When a tech sub-committee outlives its mandate
On the small, awkward conversation that nominating committees keep postponing — and three options for what to do instead.
On the small, awkward conversation that nominating committees keep postponing — and three options for what to do instead.
Many of the sub-committees set up between 2017 and 2022 have outlived the mandate they were given. Their members are excellent, but the brief has rotted. Three options are realistic: fold the committee into Audit, attach a sunset clause, or rewrite the brief to focus on disclosure rather than oversight. The wrong move is to keep the meeting on the calendar and hope.
A note from the practice four times a year — usually 1,500 words on what is happening in boardrooms that the press is not writing about yet.