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Why Boards must consider cyber security as part of corporate governance. For many years now, Information security, including Cyber Security, has been left to the IT Department. However, even if [...]
Many organizations have access to, or store PHI (Personal Health Information). Not all of them are aware that they have legislated responsibilities to protect that personal information on behalf of [...]
Information Security and Information Privacy are often confused with each other. It is important to understand the differences, and in some cases, the similarities. Information security vs. information privacy. Consider [...]
Protection from the Information Security bad guys. You know there is some nasty stuff out there on the Internet. You also know that your employees use company computers and networks [...]
The Best Incentive Plans Are Easy to Understand This morning I chatted with a Board Chair about how to implement a highly motivating compensation plan for his CEO. I shared [...]
Canadian Hearing Society CEO Julia Dumanian has an in-depth perspective on the challenges of the CEO role in today's organizations. In this blog series, Julia shares her insight on the [...]
Statistics show that private company Boards are smaller and composed of fewer unrelated Directors than public company Boards. This matters. The rationale that leads public company Boards of Directors [...]
Failed Boards are more common than people realize. Failed Boards are much more common than most people realize. Charged with the responsibility of identifying and mitigating risk; validating and overseeing [...]
Expanding the Role of the Private Company Board Most private companies report having a Board of Directors. Typically, the role of these private company Boards is for the owners to [...]