leaders from great ones? In this BoardVision™ podcast episode, Adam Bryant explores the habits and mindsets that define impactful leadership—like reflection, deep listening, and finding clarity in complexity.
Director Essentials: Ethics & Compliance Oversight
Understand the board’s role in oversight of ethical principles to help position the company for success. This resource highlights guidance on fulfilling board responsibilities and how to put ethics and compliance oversight into action.
A Director’s Guide to AI: Strategy, Governance & Value Creation
This NACD member-exclusive program offers live, expert-led training to help directors understand AI’s impact on strategy, risk, and value creation. Through interactive sessions, attendees gain the tools and foresight needed to lead effectively in a tech-driven world.
Governing Into the Future
Prepare your board for tomorrow’s challenges with this on-demand course based on the Future of the American Board report. Explore key principles and approaches for ensuring effective governance, navigating evolving corporate responsibilities and trends, and mastering committee-specific strategies that drive long-term value creation.
Director Essentials: Board Oversight of Human Capital
Explore the board’s evolving role in overseeing one of the organization’s most complex and critical assets—its people. This resource offers guidance to help directors assess and strengthen human capital strategies and oversight.
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NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Director Liability
This 2013 report outlines the legal liability environment for directors, key factors affecting liability, and summarizes standards for director conduct. -
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Considerations for Upgrading Board Evaluation Processes
Produced with the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission Report on Building a Strategic-Asset Board, this tool offers questions for boards to consider as they examine their evaluation processes. -
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Board Evaluation: Improving Director Effectiveness
This report is a candid exploration of how directors can effectively use a self-assessment process to enhance performance and develop the board as a strategic asset. -
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New Voices in the Boardroom: The Gradual Evolution of Board Composition
This Spencer Stuart report analyzes evolving director profiles & recruitment trends, crucial for boards navigating today's complex landscape. -
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2018 Governance Outlook: Projections on Emerging Board Matters
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New State Laws Shift Compliance and Planning Horizons for Boards
Amid shifting federal rules and regulations, directors should also be aware of these changes in state laws in Delaware and beyond.
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