As AI spreads through decisions, relationships and value creation, the board’s job isn’t to chase tools, but to define principles, test tradeoffs and protect the human judgments an organization can’t afford to automate away.
Boards can play a crucial role in helping CEOs look beyond quarterly results by focusing on future challenges and opportunities. Consider these three agenda items for your next board meeting.
Meaningful succession planning assures a ready supply of talent to take on the critical roles, wherever they reside, and board involvement has two important benefits.
The board shapes culture immediately upon its selection of CEO, and what is expected and tolerated from management—and thus, the entire organization.
Boards and management can seize the opportunity created by the recent fundamental shift in how we work and interact by successfully reframing their thinking and actively challenging past ways of working.
Directors can be particularly helpful in looking across industries, taking lessons from others and helping CEOs apply them to their specific context.
