As Starboard Value renews its push for board seats, the high-stakes dispute highlights how activist pressure, performance perceptions, and investor alignment can shape corporate governance battles.
It’s not about political maneuvering or excessive deference—it’s about creating the conditions for your vision to thrive. Four strategies for doing it right.
But the first woman, and woman of color, to be CEO of AT&T argues that the ideas behind the letters, ‘done right,’ are critical to corporate strategy today.
For 36 years, Tony James helped guide the fate of the best-run retail company in the world. In a rare, exclusive interview, he shares his board playbook.
Successful succession strategies may be less about skill, and more about being a good match for the ‘DNA’ of the company.
Nestlé’s returns have underperformed the MSCI World Index by 44% over the past two years, leading to CEO Mark Schneider’s recent exit. Did Nestlé’s board overlook key expertise gaps? As the company regroups, it’s not too late to apply these lessons and build a more resilient strategy.
Facing on impasse on how to proceed with the struggling company, all seven independent directors at 23andMe resigned. Here’s how CEOs and boards can avoid a similar end.
Chief executives at retail and consumer companies may have a shorter timeline to jumpstart sluggish performance.
As more companies announce that they are eliminating DEI initiatives, CEOs and boards need to consider how they will approach this matter.
Unsurprisingly, shareholder activism has increased this year. Here’s how corporate boards can avoid becoming targets.
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