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All Briefs
2019
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On Governance: How a Board Shapes and Protects its Reputation
April 18 | Patrick Dailey, Co-founder, BoardQuest | Comments (0)The author recommends the board chair lead a discussion about understanding and protecting the board’s reputation. The discussion is about both the board’s internal and its external reputation—how to build it; how to leverage it; how to protect it.
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Breakthroughs with Design Thinking, Diversity, and Inclusion: Part 1
April 18 | Rebekah Steele, Senior Fellow, Human Capital, The Conference Board | Comments (0)The stakes for getting D&I right are high, both for organizations and individuals. Unfortunately, many of our familiar D&I ‘best practices’ are inadequate amid ever-evolving demands and complicated contexts. To advance D&I outcomes, we need next practices.
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The Nonprofit 10 Percent
April 17 | Timothy J. McClimon, President, American Express Foundation | Comments (0)Are nonprofits—a crucial economic sector—getting the support they need to flourish? According to Independent Sector, there are over 1.6 million tax exempt nonprofit organizations in the United States—the third largest workforce in the country behind retail and manufacturing. Yet, the nonprofit sector is critically understaffed, under-capitalized, and overwhelmed. It needs support to fulfill its vital mission.
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The Philosophy Behind Patagonia, the Outspoken Outdoor Brand
April 11 | JP Kuehlwein, Marketing Principal, M&C Center, The Conference Board | Comments (0)How does an active wear brand become an activist icon? Deliberately or despite itself? Can product, purpose, profit, and politics mesh—or do they risk unraveling? And what’s the story behind the unconventional Patagonia beer? These questions and more will be answered in The Conference Board Marketing and Communications Center's April Monthly Chat.
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10 Ways for Your Communications Team to Respond to Sensationalized News Stories and Maintain Your Organization’s Reputation
April 10 | Sheri Rothman, Former Senior Writer, The Conference Board | Comments (0)How do you respond when someone publishes a story about you that isn’t true? Here’s how Mayo Clinic handled such a situation in August 2018 when CNN ran this: “Escape from the Mayo Clinic: Teen accuses world-famous hospital of ‘medical kidnapping.’”
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On Governance: The Public Company Governance Model – In Dire Need of Radical Change
April 09 | Henry D. Wolfe | Comments (0)What is needed is a radically new governance model aligned with the high-performance requirements of the current hyper-competitive business environment.
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New Research Analyzes Standardized Social Outcomes
April 04 | Alex Parkinson, Former Communications Institute Co-Leader, The Conference Board | Comments (0)Do you have a firm grasp of the outcomes your societal investments are achieving, or are you still counting inputs and outputs? New research from The Conference Board, in collaboration with the Impact Genome Project and supported by Moody's, uses standardized metrics to measure social outcomes, enabling companies to more effectively report and benchmark the performance of their societal investments. Being able to compare social outcomes helps companies make smarter societal investments.
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On Governance: Science & Sentiment – A Quantitative Analysis of Warren Buffett's CEO Letters
April 03 | Krista Bennatti-Roberts, Data Scientist, Hansell McLaughlin Advisory | Carol Hansell, Senior Partner, Hansell LLP, ESG Center Fellow | Comments (0)Shareholders and other stakeholders develop a sense for the chief executive's leadership style through the tone and content of the annual CEO letters. In the case of Warren Buffett, the tone and content is unique and effective.
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Latest Research from the Governance Center
April 02 | ESG Center | Comments (0)The latest research from the Governance Center covers the independent auditor and regulator perspectives on the director’s job description, and a theory about outsourcing public company board functions to a board service provider. We also released two more installments in our "Director Notes" series.