On this episode, Leah Malone joins the show to discuss PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors Survey. The study surveys over 700 US board directors, making it one of the largest public directors surveys in the country. Three-fourths of the directors are from companies with at least $1 billion in revenue.

 

Leah Malone is the Director at PwC’s Governance Insight Center, and author of the study.

 

On this episode we discuss:

 

• The “collegiality conundrum”: How board collegiality both assists and stifles board effectiveness
• The diversity dilemma: Directors believe diversity is important, but they’re fatigued from discussing it
• ESG enigma: Investors say they care, boards are skeptical
• Perplexing priorities: What boards believe about shareholder primacy
• The refreshment riddle: 49% of boards say another member ought to be replaced

 

Checkout these resources we mentioned during the podcast:

• PwC’s Annual Corporate Directors Survey.
• Business Roundtable letter from 200 chief executives, redefining shareholder primacy
• PwC’s Governance Insight Center
•  Leah Malone’s LinkedIn

 

You can find more interviews like this on our Corporate Director Podcast, hosted by Dottie Schindlinger and Meghan Day.

 

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