New research, real stories, and practical takeaways on building high-performing boards where all voices are encouraged and heard.
In collaboration with the University of Washington’s Center for Leadership and Strategic Thinking in the Foster School of Business, BoardReady is proud to present new research exploring how today's public and private boards are working on fostering full participation to be more inclusive and high-performing. Drawing from 40 in-depth interviews with a broad sample of public company board directors, this research reveals practical insights and strategies that boards can and do use to support recruiting, onboarding, mentorship, and how they focus on the development of new directors. Together, we’ll examine what constitutes full engagement of all board directors and what inclusion and high performance looks like in a broad range of board engagements, as well as how those boards can create the conditions where all of the directors can thrive in seeking to support the company’s leadership
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8:00a – 8:30a: Networking
8:30a – 8:45a: Session 1 - Welcome and opening remarks by Deanna & Claudia of BoardReady
· Setting the stage: background information on our 5 years of research on the S&P 500 companies, where BoardReady researchers and staff examined why inclusion and development are essential to high performing board governance interactions/performance.
· Framing the research collaboration with UW and the goals and anticipated value for directors on boards, as well as the company’s leadership.
8:45a – 9:45a: Session 2 - Interactive Panel and Roundtable by UW Team
· Overview of the research methodology, preliminary findings, and other relevant research, applications, and takeaways on this topic
o Introduce the session’s panel members and highlights their work related to this board project
o Key themes/focus: director recruiting, onboarding, mentorship, governance engagements, and inclusion practices used by board members and chairs.
o Common challenges faced by women board members and the type of opportunities created by highly functioning boards to have all members be fully engaged.
· Interactive discussion that prompts small-group table conversations throughout the panel (the breakout facilitators will be interviewees that participated in the study)
· Recap and next steps on advancing board participation and board performance.