Agenda

Facing challenges from inflation, supply chain disruptions, and ongoing pandemic fallout, companies are navigating a great deal of uncertainty when setting long-term performance goals. Even so, pressure is still on from investors and other stakeholders on diversity, inclusion and equity, environmental concerns and other prominent social issues. Our expert panel will discuss approaches to pushing forward on ESG strategy in a rocky economic environment.

The bar is always being raised for transparency and engagement between public companies and their major shareholders. With the growing prominence of ESG and human capital management issues at all levels of the governance conversation, what do board members and senior leadership need to know to be prepared for engagement in 2022? Our panel will discuss emerging best practices.

Oversight duties regarding leadership development and succession planning are increasingly commonplace in Compensation Committee charters. Recently, a smaller but growing number of charters also include oversight of employee culture and employee relations. Our panel will explore emerging impacts of this trend on the experience of committee members and on committee composition and selection.

With CEO turnover reaching a historic peak and remaining elevated over the last three years, it’s more critical than ever for boards to be prepared to make a smooth transition at the top of the house. Our panel of experts will break down how to develop and nurture a robust and diverse leadership pipeline, and craft strategic succession plans to minimize unwanted disruption.