Boardroom Governance with Evan Epstein

Peter Gleason: CEO of NACD on 2024 Board Practices and Oversight Surveys – Trends and Takeaways


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(0:00) Intro.

(1:23) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.

(2:10) Start of interview. *Reference to prior episode with Peter (E83 from Jan 2023).

(3:00) NACD Surveys on Board Practices and Oversight: Private Company Results and Public Company Results.

(3:44) 1/ On Technology Oversight: "We are seeing boards go after technology, not necessarily expertise, but experience."

(11:16) 2/ On CEO Succession Planning. "Succession is always a challenge at companies, especially with founder CEOs."

(14:37) 3/ On Board Leadership Succession Planning. "Governance is more art than science, it depends on the board."

(20:26) 4/ On Board Reporting. Reference to paper on Netflix Governance by Larcker and Tayan (2018). 

(23:43) NACD's BRC Report on Culture as the Foundation. *Reference to episode with Sonita Lontoh (June 2024).

(25:23) NACD's BRC Report on Technology Oversight. *Reference to episode with Nora Denzel (Oct 2022).

(32:12) On Cybersecurity concerns for boards and directors.

(33:56) On AI concerns for boards and directors.

(35:27) On trend of alternative corporate structures used by new AI companies including public benefit corporations.

(41:41) On the upcoming NACD Directors Summit Oct 6-9, 2024, in Washington, DC. *My reference to keynoting the 25th IBGC Summit in Brazil.

(46:35) On geopolitics and the increasing politicization of the boardroom.

Peter Gleason has been the CEO of NACD since 2017.

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