1、Navigating shifting sands:Six ways boards are reshaping their processes to thrive nowBoard MonitorUS 2024CEO&Board of Directors PracticeBOARD MONITOR US 2024:NAVIGATING SHIFTING SANDS2 Welcome to Board Monitor US 2024Who is influencing the board agenda todayand are board members happy with that?Wher

2、e does the board spend its timeand are those the right places?How are boards addressing the widening risk environment?Are boards more operationally involved?How are boards engaging with the workforce?How are boards thinking about diversity today?SummaryMethodology59131620242931HEIDRICK&STRUGGLES3 Fo

3、r many years,Heidrick&Struggles has been tracking the trends that have shaped the global governance arena,including important long-term changes in board independence,diversity,financial oversight,risk management,and the shareholder base the directors serve.More recently,we have been helping our clie

4、nts understand the expanding environment in which they are operating.How is the role of business in society changing?What are the implications for directors?What does the future hold?Clarity has been hard to find as directors struggle to draw reasonable boundaries and consider their responsibilities

5、 amid a rolling global pandemic,geopolitical uncertainty and conflict,emerging technologies,cybersecurity concerns,and a long list of social and environmental concerns.While there are important industry and regional differencesindeed,differences from one company to anothermost accept that the role o

6、f the board is expanding.More is at stake.More is uncertain.And more is expected now of directors.Make no mistake,the intensity and accelerating pace of change is real,leading to a fundamentally different operating reality than incumbent executives and directors have experienced in their careers.”1