February 4, 2025

Chief executives today face a number of challenges in the boardroom, among them, increased regulation, pressure from activist shareholders, and corporate governance reforms. Boards that Lead: Corporate Governance that Builds Value is a corporate governance program that provides practical steps...

The stakes have never been higher for valuing and managing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. Once considered a niche field, ESG is now cited as “the 1 factor impacting business strategy” by Forbes. At the same time, leaders must navigate several cross currents — keeping pace...

$35 trillion dollars of assets under management claim inclusion of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into their investment strategies. However, their portfolio managers must navigate imperfect data sets to measure the impact of a company’s ESG factors. Additionally, investors...

Amid the changing landscape of ESG, today’s leaders must contend with myriad complexities: managing both internal and external stakeholders, developing and driving ESG strategy and performance, unlocking future value, navigating a polarized political climate, considering the financial and...

The demand for seasoned talent in the ESG strategy space is rapidly increasing. Global corporations’ strategists and consultants are accelerating the buildout of their ESG practices on sound business grounds, but those brought in to implement such significant business transformation are often...

Be a consistently professional communicator—even in difficult circumstances. How well you communicate can make or break your professional image. It directly influences how others view your work and performance—as well as your prospects for career advancement and mobility. Unfortunately, being...

Gain the skills, insights and competencies required in all negotiations—in every industry—at every level. Whether it’s allocating resources for a project, funding a new initiative or establishing a supply chain for a new product or service, negotiation is inevitably at the heart of the process....

Gain the core management skills you need to succeed! Successful managers get things done. Learn the art of management that sets you apart—FAST. Using extensive guided role plays, self-audits and in-depth skills exercises, you will explore motivation, delegation, coaching, communication,...

Be empowered to deal with challenges that impede morale and productivity One of the toughest parts of a manager’s job is dealing with and turning around problem employees. Whether it’s passive/aggressive direct reports or conflict resulting from generational or cultural differences, the issues...

No matter what template or process your organization might use for performance management, it’s still necessary to do the hard part on your own: assess an employee’s performance, results, and development—and then discuss and document it with them one-on-one. It’s no wonder both managers and team...