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Blog

· Aug 21, 2019

· 6 min read

The role of the privacy committee

By The Diligent team

The role of the privacy committee is to make strategic recommendations about data security across the company in accordance to privacy laws.

A private company board of directors committee in a meeting.

Blog

· Aug 19, 2019

· 6 min read

Private company boards of directors' committees

By The Diligent team

As every private company board of directors has different needs, the same applies for what committees they find necessary to have.

colleagues discussing the pros and cons of hiring an independent auditor

Blog

· Aug 15, 2019

· 6 min read

Independent auditors and the board of directors

By The Diligent team

The relationship between the board of directors and independent auditors should should be based on the pros and cons of needing an auditor.

A person pressing an 'analysis' button to signify the annual risk assessment process.

Blog

· Aug 13, 2019

· 8 min read

Annual risk assessment: Process & template

By The Diligent team

An annual risk assessment process and template will help identify the right skills and the right technology needed for the size of the task.

Person on the phone talking about his board responsibilities as chairman while looking out board room

Blog

· Aug 9, 2019

· 6 min read

Chairman of the board responsibilities

By The Diligent team

The chairman of the board's responsibilities are varied, but key to the role is communication & collaboration skills to be an effective leader

"Time to plan" written on a piece of paper, signifying the CEO selection process.

Blog

· Aug 7, 2019

· 7 min read

CEO selection process

By The Diligent team

Having a well thought out and strategic approach to your CEO selection process, your organization can choose the right candidate.

Meeting led by a local government to encourage community engagement

Blog

· Aug 7, 2019

· 6 min read

What kinds of issues do local governments solve?

By The Diligent team

The kinds of problems that local governments try to solve typically impact the overall success of the community and require efficiency and tact.

A board room representing private equity advisory board responsibilities

Blog

· Aug 2, 2019

· 6 min read

Private equity advisory board responsibilities

By The Diligent team

Private equity advisory board responsibilities is to assist investment advisors with sourcing transactions and for internal industry expertise

A board room representing diversity on the board of directors

Blog

· Aug 2, 2019

· 6 min read

How to build diversity on the board of directors

By Rick Hoel

In order to build diversity on the board of directors, boards needs to better develop their recruiting and succession planning strategy.

Someone discovering how proactive governance reduces reactive compliance

Blog

· Jul 31, 2019

· 8 min read

Proactive governance reduces reactive compliance

By The Diligent team

A proactive and modern approach to governance helps organizations manage and reduce risks inherent in entity management to improve compliance

Locks preventing fraud and misconduct for private equity firms

Blog

· Jul 30, 2019

· 6 min read

Fraud and misconduct risks for private equity firms

By The Diligent team

Private equity firms must continually monitor their transactions and activities to thwart fraud and misconduct risks.

A board director reviewing the CEO pay ratio calculation.

Blog

· Jul 25, 2019

· 7 min read

CEO pay ratio calculation

By The Diligent team

The CEO pay ratio calculation better helps organizations with the SEC's new disclosure rule to modernize approaches to corporate governance.

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