The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu The leading online blog in the fields of corporate governance and financial regulation. Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:30:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/cropped-photography-4-e1706898544564-1-32x32.png Top Priorities for Boards in 2019 – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 Top Priorities for Boards in 2019 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2019/01/11/top-priorities-for-boards-in-2019/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-priorities-for-boards-in-2019 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2019/01/11/top-priorities-for-boards-in-2019/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2019 14:31:40 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=114125?d=20190111093140EST Posted by Steve Klemash, Rani Doyle, and Jamie C. Smith, EY Center for Board Matters, on Friday, January 11, 2019
Editor's Note:

Steve W. Klemash is Americas Leader; Rani Doyle is Executive Director; and Jamie C. Smith is Associate Director, all at the EY Center for Board Matters. This post is based on their EY memorandum.

In today’s world of unrelenting disruption and innovation, a company’s board plays a more active role than ever before in overseeing strategy and risk management amid digital and emerging technologies, industry convergence and workforce transformation, shifting consumer attitudes, increased climate risk, diminishing trust in organizations, political polarization, rising income inequality and various other megatrends shaping the business environment.

As a result, the board agenda is packed and the roles and expectations of directors continue to grow. To help boards navigate the challenges ahead, the EY Center for Board Matters presents five priorities for 2019, along with actionable questions for boards to consider.

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