Specialized Directors
APRIL 2024
Our most recent director pulse survey highlights the specialized skills boards are seeking to add, the skills they have added to their boards in recent years, and the impact those directors have had on the effectiveness of the board.
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Individual Director Assessments
FEBRUARY 2024
Spencer Stuart's pulse survey of directors on public company boards found that a growing number of boards are using individual assessments to improve their effectiveness. They are figuring out how they fit into the larger board review process and the most effective practices for collecting and providing feedback on individual director performance. This pulse survey explores these areas.
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CEO Succession
JUNE 2023
Planning for the future leadership of a company is among a board’s most important tasks, and Spencer Stuart’s pulse survey of 625 directors on U.S. public and private company boards found a wide range of responses about how they are approaching CEO succession. Every succession has its own complexities, and experience with one (or even a few) doesn’t always predict how the next one will unfold.
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Time Commitment
MARCH 2023
How much time are directors spending on board obligations? Spencer Stuart’s director pulse survey found significant differences between public and private company directors in the time they spend on board activities, yet no single issue emerged as a clear winner when it came to issues deserving less time in the boardroom.
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Activism Preparedness
MARCH 2023
What, if anything, are boards doing in response to the UPC? More than 350 public company directors report on activism action planning, and nearly all reported having some sort of activism action plan. More than half gave their board’s preparedness plan high marks, and collectively the surveyed directors identified five common “activism preparedness” action steps.
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Board Leadership
SEPTEMBER 2022
How do public and private company board directors view their current leadership structure? Our pulse survey of directors highlights these findings with responses from over 1,000 US directors. Spencer Stuart’s pulse survey of directors on public and private company boards about board leadership found strong support for the current leadership structure of their boards and mixed views on the differences between independent chairs and lead directors.
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