When you get to the C-suite or join a corporate board, it’s expected that your knowledge is as vast as your experience – but it’s impossible to anticipate every emerging trend in the business world. To fill these potential gaps, DirectorCorps is pleased to present Tone at the Top – a quarterly newsletter that provides original content and expert commentary designed to help leaders with limited expendable time get smarter, faster.

Election Hacking: Facts Versus Fears The 2020 presidential election is around the corner. A Crowe cybersecurity professional explores whether American voting infrastructure is at risk of election hacking by examining the voting process and supporting technologies. Read here.

Covid-19 Is Rewriting the Rules of Corporate Governance Is your board ready to meet a new set of challenges? These factors are complicating board decision-making and challenging the shareholder-centric model of governance that has guided boards and business leaders for the past several decades. Read here. Source: Harvard Business Review

Incentive Design Changes in Response to COVID-19 The COVID-19 crisis significantly altered operational priorities and financial results for companies in nearly all sectors. In recent months, many compensation committees have disclosed changes to in-flight and go-forward executive incentive plans to address some of COVID-19’s impact on their business. The Conference Board, in collaboration with Semler Brossy’s research team and ESG data analytics firm ESGAUGE, put together this live database and visualizations of key compensation trends across business sectors and company size groups. View here.

What Made the nCino IPO So Successful? Financial technology company nCino recently enjoyed a well-received IPO. In this first virtually recorded episode of Looking Ahead, Al Dominick talks to nCino’s CEO, Pierre Naudé, about investor interest, board transition and maintaining company culture after going public. Watch here.

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