Boardroom INSIDER for… JANUARY

“WHY DO THEY HATE US?” – CEOS FACE TERRORISM

 Is your company’s CEO an evil oligarch or a greedy corporate one-percenter?  The members of your corporate board may not think so, but the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson gives boards an alert that someone may – and your board must be ready.  In the January issue of online monthly Boardroom INSIDER, publisher and board speaker Ralph Ward writes that high-fever online extremism once reserved for political leaders “is shifting to softer targets – billionaire founders and corporate CEOs.”

Ward encourages boards to give a new, close look at emergency succession plans and spending on executive security.  “CEOs in the public eye may now need personal protection like that of a head of state or celebrity.” Also, who monitors online threat assessment intel for your company and its leaders?  Finally boards must ask “if there are voices out there hating on our company, who are they… and why?

  Also in Boardroom INSIDER for January…

Is your emergency CEO succession plan ready (four tests)?
Next-gen board portals (and how to use them)
How do we handle “shades of gray” on boardroom confidentiality?

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…is an internationally-recognized writer and commentator on the role of boards of directors, the secrets of how benchmark boards excel, gaining a board seat, and the future of governance worldwide.

Ward is the publisher of the online email newsletter Boardroom INSIDER, the worldwide source for practical, first-hand advice on better boards and directors ( www.boardroominsider.com).

He is author of the books Board Seeker: Your Guidebook and Career Map into the Corporate Boardroom (2018), Boardroom Q&A (2011), The New Boardroom Leaders (2008), Saving the Corporate Board (2003), Improving Corporate Boards: The Boardroom INSIDER Guidebook (2000), and 21st Century Corporate Board (1997).

Ward is a CPD-certified trainer, and speaks internationally on board and governance topics, and presents a “Boardroom Masterclass” seminar worldwide, with recent programs in the Middle East, Asia and Africa.  His media appearances including CNNfn, C-SPAN, Voice of America, Bloomberg Money Show, National Public Radio, Marketplace, and CNBC (U.S. and U.K.).

Ward has also edited The Corporate Board magazine, the international journal of corporate governance, since 1990. He writes and comments on boardroom matters for a number of other publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Across the Board, Crains, Vital Speeches, the Detroit Free Press, Barrons and INC.com., and serves on several advisory and non-profit boards.