Board Governance Trends

The five key areas that can make or break the CEO and board chair relationship.

For the second consecutive year, Spencer Stuart surveyed directors on how much time they are spending on their board duties. In this piece we look at some of the highlights of this latest survey, based on 751 responses from U.S. directors.

The third annual global Sustainability in the Spotlight survey, conducted by Spencer Stuart and the Diligent Institute, asked public and private board directors across industries and geographies about their companies’ sustainability strategies and oversight.

We recently brought together governance committee chairs and leaders in cybersecurity and AI to discuss how boards can be better prepared to provide oversight on these key areas.

Find out how boards of public companies around the world compare in terms of diversity, composition and more.

The era of benign globalization has passed, and boards in the U.S. and internationally must urgently prepare for risk. We see three key levers for boards to prepare for these challenges.

We expect to see significant change to Swiss board governance practice in three areas: diversity (especially in board leadership); the rise of the sustainability-focused committee; and the externally facilitated board effectiveness review. This article includes data from the Switzerland Board Index.