Midyear Reset: Refocus Your Board’s Strategy for the Road Ahead
Even in times of disruption, the fundamentals matter. Boards are still expected to plan and deliver results that drive long-term value. Join NACD to access exclusive content to help you pause, recalibrate, and ensure your board is driving long-term value.
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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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