Boards and governance

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What Directors Think 2023

Diligent Institute and Corporate Board Member surveyed 300 U.S. public company directors about the biggest challenges

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Diligent Institute is growing

Lisa Edwards will take on a new role as Executive Chair of Diligent Institute, after more than two years of serving as

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A Few Good Women: Gender and Leadership in the Boardroom

Diligent Institute set out to see whether female leadership in the boardroom maintained or managed to gain any momentum.

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What Directors Think 2022

Diligent Institute and Corporate Board Member interviewed 400 public company directors about the biggest challenges of

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Beyond the C-Suite: Trends in Director Skill Sets

Diligent Institute looked at the expertise backgrounds of newly appointed directors in 2021 to see which skill sets

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Gender and Leadership in the Boardroom: Progress in a Tumultuous Year

Diligent Institute’s second annual report on gender diversity and female leadership in public company boardrooms.

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What Directors Think 2021

Diligent Institute partnered with Corporate Board Member and asked 400 directors about the challenges and opportunities

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Stakeholder Capitalism: Translating Corporate Purpose into Board Practice

The report explores how corporate directors are thinking about corporate social purpose and stakeholder capitalism and

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Beyond the Boardroom: How Corporate Directors Gain Insight

Diligent Institute surveyed directors to find out how they prepared for board meetings.

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A Case for Modern Governance: The High Cost of Governance Deficits

This Diligent Institute report begins to quantify the material cost of governance crises, and more importantly, the

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