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The CEO-Chair relationship is vital—yet fleeting. This article covers the high stakes and key steps to make most of their time together under pressure.

Egon Zehnder, the world’s preeminent leadership advisory firm, today released the findings of its annual Global Board Diversity Tracker. For the last 20 years, Egon Zehnder has tracked board diversity around the globe, witnessing new milestones as well as setbacks and opportunities for additional growth. As the historical data shows, progress has not always followed a smooth path, but gradual and consistent improvements have continued.

For 20 years, Egon Zehnder has tracked board diversity around the globe, witnessing many milestones, steps forward, and setbacks. The path to progress has been uneven at times but incremental gains have been constant. Over the span of 12 years, from 2012 to 2024, the percentage of board positions held by women globally has risen steadily from 13.6 % to 29.3%, with an average increment of 2.6% change every two years.

Drawing from experience working with boards and cybersecurity executives, explore insights to enhance your readiness to land your first board seat.

Highly effective boards ensure that succession planning never stops being a priority. It isn’t personal, it’s simply best practice.

A practical guide for board of directors to oversee AI strategy, governance, and risk—designed to empower corporate boards in the age of intelligent technology.

Joining a board is pinnacle in many leaders' careers, but there is no one way to get there. Egon Zehnder's Chuck Gray shares some practical advice.

Corporate boards significantly influence the perceptions through their oversight duties of how much enterprise value creation comes from non-financial resources - many of which correspond to some key skills gaps inside the boardroom, which Egon Zehnder's Lisa Blais highlights.

To learn more about the growing importance of shared purpose in today’s environment, Egon Zehnder’ Directors Development Program held a session on the topic led by Arundhati Bhattacharya, earlier Chair of State Bank India and currently Chair and CEO of Salesforce India.

As part of the Directors Development Program, a session centered on the role boards play in developing leadership, talent and culture, was led by Kalpana Morparia, former Chair and CEO of JP Morgan’s South and Southeast Asia region, who explored the best practices for fostering a healthy board culture, diving into strategies and experiences she has embraced throughout her career.

Insights from 20 experienced operating partners and buy-out investors from various private equity funds from Shanghai and Hong Kong.

In light of the increased pressure on chairs to ensure engagement and contribution of board directors, we asked survey participants about the best way to measure board effectiveness and the individual contributions of directors.