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The challenges of the climb compound the closer one gets to the top. The trail from the final camp to the summit is dubbed “the death zone,” where thin air and brutal weather combine to create confusion and hallucinations, as well as a host of health-related ....

Given the weight of their roles, today’s COOs are expected to have a clear cross-functional understanding of every C-suite function and a deep familiarity with the markets. As they’re managing supply chain and labor strategies, for example, COOs are also immersing themselves in a company’s customer ...

Demonstrating advanced professional achievement and personal growth, a board role offers great scope in influencing the future of an organisation through impactful decision-making, as well as providing opportunities to hone and expand your skillsets required for navigating complex commercial challenges....

Marketers are attempting to sidestep political brawls over concepts like brand purpose, ESG and diversity by softening language and avoiding related messages, but they aren’t giving up on such efforts....

The day before Advanced Micro Devices Inc. approved Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su’s bonus in February, the chipmaker scrubbed the gendered title of chairman from its bylaws, part of “technical, modernizing, clarifying and conforming changes.”...

With all the new challenges coming up, from geopolitics to generative AI and digitization to sustainability, being a board director is probably more complex than ever. New topics pile onto the board agenda almost by the day. We’ve also seen a ...

Faster than a speeding bullet in risk calculations, stronger than a locomotive in team building, and capable of leading tall transformations in a single fiscal year, CFOs are doing more than ever. We asked 600 of them to share what’s next for one of the most important roles in the C-suite....

Best Practices for virtual participation in shareholder meetings: CCGG encourages Boards to approach virtual meetings with a shareholder engagement mindset that prioritizes simplicity of process, transparency of information...

“(V)irtual-only shareholder meetings were originally envisioned as a contingency measure necessitated by the pandemic. But in the ensuing years, their use by corporations has become common practice. In fact, 57 per cent of S&P/TSX 60 companies held virtual-only annual shareholder meetings during the 2023 proxy season...

Top-performing companies with good governance tend to have orderly succession plans and a strong preference for internal candidates, he explains. And CEOs who are promoted internally also tend to have long tenures, partially because they’re usually not taking over during a time of crisis. But the privilege of becoming CEO under such ideal circumstances mainly goes to men because ...