Boardroom INSIDER for NOVEMBER…
THE HIDDEN SHIFT IN BOARDROOM POWER
In the world’s corporations, is power subtly shifting away from entrenched CEOs toward the board of directors? Yes, says the lead article in the November issue of online governance monthly Boardroom INSIDER – but for an little-noted reason.
BI publisher and business speaker Ralph Ward writes that tenures for both corporate board members and chief executives have been falling, but “the rate of decline is uneven.” In the S&P 500, almost as many CEOs exited in the first half of 2025 as in all of 2024. “Board members overall now have longer tenures than their chief executives,” writes Ward. “They’ve seen CEOs come, and seen them go.”
This added “staying power” means directors are better able to visualize the company with fresh leadership – and are more likely to turn over that leadership. Smart chiefs are aware of this shift, and now must “engage more with the board to turn them into allies.”
Other articles in Boardroom INSIDER for November include…
Interim CEOs and boards – 5 tipsDangers in board info legal discovery
Is your board “deal ready?”
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RALPH WARD…
…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 Hacking the Boardroom (2025), 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 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.