Insights From An Activist Investor
Assembling a diverse group of directors is a good start, but it takes strong board leadership to create a culture that embraces it.
Assembling a diverse group of directors is a good start, but it takes strong board leadership to create a culture that embraces it.
As a recent webcast made clear, determining actionable strategies that key stakeholders believe make most companies successful is proving difficult.
Examining non-financial metrics in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.
Directors must first get past the naiveté of believing that systemic racism and injustice does not exist in their companies. Then they must ask what management will do to change the narrative.
Some might interpret the move as a statement that white directors resigning is the only way to bring diversity to the board. That’s not what this is about.
In good times and bad, the core mandate of a board is unchanged: Ensure the future success of the organization. That requires a diverse range of people and perspectives to capture the full mosaic of emerging trends.
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