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Senior Management Has No Idea where their Company Data Resides
According to a recent article on our blog “Confidentialité: du papier au sans papier…“ and the issues of Data’s storage in companies, some societies by their Board of Director hesitate to transmit...
View ArticleRisks, Security… Directors, Are You Aware?
By Jody R. Westby, The 2012 Cylab Governance published a survey on how boards and senior executives are governing the privacy and security of their organizations’ digital assets (networks, systems, and...
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Smaller boards for better governance
How small boards can be more efficient than bigger? What is the impact on the daily governance? Robert Pozen, a Harvard Business School lecturer and former general counsel for Fidelity Mutual Funds,...
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E-Governance: Boards of directors now turn to board portal to work smarter,...
Published in 20/20, the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters (CME) magazine. A recent Deloitte study indicates technology is getting more and more popular in boardrooms. For a long time, directors...
View ArticlePeter Hadekel: Montreal startup develops governance tool
This article come from Thegazette, write by Peter Hadekel MONTREAL — Better corporate governance has become a top objective of just about every publicly traded company. Boards of directors are more...
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Drag your corporate boards into the digital age
The Globe And Mail published the Monday, Feb. 25 2013 a new article about Leading Boards !!! By Ivor Tossell. When corporate directors need to read up on company affairs in the run up to a board...
View ArticleWhat should Frank do?
Here, this is a good study case about a current problematic on a boardroom… a Powerful CEO and useless board. Published by Julie Garland McLellan in www.mclellan.com.au The case studies are based upon...
View Article10 important topics for board of directors in 2013
The havard law school forum gave ten good topics that board of directors should consider for the next years 2013. “A fog of uncertainty hangs over U.S. public companies as 2013 approaches. The looming...
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iPads in the Boardroom, another step towards e-governance?
While new technologies continue to expand and progress in businesses and organizations today, they offer greater means of communication, but also access to information anywhere and anytime. They are...
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Board committees: why, when and who?
The structure of the Board of directors is a key issue for good everyday governance. This involves the establishment of committees for managing the work load especially for large Boards. An important...
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The Everyday Governance Magazine – N°1 Basics on Boards
Welcome to the first issue of the «Everyday Governance magazine». This issue concerns basics on Boards of Directors: becoming a member, the reason of committees, the Boards code of conduct and how to...
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How to take and record minutes at a Board meeting
Minute recording isn’t a very popular job but it is essential for leading effective Board meetings and for general organization. Taking minutes isn’t necessarily a complicated task when well prepared....
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Implementing a Board Portal for your Board of Directors
Since the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002 and the raise of awareness on good governance practices, enhancing the organization and the communication of Boards of Directors has become a necessary challenge....
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Speaking digital: directors and executives adapting to the tech world
Have you heard of the expression “Digital as a Second Language”? Internet, computing, big data, the cloud, social media, board portals… Technology is appearing on the boardroom’s agenda. But it isn’t...
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Adopting a board portal for improved governance
Adopting a board portal for improved governance – An infographic of directors’ experience in 5 steps. Access the portal Inform and update Efficient directors Boardroom dynamics Everyday iPad Tweet
View ArticleEffective information management inside the boardroom
The Governance Practices Survey led by Corporate Secretary’s and based on the responses of more than 350 governance professionals from a variety of industries focuses on the top governance challenges...
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Part 1 – Meeting management with a board portal
Welcome to the first blog post of a series by Leading Boards on how to effectively manage paperless meetings. Covering the three key phases of a meeting (before, during and after); discover step by...
View ArticlePart 2 – Meeting management with a board portal
Welcome to the second part on how to effectively manage paperless meetings. This post will cover the use of a board portal during the board meeting. In the previous section, we highlighted the benefits...
View ArticleThe US Patriot Act, in the news again for privacy risks!
The debate on the confidentiality of companies’ private information stored online with American hosts has been aroused with a recent notice by a US District Court. The court requires Microsoft to hand...
View ArticleFocusing on sustainability: 2014 challenges and Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate governance is a set of processes, regulations and institutions that have an important influence on the way that the company is managed and controlled. The whole decision-making process...
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