
Survey Highlights Three Reasons Boards Are Not More Effective
Overloaded directors, slow risk response and gaps on digital transformation are hampering board performance. Consider these fixes.

Overloaded directors, slow risk response and gaps on digital transformation are hampering board performance. Consider these fixes.

Independent director Marissa Andrada on sharpening strategy, reshaping board composition and using culture and technology to sustain profitable growth at the nearly 90-year-old doughnut company.

Can mission, vision and innovation ever create more value for a company than replicating marketing, cost-cutting and financial strategies that have proven effective in the past?

Today’s governance gap isn’t about compliance mechanics but about behavior in the room—boards that consciously design information flows, norms and succession practices are better positioned to steer through volatility.

Quarterly reviews often fixate on past performance, but CEOs and board chairs who deliberately carve out time for strategy can unlock the board’s full potential as a driver of long-term growth.

Spring, summer, fall, winter. McKinsey’s Carolyn Dewar on how directors can help their chief executive succeed at every stage of their ‘year.’