Time to Tell a Different Story
As a business operating on the front line of leadership, our daily interactions and insights tell us that the prevailing stories about women CEOs are sometimes different from those of their male counterparts. We wanted to dig deeper and better…
EU Directive on Women on Boards: Which countries have implemented?
The Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive (known as the ‘Women on Boards’ directive) entered into application at the end of 2024, aiming for a more balanced gender representation on the boards of listed companies across all EU…
Women in senior management: The more the better
Ten years after the securities regulations came into force, which established a disclosure regime regarding the number and percentage of women sitting on a board of directors, or holding an executive position, where do we stand?…
Unfinished business: A decade of data on women in Canadian corporate leadership
The number of women on TSX-listed issuers’ boards of directors has increased steadily from 11 per cent to 29 per cent in the last ten years. However, Canadian public companies have yet to collectively cross the widely touted target of having 30 per cent of women on boards….
Firms Outperform When There Are More Women on Boards, BI Says
Female representation in the boardroom almost tripled since 2010, with the most gender-diverse companies delivering higher shareholder returns compared to male-dominated boards, according to Bloomberg Intelligence…..
Canadian banks must reveal diversity of board, top managers under new rules
Canadian banks and other national institutions have to disclose information about the diversity of their boards of directors and top management under new rules published on Saturday, in sharp contrast with the U.S. Trump administration which is ending such practices…
Directors Should Prepare to Address Five Board Dilemmas in 2025
Rarely has the business environment both in the United States and globally seemed so promising and so unpredictable concurrently. Artificial intelligence (AI)-driven innovations are unleashing new opportunities, and business confidence levels about accelerating…
Corporate Leaders Need to Keep Their Mouths Shut
The lesson has become even more important with the recent gravitation of some corporate leaders toward President Trump. Such public fawning, which would have been unthinkable just a few years ago, demonstrates how unprincipled and fickle corporate political positions have always been….
ESG + Incentives – 2024 Report
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) considerations have been a priority for many corporations over the last half-decade or more. More and more companies have added ESG metrics to their incentive plans in recent years to signal focus and accountability amidst the increased interest in these topics. ESG metric prevalence for executive incentive plans across the S&P 500 …
The Momentum of DEI Metrics in Incentive Programs
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) concerns have become some of the top issues for corporate America in recent years. However, discussions surrounding these initiatives have become highly politicized and polarized, with anti-ESG shareholder proposals on the rise, certain companies rolling back their DEI initiatives, and falling shareholder vote support for various environmental and social proposals in recent years….
