CEO Letter
By Peter R. Gleason
Recognizing Excellence
Winter 2025 Issue
From Directorship® Magazine
Trending Oversight Topics
Governance Surveys
Center for Inclusive Governance
Cover Story
Honoring Outstanding Governance
NACD celebrates the 2024 Directorship 100TM honorees and recognizes the strides these board members and governance leaders have made in guiding their organizations through unprecedented change.
Editor's Note
By Preeti Vasishtha
In Pursuit of Excellence
Features
Championing DE&I in the Boardroom
By NACD Editors
Learn more about the 2024 NACD Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Awards winners: CommonSpirit Health, Gilead Sciences, and Northwestern Mutual.
Powering DE&I amid Uncertainty
By Rohini Anand
As DE&I initiatives face challenges, boards must reinforce their support and expertise to help companies embed DE&I into their core systems, while highlighting the benefits.
Is It Time for a New Audit Firm?
By Jane Sadowsky
The decision requires the board to consider carefully several key factors to minimize disruption, maintain independence, and enhance the overall audit quality.
NACD Directorship 100
Special Awards
Nonprofit Director of the Year
Hon. Robert A. McDonald
Committed to Helping Others
Columns
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Keeping Count
Survey: Public Companies Need to Strengthen CEO Succession and Technology Strategies
By Heather Kierzek
Key insights from the 2024 NACD Public Company Board Practices and Oversight Survey.
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Regulatory Roundup
As Washington Swings Right, Boards Update Their Playbooks
By Alexandra R. Lajoux
Discover legislative, regulatory, and legal developments impacting boards in the winter 2025 issue of Directorship.
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Private Company Governance
How Extended Holding Periods Are Reshaping Private Equity Strategies
By Dan Hawkins
Common investor and board strategy trends associated with longer private equity investment holding periods.
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Director's Dilemma
Board Pack Raises Concerns about Lack of AI Guardrails
By Julie Garland McLellan
Language used in a board pack leads a director to believe AI was used. What should the board do?
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Verbatim
ICGN’s View of Global Stewardship and the Role of Disclosures
By Heather Kierzek
An Interview with Jen Sisson.
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In Practice
How One Ukrainian Bank Transformed Itself despite Multiple Crises
By Dimitri Chichlo
Discover how a Ukrainian bank changed to operate with corporate autonomy, transparency, accountability, and trust.
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Perspectives
Managing Change Is the CHRO’s Mandate
By Katie Lawler
The evolving workplace requires the chief human resources officer to embrace change and ensure clear communication.
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Board Tech
How AI Can Transform Risk Management into a Revenue Accelerator
By Atul Vashistha and Shelley Leibowitz
Ways AI can revolutionize risk management and turn it into a continuous process.
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