Board Of Directors Compensation At Private Companies: 2026 Update
How private companies can benchmark and design competitive director pay that fits their governance needs and the talent market.
How private companies can benchmark and design competitive director pay that fits their governance needs and the talent market.
CBM Network has formed a new Advisory Council, bringing together a distinguished group of Fortune 500 directors to help shape the conversations, research and event programming serving today’s boards.Â
Boards should lean into early shareholder engagement, tighter legal framing and proactive transparency on workforce metrics to reduce litigation risk and preserve flexibility.
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.
The Supreme Court just invalidated most of the president’s tariffs. Before you exhale, perhaps ask a few questions of your team.
Even as boards face rising pressure from anti-DEI activists, directors can safeguard board diversity by shifting from easily attacked written policies to resilient, performance-driven selection practices.