Talent, Strategy, Risk

Over 200 Business Roundtable CEOs publicly rebuke the idea of shareholder primacy. The world's largest investment management company, BlackRock, requires all companies in their portfolio to demonstrate a path for long-term value creation. Institutional investors, who own 60% of Fortune. 500 companies, expect leaders to keep the short term and long term in proper balance. Three experts put these radical developments into perspective for boards and define the board's new agenda—centered on three critical areas of talent, strategy, and risk—to escape the traps of short-termism and drive long-term value creation. Provides a call-to-action to rethink corporate governance. Describes how a monumental shift in company ownership and shareholder expectations affects directors and executives of public companies. Helps directors and executives respond to the changing expectations of institutional investors, with a clearly defined new approach to corporate governance that puts long-term value creation over short-term returns. Leading edge examples from investors, directors, and executives. Includes many in-depth interviews with key players in the new governance landscape. Audience: Directors, C-suite and senior leaders, investors and analysts, public regulators and governance raters.