A well-known SoulCycle instructor was met with backlash after getting the Covid-19 vaccine under the guise of an “educator.” MTA board member David Mack is reported to have used his influence to help friends get the vaccine at a retirement home in Palm Beach. The unexpected arrival of 200 vaccines reportedly resulted in vaccinations for western Tennessee politicians, hospital executives’ family members and a florist,…
The pandemic has altered how corporate boards view interim roles, with average tenures stretching much longer for certain roles, new research suggests. Going into 2021 with uncertainty still lingering, boards could continue to allow C-suite roles to remain unfilled for longer periods of time. Tenures among interim execs, such as interim CFOs and other named…
As companies seek to gird their reputations, boards are looking for new directors with deep corporate affairs backgrounds to help them oversee and safeguard an intangible asset that can swiftly erode. A short list of corporate affairs experts who have ascended to boardrooms in recent years includes Dee Dee Myers, the former Clinton administration White House…
Incremental Progress Toward Gender Parity CompanyIQ® ESG data indicates that the gender balance on corporate boards is continuing to improve. Thirty-nine percent of incoming directors were women, while 61 percent of incoming directors were In light of the gender break- down of departing directors—86 percent were men and 14 percent were women—this has made the…
If corporate life is a pyramid, for Black Americans, it is one with the steepest of peaks. Out of the chief executives running America’s top 500 companies, just 1%, or four, are Black. The numbers aren’t much better on the rungs of the ladder leading to that role. Among all U.S. companies with 100 or…
The forces that are shaping business are changing as much as they are intensifying, and with that comes evolving needs for board oversight. Given the extreme turbulence of 2020, NACD partnered with Main Data Group to empirically describe the size, shape, and structure of Russell 3000 boards. MyLogIQ also provided additional data to supplement our…
In the past decade, the number of outgoing CEOs who’ve stepped into executive chair roles has quietly tripled from single digits to two dozen or more. So far this year, there have been 13 such moves, with a few more companies still to file corporate proxies. In 2020, the list includes chair appointments at blue…
Boards are formalizing the approaches they take in evaluating and assessing the performance of independent chairs and lead directors, at times even decoupling succession planning for the role from CEO transitions as governance processes and structures evolve. Boards traditionally have looked to the director with the longest tenure who is also a former CEO to…
The Wall Street Journal reported that, according to data provider MyLogIQ, 87 percent of companies in the S&P 500 opted for a virtual AGM this year compared with 23 percent of meetings held remotely in 2019. Companies are finding virtual AGMs to be cheaper and less time-consuming, but some shareholders complain they don’t get as much…
The Wall Street Journal (paywall) reported that, according to data provider MyLogIQ, 87 percent of companies in the S&P 500 opted for a virtual AGM this year compared with 23 percent of meetings held remotely in 2019. Companies are finding virtual AGMs to be cheaper and less time-consuming, but some shareholders complain they don’t get as…
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