Insight Search Search Submit Sort by: Relevance Date Search Sort by Relevance Date Order Asc Desc Newsletter January 10, 2024 The Top Risks for 2024: Risk Priorities Are Shifting Conducted in partnership with the NC State ERM Initiative, our global survey of C-level executives and directors highlights the influence of economic headwinds, talent issues, emerging technologies, cyber threats and geopolitical events on the 2024 risk landscape. This issue of Board Perspectives discusses the 10 highest-rated risk themes noted in the survey to provide a context for understanding… Survey April 17, 2025 Risk insights for internal audit teams In a dynamic business landscape filled with uncertainty, CAEs perceive most of the macroeconomic, strategic and operational risks organizations face to be higher magnitude threats compared to CEOs, CFOs and other C-suite respondents to our latest Top Risks Survey. This makes it imperative for internal audit leaders to work closely with leaders in the enterprise to ensure that risks are thoroughly… Newsletter June 15, 2026 Industry Insights - Consumer Products & Retail There’s no shortage of activity across CPG and retail, but results aren’t always keeping pace. Whether it’s technology investments, revenue performance, or changing customer behavior, the gap between effort and outcomes is getting harder to ignore.This month’s insights take a closer look at where things break down and what leaders are doing to bring more consistency, visibility, and control to… Newsletter June 7, 2023 Modernizing Legacy Infrastructure to Increase Competitiveness: The Board’s Role The big picture: Innovative culture, speed to market, customer focus and organizational agility are mainstays in boardroom conversations about innovation. However, these discussions should also address technological roadblocks to realizing innovation initiatives.By the numbers: To understand how IT organizations are ushering legacy infrastructure into the digital era to enable the innovation… Newsletter September 2, 2025 Reimagining a New COO-Board Dynamic Explore the new COO board dynamic: insights on evolving COO roles, shifting board expectations, and strategic transformation in today’s fast-changing landscape. Survey March 18, 2026 2026 Global Board Governance Survey AI is reshaping boardroom priorities. Learn how leading boards integrate AI into strategy, governance and risk oversight in Protiviti's 2026 Global Board Governance Survey. Newsletter November 29, 2023 Setting the 2024 Audit Committee Agenda Compared to prior years, our suggested 2024 audit committee agenda has taken a bit of a turn due to ongoing and recent market and regulatory developments. A complex business environment: The 2024 audit committee agenda includes important enterprise, governance, process, technology, and financial reporting and disclosure issues that merit consideration by the audit committee beyond its… Newsletter March 9, 2023 A Director’s Responsibility to the CEO Today’s unprecedented pace of disruptive innovation in the market and conflicting demands of multiple stakeholders are creating relentless pressure on the CEO. Is the board contributing to the CEO’s performance and ability to function? So, what should board members do to fulfill their responsibilities to shareholders as they assist the CEO in facing the business realities of today — and tomorrow… Newsletter November 13, 2024 A Director’s Road Map for Effective AI Implementation Almost every organization around the world is trying to figure out what artificial intelligence (AI) offers and how to deploy it to move the business forward. A road map can help directors engage more effectively in these strategic conversations. With the emergence of generative AI (GenAI), organizations all over the globe are taking a close look at the tremendous promise AI offers in… Newsletter May 8, 2024 Sharpening the Board’s Focus on M&A Due Diligence Whether an acquisition is a stand-alone, complementary entity or an integration, the due diligence process is undergoing a paradigm shift due to the higher cost of funding and the impact of failed transactions. Boards should expect a more aggressive focus on due diligence.How has the due diligence process changed in recent years? For sure, the complexity of certain topics, such as environmental… Load More