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Dedicating time to think about the future is vital to navigating disruptive risks.

Seven items for boards to consider as they focus their 2019 agendas on the critical challenges at hand and on the road ahead.

Seven items for audit committees to keep in mind as they consider and carry out their 2019 agendas.

Independent lead directors and independent chairs play a pivotal role in helping ensure their boards are ready for a CEO change.

Many boards and audit committees are turning to internal audit to help them better understand and assess the company’s culture.

Ian Bremmer, president and founder of Eurasia Group, shared his views on how boards should evaluate geopolitical risks and their impact on the business.

This quarter, and in the months ahead, a number of developments impacting financial reporting will need to be front and center for audit committees.

For young and growing companies, particularly those backed by venture capital funds, board building is often more informal and less strategic. Yet a long-term approach to building a strong board as the company grows can make a difference.

In this edition, we looked at trends in board leadership, two emerging areas of focus for lead directors, how young and growing companies may benefit from using a matrix for board building, and more.

Lead directors are focusing on board composition and diversity, and enhancing board operations and oversight processes.

The Board Leadership Center’s Dennis T. Whalen offers two key areas for board focus as companies prepare for the 2019 proxy season.

The audit committee should add a #MeToo lens to its role in assisting the board in monitoring compliance.

Companies and investors continue to grapple with what constitutes the optimal leadership structure for boards.

In the absence of timely guidance from the government, tax and finance departments will face a number of challenges in preparing the company’s remaining interim and year-end financial statements and tax return filings.

Highlights and takeaways from KPMG’s Director Roundtable Series, which explored how boards can take a more proactive approach to understanding, shaping, and assessing corporate culture.

Observations of the current climate for shareholder engagement, proxy voting and disclosure trends, shifts in board composition, and institutional shareholder concerns.

This quarter, and in the months ahead, a number of developments impacting financial reporting will need to be front and center for audit committees.

The super-voting stock creates a disconnect between economic interest and voting power, and the holders of super-voting stock are typically able to control the board and all major decisions.

Consumer data is a valuable asset for most organizations looking to extend their customer reach and competitive advantage

Just when boards and management think they have finally figured out how to accommodate millennials as employees and customers, along comes iGen to reverse many millennial trends.

The July 2018 edition of Directors Quarterly.

Board-level attention to the foundations of decision-making can help give companies an edge in today’s complex and competitive business environment.

Quorum, Out Leadership’s initiative to increase LGBT+ representation on corporate boards, has created Board Diversity Guidelines with recommendations for companies on how to amend their corporate governance language

This quarter, and in the months ahead, a number of developments impacting financial reporting will need to be front and center for audit committees.

The #MeToo movement and headlines announcing sexual harassment scandals and allegations have rightly put the topic of corporate culture front and center in the boardroom.