2025 Governance Outlook
Explore the key insights and strategies from 2025.
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Timely Outlooks for the Year Ahead
Boardrooms require an in-depth understanding of governance issues and trends to stay ahead and responsibly lead in a challenging and ever-changing business environment. NACD's annual Outlook reports, prepared with our partners, provide directors with critical insights about emerging trends.
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2026 Governance Outlook
Discover key insights and strategies surrounding audit regulations, M&A trends, private equity governance, enterprise risk and long-term strategy execution in the 2026 Governance Outlook report.
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2024 Governance Outlook
Get ahead of business and board matters for 2024.
2023 Governance Outlook Report
Essays on M&A challenges; business transformation; AI and the audit committee; Latino boardroom inclusion; universal proxy cards; 2024 board agenda items; and survey data on trends and priorities.
2022 Governance Outlook Report
Essays on proxy priorities, ESG oversight, purpose and M&A oversight, assessing DE&I practices, ransomware, and the D&O threat landscape.