Insight
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INSIGHT: Report, 9 December, 2020
Creativity in a crisis: finding a route to recovery through innovation
A new report provides a roadmap to navigate the recovery by creating a culture of innovation—including making it a priority in the boardroom.
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INSIGHT: Strategy, 3 December, 2020
Corporate purpose: elevating performance from board to brands
Directors should familiarise themselves with the emerging practices that companies can adopt to embed purpose and drive performance.
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INSIGHT: Board expertise, 1 December, 2020
Does your board have the ESG skills they need for future success?
2020 has been a pivotal year in which even sceptical leaders have been forced to reckon with ESG's vital role in business strategy.
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INSIGHT: Board composition, 23 November, 2020
New ISS benchmarks increase the pressure for diverse boards
The US ratings agency recommends voting against directors of firms without racially or ethnically diverse board members from 2022. But details are lacking.
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Insight: Risk, 20 November, 2020
D&O litigation on the rise amid host of emerging risks
Directors face liability over a range of new threats, with data breaches, executive misconduct and climate boosting D&O litigation claims.
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INSIGHT: Strategy, 16 November, 2020
A checklist for boards in the new normal
Covid-19 has spurred corporate boards to improvise new practices while keeping those that have served them well. Here’s a run-down.
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INSIGHT: Ethics, 2 November, 2020
If you get on with your boss you’re more likely to lie for them
New research reveals that employees are more likely to engage in unethical behaviour for a boss with whom they have a good relationship.
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INSIGHT: Board expertise, 27 October, 2020
Leadership in wicked times
Wicked problems involve complex dynamics and are seemingly impossible to solve effectively. They require new leadership approaches.
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INSIGHT: Corporate governance, 26 October, 2020
The ICGN Global Stewardship Principles: 2020 revisions
The updated ICGN GSP reflect shifts in market practice and regulation, as well as evolving attitudes towards stewardship.
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INSIGHT: Strategy, 22 October, 2020
How hedge fund activists influence target firms
Understanding settlement agreements is important to see the complete picture of the corporate governance landscape.
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INSIGHT: Strategy, 12 October, 2020
Responsible innovation: implications for corporate governance
To address challenges such as Covid-19, a responsible innovation process is required. Here's how corporate governance can help.
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INSIGHT: Leadership, 6 October, 2020
More than money: the evolving role of the chief financial officer
The Covid-19 pandemic has placed the CFO role at the heart of business, with an increasingly important role in strategy execution.
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INSIGHT: Corporate culture, 25 September, 2020
How good governance can stop toxic ‘bro behaviour’ at companies
Boards and directors are the instigators, nurturers and custodians of one of an organisation’s most critical assets: its culture.
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INSIGHT: Technology, 24 September, 2020
How to prevent your employees’ mistakes compromising cybersecurity
An alarming 43% of employees have made mistakes with cybersecurity repercussions for themselves or their company. How can firms mitigate this risk?
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INSIGHT: Crisis response, 21 September, 2020
Pandemic or no, it’s business as usual for boards
For now, corporate boards prefer to keep the status quo—and the long view—in the face of Covid-19 upheaval.
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INSIGHT: Sustainability, 21 September, 2020
When corporate social responsibility is mostly for show
Under pressure to be good corporate citizens, politically endorsed firms in emerging markets often choose philanthropy over adopting greener practices.
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INSIGHT: Strategy, 16 September, 2020
Four principles to keep your business’s social purpose goals on track
The pandemic has underlined the need for social purpose. Here's how to make it part of your short, medium and long-term strategy.
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INSIGHT: Research, 11 September, 2020
Women leaders are better at fighting the pandemic
The performance of women leaders in the Covid pandemic offers a global experiment in crisis management. Why has gender made a difference?
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INSIGHT: Board responsibilities, 11 September, 2020
How directors should manage AI, GDPR and data privacy risks
Senior management need to have policies, processes and people in place to address data protection risks arising from AI and GDPR.
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INSIGHT: Strategy, 10 September, 2020
Not business as usual: returning to the workplace after the pandemic
Amid the practical issues, organisations must rebuild connections between employees—and recapture a shared sense of purpose.