It was a big day in Wall Street today. Lemonade (LMND) rang the NYSE bell and was able to raise about $319 million with an initial public offering. Lemonade is a technology-driven renters and homeowners insurance startup, and the second public benefit corporation to file for an IPO...
Increasingly, women executives are realizing that it’s not enough to just make it to the C-suite – indeed, they’re also compelled to save seats for young women to follow in their footsteps...
ESG goals are important, but do we need a new framing to capture the true drivers of sustainability -- virtualization, electrification, and sequestration...
Son’s exit follows SoftBank’s announcement in May that Jack Ma, Alibaba Group’s main founder and one of the world’s richest men, would leave SoftBank’s board on that same date...
Additionally, overnight there is a new level of appetite for embracing digital tools. Many boards are now experimenting with digital dashboards and different aggregation tools to obtain improved analytics, and examine company performance through new lenses...
With the real estate sector in turmoil because of the coronavirus, everyone is looking for ways to cut costs and manage cash flow. Many firms have already cut executive salaries...
The board and management project as equal partners in reorienting the corporate business model to address social justice turmoil...
If stakeholder capitalism is to be more than an optimistic vision, it will require this integration to become better defined in operational and governance terms and such practices adopted in widespread fashion by Boards...
A critical component in developing comprehensive client insights in your proposals is knowing how a client’s executives are compensated. Yet in my experience, most strategic account managers and sellers do not use executive compensation in their sales process. In this article, I’ll explore several dimensions of executive compensation...
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, a record 44 million Americans lost their jobs and filed for unemployment. Many turned to their local non-profit, charitable food banks for hunger relief...
What to the leadership teams of U.S. airlines have in common? Lots of white men...
With sudden changes due to a crisis, CISOs face many security and operational challenges. Taking a leadership approach is critical...
The Covid-19 pandemic crisis has already had a massive impact on every company all over the world. As an executive coach who has worked with CEOs from startups to Fortune 500 companies as well as with boards of directors, I’ve been helping my clients to adapt to this changing environment...
Boards of Directors need to ensure companies take care of their employees and customers as well as look to the horizon...
May has been a busy month for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ratings and disclosure at the US asset management industry’s top regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) between Chairman Jay Clayton's warning yesterday on ESG ratings and a recommendation earlier this month for ESG disclosures...
Succession planning should always be a business priority. However, during an unprecedented global pandemic with hundreds dying every day, planning for succession is simply mandatory...
A critical component in developing comprehensive client insights in your proposals is knowing how a client’s executives are compensated. Yet in my experience, most strategic account managers and sellers do not use executive compensation in their sales process...
Though former China Communist Party leader Mao Zedong famously said, "Women hold up half of the sky," gender imbalances persist in board memberships...
By putting environmental, social, and governance (ESG) at the heart of the world’s largest pension fund’s investments, Hiromichi Mizuno (known as Hiro) not only rocked the world of traditional pension finance but also had a profound impact on the cause of socially responsible investing...
AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson announced at the end of April that he’s stepping down. Stephenson said that he’ll serve in the capacity of executive chairman of AT&T’s board up until January 2021. Stephenson was a long-term company man...
According to the study, called “The Influence of Female Directors on Product Recall Decisions,” highly-defective medical products and treatments are recalled 28 days faster – 35% faster – when more than one woman is on the board of directors, compared to all-male boards...
Board of directors are realizing they have new roles to play, from champion of the culture to visionary prophet, from directing board congestion as a traffic cop to strategizing 3 moves ahead as a chess master, and finally in preparing to pass the baton in a relay race...
With the reopening of the economy, the pandemic “blame game” has begun. If fingers begin pointing at corporate directors, the famous risk observations of Donald Rumsfeld may offer a valuable resource...
