Insight Articles | Board Director Hiring

The traditional approach of filling board seats as they become available must give way to a more deliberate, longer-term perspective on board composition. A well-defined, long-term strategy helps the board give director succession planning the sustained, focused attention that it needs.

Boards of directors in the energy sector have been changing faster than ever – and if activist investors have their way, there’s more to come.

When it comes to planning for their own succession, boards neglect to apply all that they have learned regarding CEO succession. Why?

Talent decisions are often based on past performance, which favors short-term results, not long-term ability.

What distinguishes an excellent general counsel from a good or merely acceptable one? To answer that question we recently mined information about more than 300 senior legal executives from among the thousands of management appraisals that we have conducted over the past several years.

After the National Football League recently suspended coach Sean Peyton of the New Orleans Saints for next season, the team came dangerously close to flouting the Rooney Rule.

Inclusion – the full integration of an employee into the life of the organization – begins with onboarding.