Risk Oversight

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  Resilience: leading for the long term

  Insights from lead directors on rethinking oversight to help raise the board’s game, strengthen the company’s resilience, and position the business and the board for the future.

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  Directors Quarterly: July 2021

  The inflation question, cybersecurity oversight, the keys to workforce well-being, views on how to innovate boards, and more.

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  Oversight of cybersecurity and data governance

  Considerations for refining boardroom cybersecurity and data governance discussions and oversight processes.

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  Innovating the board

  In an interview with the Board Leadership Center, Dambisa Moyo shares her views on how to innovate corporate boards.

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  The long-term value of workforce well-being

  Highlights from the BLC Directors Roundtable discussion on how companies and boards are rethinking workforce well-being.

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  Raising the board’s game and focusing on the future

  Amid unprecedented disruption and uncertainty, navigating the future will require a sharp focus on near-term and longer-term strategy and risk.

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  Critical connections: The CAE and Audit Committee

  Internal audit can provide valuable input to help the audit committee and board identify critical areas for discussion and action as they focus on the risks and opportunities ahead.

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  ESG, Human Capital Management and the Public Markets Impact on Compensation

  Insights into ESG factors and the potential impact on strategic agendas and business practices.

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  Capitalizing on the recovery: Talent, tech, innovation

  Views on how organizations can adapt to the challenges and opportunities of a strong but uneven economic recovery.

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  Is the board helping the business keep pace?

  How boardroom leaders can help position their companies for the future.

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  How internal auditors are adjusting to changing risk profiles

  Stephen Dabney and Michael A. Smith of KPMG identify emerging risks for internal auditors to have on their radars.

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  Directors Quarterly: April 2021

  The U.S. economic outlook, how internal auditors are adjusting to changing risk profiles, findings from our director pulse survey, and more.

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  Tapping into internal audit’s holistic view of risks

  A look at emerging risks that should be front-and-center for internal auditors in the current environment.

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  Views from the boardroom: 2021 pulse survey

  Our survey findings point to an increased focus on stakeholders, the urgency of climate risk, the strategic implications of cybersecurity and data governance, and a sharp spotlight on leadership.

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  The top issues for audit committees in 2021

  Operating against a backdrop of tremendous uncertainty and an uneven economic recovery, prioritizing the audit committee agenda will be particularly challenging.

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  Eurasia Group’s top geopolitical risks for 2021

  The top geopolitical risks for 2021, according to Eurasia Group.

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  Directors Quarterly: January 2021

  Priorities for board and audit committee agendas in 2021, tips for driving progress on diversity, and how to better envision the future

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  Navigating the risk and control challenges presented by COVID-19

  Audit committees need to maintain a sharp focus on understanding the effects of COVID-19 on the company’s financial statements and reporting, including the internal control environment.

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  Learning from the crises of 2020

  The events of 2020 are a sharp reminder for board leaders to take a fresh look at the company’s enterprise risk management processes and crisis readiness.

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  On the 2021 board agenda

  Nine issues for boards to keep in mind as they consider and carry out their 2021 agendas.