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In this issue: Feature Articles from 2016 First Quarter | Bonus Online Content | Calendar of Events | News
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Getting on Board: Three Action Steps
By SUSAN F. SHULTZ and ROBERT BARKER
Call it the boardroom Catch-22: It’s difficult to get on a board if you don’t have board experience. But, you can’t get the experience without your first board seat.
The solution? If you’re really serious about getting on a board, create a strategy and be prepared to do the homework. Getting on board is like getting a job. Here are three steps.
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Directors & Boards' Director Education Webinar Series
Investigative Due Diligence: A Practical Guide To What Directors Need to Know
September 30, 2015
Refreshing the Board: Age or Term Limits, Skillsets and the Hard Conversation
September 16, 2015
Directors to Watch 2015: The Making of Successful Women Directors
August 19, 2015
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How boards can have maximum impact on digital strategy.
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By JEFF SANDERS and SARA SPIERING
The digitization of global business has created a winner-take-all world where leaders and laggards alike can be upended quickly. As a result, digital capabilities play an outsized role in many of the key activities of the companies that directors oversee. Strategically, digitization enables companies to create new markets and business models, potentially disrupting entire industries.
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Be kind — it makes for a happier, more caring person.
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 It is surprising how many business leaders who write their memoirs speak not about the killer instinct or the desire to be the smartest one in the room but about kindness. They note its “boomerang” effect — the act of being kind affects the one being kind as much as the person on the receiving end of a kind act.
Kindness, they say, is as necessary a part of good management skills as knowing when to close the deal. Of course, you would be kind to an employee who had a personal tragedy. But how much better for your soul to be kind to someone you do not know, someone who can do nothing for you, someone you may never see again.
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The Audit Committee of the Future: What Skill Sets Will Committees Need?
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April 12, 2016
With investors increasing focus on board composition and director skill sets, and new risks emerging for markets and public companies, the role of the audit committee—and the skill sets of its members—are more important than ever. As audit committees confront these new risks, along with growing market complexities and heightened attention from regulators, some are calling for a fresh look at the definition of an “audit committee financial expert” as well as a reexamination of the number of financial experts required for boards.
Click here for more information about this event.
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NYC's ‘Conversations In The Boardroom' Event
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April 19, 2016
Join Women in the Boardroom and speakers, Patricia Lizarraga, Managing Partner of Hypatia Capital Group and Pang Zhang-Whitaker, Counsel for Dorsey & Whitney to discuss the topic of 'Connecting with Private Equity Firms on Your Board Journey.' This In-Person event will take place at Dorsey & Whitney at 51 W. 52nd Street in NYC at 6pm ET.
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here for more information on this Women in the Boardroom event.
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BDO Releases Report on Top Issues at Shareholder Meetings
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 According to a BDO USA, a highly volatile stock market, stagnant wages, global economic challenges, a strong U.S. dollar and a presidential election like no other are just a few of the factors contributing to a growing feeling of uncertainty in corporate board rooms around the country.
BDO USA, one of the nation’s leading accounting and consulting firms, has compiled the following list of topics that corporate management and boards of directors should be prepared to address in connection with 2016 annual meetings.
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Sheila Hooda, Rodrigo López Elected to Mutual of Omaha Board of Directors
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 Sheila Hooda of Pelham Manor, N.Y., and Rodrigo López of Omaha recently were elected to the Mutual of Omaha Board of Directors, Chairman Dan Neary announced.
With more than 30 years of global leadership experience, Ms. Hooda is CEO, President and Founder of Alpha Advisory Partners, an advisory firm providing growth strategy, M&A and turnaround services for the financial and business services sectors. López is Executive Chairman of NorthMarq Capital Finance, LLC. He was founder, President and Chairman of AmeriSphere, a provider of capital solutions for the multifamily industry.
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Being "Compromise Ready" to Respond to Incidents
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According to the 2nd annual BakerHostetler Data Security Incident Response Report phishing/hacking/malware was the cause of 31% of data security incidents during 2015, revealing a shift from 2014 when human error was the leading cause.
The report also continues the inaugural-year theme that no industry is immune to data security incidents – reinforcing that it is more important than ever that companies take action in advance to become ready for the inevitable incidents to come.
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