Director Essentials
Running the Family Business Board
Discover practical steps family business boards can take to improve culture, structure, and oversight.
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Private Company Governance
Effective Governance Is Vital for Driving Steady Growth and Long-term Value in Private Companies
Core Oversight Topics
Governance Surveys
Directorship Magazine
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.
Unlock the Value of the Board-CEO Relationship
NACD’s long-standing Blue Ribbon Commission series, renowned for delivering peer-driven guidance on critical governance topics, presents its 2025 report. This essential resource offers a playbook of actionable recommendations and practical tools that can help boards and CEOs to intentionally build and sustain trust, enable agile decision-making, and lay the groundwork for organizational resilience.
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Director Essentials
Family Business Boards and Family Dynamics
Examine ways family business boards integrate governance, family expectations, and future planning.
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Director Essentials
Strengthening the Family Business Board
Discover how family business boards evolve to balance legacy and governance.
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Webinar
Effective Board Succession Strategies for Private Companies
Learn from private company leaders about how you can prepare the next generation of board leaders, develop robust succession plans, and manage generational transitions.
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Director Essentials
Board Communications: Documentation and Retention Practices
Implement sound document retention practices for board communications—both inside and outside the boardroom.
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Director Essentials
Board Packs: The Elephant in the Boardroom
Turn board materials into a driver of board and organizational performance.
Tools for Success
Practical tools, templates, and more to put into action at your next meeting.
Editor's Picks
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Online Exclusive
How Independent Private Company Directors Can Be Game Changers
Private companies can successfully take advantage of independent board members by following these considerations.
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Online Exclusive
Private Company Boards Need Additional Information and Time to Enable Strategic Discussion, Survey Finds
The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) has requires increased learning.
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Online Exclusive
Setting Pay for Directors at Growing Private Companies
Private firms can use this guidance to reassess director pay packages.
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Directorship Magazine
Navigating the VC-Backed Boardroom as an Independent Director
Learn about the governance challenges and boardroom dynamics independent directors face on venture capital-backed boards.
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Online Exclusive
Strategies to Manage Conflict and Disagreement in the Boardroom
Discover the active role board chairs should take in managing difficult conversations in the boardroom.
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Directorship Magazine
Board Pack Raises Concerns about Lack of AI Guardrails
Language used in a board pack leads a director to believe AI was used. What should the board do?
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