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Which Skills Will Survive the AI Onslaught?
Guide your organization through AI transformation by assessing which jobs will be safe while fostering the skills that will withstand automation.
Artificial IntelligenceDigital TransformationTalentOnline ArticleNavigating Business Immigration Under the New Administration
Learn how to proactively anticipate and address potential workforce disruptions that may occur under the new presidential administration, including acute talent shortages and the elimination of work authorizations.
Human ResourcesTalentOnline ArticleAdaptive GovernanceLatest Trends in Organizational Compensation and Incentive Structures
NACD Utah Chapter Event: Latest Trends in Organizational Compensation and Incentive Structures in June 2024
Employee RelationsEngagementHuman CapitalTalentTalent RetentionCompensationPrivate Company Boards Focus on New Areas of Oversight, ESG Stagnates
Understand the latest private company governance trends to benchmark your own board's practices. Private company boards are increasingly focusing on artificial intelligence and human capital, while environmental, social, and governance oversight stalls.
PrivateArtificial IntelligenceESGBoard CultureTalentOnline OnlyBuilding a Resilient Workforce: Planning for the Future Amid Labor Shortages
Meeting the current labor shortage challenge head-on requires conviction and long-term solutions. Help the organizations you serve develop and review strategies for ongoing labor scarcity in these ways.
Future of the WorkforceTalentTalent OversightResilienceOnline OnlyCreating Space on the Board for a Chief Human Resources Officer
Directors with deep knowledge about how to build and motivate management teams to execute short- and long-term business strategies are in the best position to lead the committee’s expanded oversight.
Nominating and GovernanceTalentStrategyThe Battle for Talent Is Now a (Corporate) Culture War
Let me sound my clarion call to all private company board leaders, CEOs, and executives up front, loudly and clearly: the future of work is going to be hybrid, and company culture will be a key determinant of sustainable success.
CultureTalentTalent RecruitmentPrivate Company GovernanceGovernancePrivate Company Trends to Watch in 2023
As opportunities abound for experienced and newer directors alike at private companies, there are some key trends private company directors—and those aspiring to private company directorship—should pay attention to in this new year.
Pre-IPODirector EvaluationTalentMergers & AcquisitionsPrivate Company GovernanceGovernanceWar for Talent: Flexibility Creates Strength
Certainly, the gig economy reflects only one component of the employment market in 2020. But, it provides an indication of the economic vulnerability that many workers, even those employed at large companies, feel today. Given the flexibility, uncertainty, and willingness to work that one finds among the current employee pool, what advantages do private companies have over public companies in hiring good talent, providing stability, and retaining workers?
Human CapitalTalentTalent OversightPrivate Company GovernanceGovernanceTalent and Inflation Are Top Concerns, but ESG Lags Behind for Private Company Directors
Despite the conflict in Ukraine, a supply chain crunch, inflation, an ongoing pandemic, skepticism toward globalization, and other compounding, worldwide issues, the increased competition for talent remains the chief concern for private company directors, with 77 percent of respondents to the 2022 NACD Private Company Board Practices and Oversight Survey placing it among the five issues most likely to affect their companies in the coming year.
ESGTalentPrivate Company GovernanceGovernanceWorkforces: A “Wicked Problem” Where Boards Can Help
Over the past few years, boards have become far more sensitized to the potential for workforces to both generate incredible value or pose incredible risk depending on how they’re managed. Workforces represent a “wicked problem”—a complex array of issues underlie how they function and perform.
TalentTalent OversightTalent RetentionRisk ManagementStrategyM&A Risk Oversight Amid Economic Volatility
Entering a recessionary period is always an interesting time for mergers and acquisitions; 2022 deal activity is down from 2021 but is relatively stable compared with prior periods.
TalentRegulatory RiskRisk ManagementRisk OversightStrategic RiskStrategyFinancial OversightMergers & AcquisitionsCorporate GovernanceHow Can Compensation Committees Improve Their Impact on Talent Planning?
In recent years, many compensation committees have greatly expanded their charters and influence to cover a broader range of talent management issues and, in some cases, adopted the human capital committee moniker.
Compensation CommitteeTalentTalent OversightCompensationTalent Remains a Top Concern for Boards Ahead of Growing Inflation, New Report Finds
NACD released findings from the 2022 NACD Public Company Board Practices and Oversight Survey report in late June. Despite many pressing economic and political challenges, the competition for talent remains at the top of many directors' lists of key trends for the next 12 months.
TalentStrategyHow Compensation Committees Are Battling Uncertainty, Talent Woes
Some experts say attracting and retaining talent isn’t all about the money. But amid the Great Resignation, what else are compensation committees thinking about? To discuss this and how boards are managing uncertainty in their pay plans, NACD in late March brought together speakers Eric Hosken, partner at Compensation Advisory Partners; Lori Miller, partner at Farient Advisors; Matt Turner, a managing director at Pearl Meyer; and Christine Y. Yan, a board member at Ansell, Cabot Corp., Modine Manufacturing Co., and Onsemi. Lindsey Baker, NACD director of partner relations, moderated the event. Below are key questions and answers from that conversation.
Compensation CommitteeTalentCompensationEnsuring a Strong Talent Plan: Looking Beyond the C-Suite
Deborah Brecher outlines several questions boards need to consider regarding the talent pipeline.
Board CompositionTalentTalent OversightTalent RetentionStrategyCreating Healthy Societies and Transforming People Risk in the Post-pandemic Workplace
Boards that take on managing people risks with the right balance of empathy and economics will be better positioned to secure their organizations' future during this accelerated period of sustained change.
Corporate Social ResponsibilityFuture of the WorkforceTalentTalent OversightOnline ArticleRiskRisk GovernanceRisk ManagementRisk OversightStrategyOnline OnlyShining New Light on Human Capital
NACD CEO Peter R. Gleason reflects on Larry Fink's 2021 letter to CEOs and notes that boards have a role to play in reporting on workforce issues and holding their companies and themselves accountable.
Human CapitalHuman ResourcesTalentTalent OversightTalent RecruitmentTalent RetentionPandemic, Digital, and Talent Concerns Dominate 2021’s Top Risks
The findings from the survey, conducted online at the end of 2020, also highlight further influences of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economy, talent, and organizational resiliency on the near-term risk landscape. This year’s report captures insights from 1,081 C-level executives and directors who were asked to rank 36 risks in terms of the relative impact they will have throughout the coming year.
COVID-19Digital StrategyTalentRiskRisk OversightA Blueprint for a Tech-Empowered Experienced Workforce
These three steps can help organizations as they begin building a strategy around valuing and retaining older workers in the age of digitalization and automation.
Digital TransformationTechnologyCultureFuture of the WorkforceHuman CapitalTalentStrategyGovernanceIn 2020, Directors Worry About Balancing Economic Downturn, Business-Model Disruption
The results of our 2019-2020 NACD Public Company Governance Survey are in, and boards face disruptive and divergent forces, as well as show improvement in emerging areas of oversight.
Public CompanyCybersecurityESGHuman CapitalTalentDisruptive RiskGovernanceEmerging Risk