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AI Has Entered the Director’s Tool Kit. Now what?
As boards strategize about how their firms should use AI, they’re also experimenting with it themselves. But not without complications.
The Board Wants You Removed. But Why?
A new survey shows that a record-high 55% of board directors would like to replace at least one member. So why don’t they?
Meeting Less, Talking More?
New data shows that boards don’t meet significantly more often today than they did a decade ago. Should they?
November 3, 2025
Nearly 60% of new director appointments this year are retired executives, a reversal of recent history. Why are firms swinging away from actively employed directors?
May 12, 2025
As boards jump into ongoing conversations about tariffs, the key issue is how best to handle risk management.
Shareholders are expected to press boards on everything from tariffs to AI, and then some. Why experts say this proxy season feels more tense than in years past.
May 11, 2025
Activists won more than 50 board seats globally in Q1, nearly half the total for all of last year. What topics may become hot buttons this proxy season.
A new Korn Ferry study finds successful chairs are great coaches, curious, and continually learning. Here’s what they told us.
January 9, 2025
Revenue growth at big firms has dropped by almost half in the past five years, and most CEOs seem baffled. Can boards help leaders think differently about growth?
CEOs are being criticized more often, and more openly, by their employees than ever before. Why that worries boards.
As activist campaigns reach record levels, boards are taking a bigger role in trying to head them off early. Does it work?
September 10, 2024
November’s results will swing business policy in one of two vastly different directions. How should boards be preparing for different scenarios?
Companies are holding a record $3.8 trillion in cash. Why directors need to start pressing leaders on how they plan to spend it.
Half of newly appointed directors are now working—not retired—executives. What’s driving the change?
Firms citing AI-related risks to business in annual reports increased a whopping 474% this year. How much should boards be concerned?
February 23, 2024
In a dramatic reversal from the past few years, concern over supply-chain disruption has waned among boards. What does that mean for the function’s leaders?
Underscoring the demands on leaders of an increasing complex and stressful business environment, last year more CEOs died in office than in any year since 2010—and the number leaving for “personal reasons” doubled.
A new Korn Ferry report finds that more boards are disclosing information about the annual evaluation process. But fewer of them are conducting individual director assessments.
More than one-third of board directors have raised issues about the quality—and quantity—of pre-meeting materials. Is it time for firms to make them more snackable and digestible?
November 1, 2023
Boards are increasingly having to deal with sudden departures of executive leaders, prompting a rethink on how to prepare for the unexpected.
October 16, 2023
One-third of CEOs are now leaving their posts within three years, a new Korn Ferry study finds. Would better succession planning help retain them?
October 13, 2023
Boards have been tweaking the pay for committees and their members in order to better reflect the differing levels of their contributions. But does that send the wrong signal?
September 27, 2023
In an interview with Korn Ferry, Bender talks about how boards are thinking about generative AI, succession planning, and why even directors need mentors.
