Boardroom INSIDER for… MARCH

IS “ONE SIZE FITS ALL” FIT FOR GOVERNANCE?

 It’s one of the most common business writing and advisory clichés – “there are no one-size-fits-all solutions.”  Yet in fields from tax law, to data privacy, to money laundering, to accounting, corporations worldwide know all too well that basic legal and regulatory rules apply to everyone – and pleading “they just don’t fit our needs” won’t keep you out of court.

When it comes to corporate governance, however, the wide variety of national laws, business structures and corporate entities have kept global boardroom best practices “vague, subjective and often optional.” 

Board advisor and publisher Ralph Ward writes in the March issue of online monthly Boardroom INSIDER that this makes solid standards on board meetings, agendas, director independence and self dealing tricky “grey areas.”  Corporate counsel and directors themselves “may not know they’ve crossed a line until the legal hammer drops.”  In the article, Ward calls for an international framework of basic boardroom best practices, a “source code” that is “universal, but simple, and can be put to practical use.”

Also in the March issue of Boardroom INSIDER …

Neurodiversity in the boardroom – making it work
Do you have hidden (and dangerous) board member interlocks?
Q&A: What nonprofit roles can pave your way into a corporate boardroom?

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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 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.