“The best strategies are born from management’s analysis and creativity, coupled with the board’s incisive questioning and probing. The board should see the CEO and the top team present the… Continue Reading The Board’s Role in Strategy
…board and CEO is a best practice. Consider reviewing feedback from the most recent evaluations and pay close attention to strengths of both the board and the CEO. Building on… Continue Reading Four Talent Questions Boards Need to Ask Right Now
The chair of a Crown corporation feels like the CEO controls and limits information going to the board and is resistant to the board’s guidance. The CEO feels like the… Continue Reading Board-Executive Assessment of Teaming
…Is it possible to work with the CEO to craft a transition that achieves the board’s objectives, allows the CEO to save face, and strengthens the organization? What are the… Continue Reading Terminating the CEO
…is over. When you touch base with the Chair afterwards, they express concern about the CEO burning out or resigning, which would be a disaster. With everything on the CEO’s… Continue Reading In the Boardroom: COVID, Travel and Tone at the Top
…the board chair is complex and demanding. Once seen as a figurehead role focused on facilitating meetings and liaising with the CEO, the role has evolved to include a breadth… Continue Reading The Broken Chair
…and dynamics Legislation and legal duties The board’s role in strategy, risk, financial oversight, CEO performance, HR/culture, etc. The relationship and division of responsibility between the board and management Current… Continue Reading What makes a Great Director Orientation
…Canada, Canadian women increase representation in the boardroom, particularly in the government, utilities, and finance sectors. Canada and France are leading the pack globally with the highest share of women… Continue Reading October is Women’s History Month
…Canada. Vancouver, British Columbia – Watson Advisors Inc. (WATSON)–Canada’s largest multidisciplinary governance and leadership firm–announced it has officially become a Benefit Company. Benefit Companies, like B Corps, help redefine the… Continue Reading WATSON Becomes a BC Benefit Company
…and code of conduct; 3. Choosing a CEO, approving executive compensation, CEO succession, levels of authority; 4. Approving strategy and plans to implement; 5. Approving financials, choosing auditors; 6. Approving… Continue Reading Diversity in Decision Making at the Board
