…CEO? What is the risk of multiple executives, including the CEO’s emergency successors, falling ill? Are there any executives close to retirement that may not be willing to weather the… Continue Reading Succession Beyond the CEO
…understand the rationale Satisfy themselves that management has thought through all the issues, options, risks, and implications Approve management’s recommendations or send them back to conduct more research and analysis… Continue Reading The Board’s Role in Strategy
…This is only possible with a robust CEO emergency succession plan in place. It takes time to find a new CEO, and while partnering with an executive search firm can… Continue Reading Four Talent Questions Boards Need to Ask Right Now
…in place when the board and the executive team work together. The model looks at 12 dimensions of effective board-executive teaming, within four categories: We developed this model to better… Continue Reading Board-Executive Assessment of Teaming
…and how will this be managed? 2.5. Consider internal executive support A board needs to decide if and when to involve other executives in the termination and transition process. This… Continue Reading Terminating the CEO
…held to a higher standard than others and, as such, need to anticipate staff, executive, and stakeholder concerns. Boards need to lead unimpeachably, no matter how tired they are –… Continue Reading In the Boardroom: COVID, Travel and Tone at the Top
…celebrating their voices. One of the best opportunities to practice this is through recruitment. Here are five ways you can #ChooseToChallenge your approach to your next executive or director search:… Continue Reading International Women’s Day 2021
…board initiatives and priorities Expectations – meeting preparation, committee service, and director contribution, and conduct Logistics – meeting schedule, expenses, honorarium, director liability insurance Technology – board portal and meeting… Continue Reading What makes a Great Director Orientation
…directors on their boards, per Osler’s Diversity Disclosure Practices report. And there’s progress to be made in the executive suite too; did you know that no Indigenous women have ever… Continue Reading October is Women’s History Month
…corporations from coast to coast. We work closely with the clients in six distinct areas: recruiting director and executive talent; establishing effective governance structures and practices; guiding boards in their… Continue Reading WATSON Becomes a BC Benefit Company
