Thought Leadership | Board Advisory Services

Serving as an independent, non-executive director (NED) can be a boon to one’s professional development, as well as a uniquely compelling experience.

Drawing from experience working with boards and cybersecurity executives, explore insights to enhance your readiness to land your first board seat.

As our discussion uncovered, a forward-looking board is one that adeptly embraces its evolving role by maintaining its independence while ensuring effectiveness.

A practical guide for board of directors to oversee AI strategy, governance, and risk—designed to empower corporate boards in the age of intelligent technology.

As cyber risks rise, board members must have a level of cybersecurity knowledge in the same way they do financials, Egon Zehnder's Will Houston shared. (Note that this article may be behind a paywall and require a subscription.)

Chasing growth can derail even the most well-meaning CEOs—and their companies along with them. We spoke with Yves Doz and Keeley Wilson, authors of Escaping the Growth Curse: The Path to Stronger Corporate Strategy, to explore their approach to ending the growth curse.

Egon Zehnder's Chuck Gray highlights that diversity remains a priority for boards and how a drop in CEO diversity impacts board diversity. (Note that this article may be behind a paywall and require a subscription.)

Insights from our Inaugural Consumer Board Retreat

Chief Sales Officers have been driving incremental growth. Now it’s time for CEOs and Boards to apply that same level of rigor to the development of their Sales executives.

Phyllis Campbell, Former Chair of JPMorgan Chase, Pacific Northwest Region, talks career, board diversity and succession planning.

The ‘digital board’ has become a prerequisite for securing long-term success, effectively managing talent, and mitigating risks within the company.

Corporate boards significantly influence the perceptions through their oversight duties of how much enterprise value creation comes from non-financial resources - many of which correspond to some key skills gaps inside the boardroom, which Egon Zehnder's Lisa Blais highlights.