How We Support Boards
Resources for Addressing Key Board Challenges
NACD provides topic-specific reading, recommendations, leading practices, and tools to members:
- Understand complex topics such as cyber risk.
- Learn how other directors and boards assess and address issues.
- Draw on the expertise of subject-matter experts.
- Make decisions and take action based on proven approaches.
NACD membership includes access to resources based on more than 40 years of research. Here are just a few examples:
Cyber Risk
- Cyber-Risk Oversight Handbook
- Questions Your Board Should Ask Management About Cybersecurity
- Guidance on Responding Effectively to a Cyberbreach
- Resource Center: Cyber Risk
Committee-Specific Support
- Resource Center: Audit Committee
- Resource Center: Compensation Committee
- Resource Center: Nominating and Governance Committee
Strategy: The Board’s Role vs. Management’s
- Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Building the Strategic-Asset Board
- Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on the Board and Long-Term Value Creation
- Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Strategy Development
Director Onboarding
- Navigating the First Year: An Onboarding Guide for New Directors
- Research: Effective Director Onboarding Practices
- Resource Center: Director Onboarding
Emerging Issues
- Benchmarks on trending public company governance practices
- 2018 Governance Outlook: Projections on Emerging Board Matters
- Resource Center: Emerging Issues
General Counsel-Specific Support
- Briefing: The Evolving Relationship Between the General Counsel and the Board
- Sample calendar and agenda for board meetings
- Resource Center: The Role of the General Counsel/Corporate Secretary
Culture as a Corporate Asset
- Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission on Culture as a Corporate Asset
- BRC Toolkit: Boardroom discussion guides with suggested questions on key culture topics
- BRC Toolkit: Guidelines for developing board-level culture metrics and reporting
CEO Succession Planning & Talent Oversight
- Former CEOs Advise on Successful CEO Transitions
- Briefing: Board Oversight of Talent Strategy
- Resource Center: CEO Succession Planning & Talent Oversight
Private Companies
- 2016-2017 Private Company Governance Survey
- A Guide for Directors of Privately Held Companies
- 2016-2017 Private Company Director Compensation Snapshot
- Resource Center: Private Companies
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
- Governance Challenges 2017: Board Oversight of ESG
- Sample charter for a sustainability committee
- Resource Center: Sustainability and Social Responsibility