Outlook and Challenges
2025 Governance Outlook Report
This annual report delivers data, insights, and forward-thinking strategies that help directors thrive in an era of rapid change and multifaceted challenges.
Governance Resources
Geopolitical Risk
Manage Global Challenges with Geopolitical Risk Strategies
Governance Surveys
Center for Inclusive Governance
Prepare Your Boardroom for Geopolitical Risk
In an increasingly globalized world, understanding and managing geopolitical risk is essential for boardroom oversight. As escalating global challenges continue to impact businesses, a proactive geostrategy allows boards to anticipate and respond to uncertainty and mitigate risks due to international conflicts, supply chain disruption, economic sanctions, AI, cyber threats, and social tensions. Navigate the challenges and opportunities at board level with articles, reports, guides, and tools that foster a culture of vigilance and adaptability.
Featured Report
NACD Director’s Handbook on Cyber-Risk Oversight
Improve your board’s cyber-risk oversight to confront increasing cyber-threats from ongoing global crises.
Key Resources
Our staffʼs suggestions for the best on this topic.
Tools for Success
Practical tools, templates, and more to put into action at your next meeting.
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Practical Guide
COVID-19 and Beyond: A Practical Guide for Adaptive Governance
Guidance to help boards navigate the many dimensions of this crisis, and to help them prepare their companies for a (slow) recovery.
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Boardroom Tool
Russia-Ukraine Crisis: Board Supply Chain Checklist
A checklist to help boards quickly and effectively address the risks to their supply chains posed by this conflict.
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Boardroom Tool
Incident Response Tool
A tool that outlines the steps boards should consider in order to ensure that their corporations have an effective incident response program.
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Editorʼs Picks
A selection of editorial content from Directorship® magazine, including online exclusives.
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Online Article
Digging Deeper Into Macroshifts
Enrich boardroom conversations on major post-election trends by understanding these themes and the long-term impact they will have on organizations.
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Directorship Magazine
What the US Election Means for Global Business
Here’s what boards should know to be prepared to adapt swiftly to unexpected global changes that the US election may bring.
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Online Article
Global Risks Are Intensifying: Here Is What Boards Should Know
Top risks for the next decade and what boards should know about them.