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. Sat, 18 Apr 2026 11:30:34 +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 How Board and C-Suite Collaboration Can Build Organizational Resilience – The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu 32 32 How Board and C-Suite Collaboration Can Build Organizational Resilience https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/10/22/how-board-and-c-suite-collaboration-can-build-organizational-resilience/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-board-and-c-suite-collaboration-can-build-organizational-resilience https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/2025/10/22/how-board-and-c-suite-collaboration-can-build-organizational-resilience/#respond Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:32:43 +0000 https://corpgov.law.harvard.edu/?p=177104?d=20251021155310EDT Posted by Anna Marks, Arno Probst, and Benjamin Finzi, Deloitte LLP, on Wednesday, October 22, 2025
Editor's Note:

Anna Marks is the Global Chair, Prof. Dr. Arno Probst is the Global Boardroom Program Leader, and Benjamin Finzi is the Global CEO Program Leader at Deloitte LLP. This post is based on a Deloitte memorandum by Ms. Marks, Prof. Dr. Probst, Mr. Finzi, and Karen Edelman.

From economic volatility to technological advancement: Tracking the shift in board and C-suite priorities

Building resilience today can require organizations to respond to near-term opportunities, challenges, and risk-related priorities while also maintaining focus on longer-term goals and growth opportunities. When it comes to risks, however, the survey shows that boards and C-suite respondents are juggling multiple priorities simultaneously.

The survey asked respondents to identify their top immediate (2025) and longer-term priorities (2026 and beyond). What is interesting is the shift in priorities depending on the time horizon being considered.

In the short term, through 2025, survey respondents say they’re focused most on geopolitical and economic volatility (55%), security and cybersecurity (50%), and rapid technological advancements and digital disruption (42%). And although human capital ranks fourth, at 41%, it’s a top near-term concern for a sizable number of respondents as well (figure 1).

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