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Each week, The Modern Board newsletter from Fortune senior writer Lila MacLellan explores topics including corporate governance, board innovation, DEI and sustainability, talent strategy, strategic planning, stakeholder engagement, risk management, and strategies to drive performance. Sign up here.
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Newsletters2024 election cycle will test board directors’ ethics. Here’s a 3-step framework for addressing sensitive issues
By Lila MacLellanJanuary 30, 2024
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NewslettersHow boards can protect companies from the anti-DEI movement
By Lila MacLellanJanuary 23, 2024
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NewslettersBoeing’s board faces scrutiny yet again: ‘It’s a bad board, and it has been a bad board for a long time’
By Lila MacLellanJanuary 16, 2024
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NewslettersDisney’s activist drama holds 4 lessons for corporate boards 
By Lila MacLellanJanuary 9, 2024
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NewslettersBoards are woefully unprepared for AI. Here’s how they can start to catch up
By Lila MacLellanJanuary 2, 2024
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Newsletters10 books every board member should read
By Lila MacLellanDecember 19, 2023
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NewslettersBoard members are burned out and it’s becoming a ‘recipe for disaster’
By Lila MacLellanDecember 12, 2023
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NewslettersTwo geopolitical experts explain how boards should think about a more dangerous world: There’s ‘too much talk and too little action’
By Lila MacLellanDecember 5, 2023
Newsletters3 problems with the new OpenAI board and what the company needs to do next
By Lila MacLellanNovember 28, 2023
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NewslettersMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella’s response to the OpenAI board debacle is a masterclass on taking fast, decisive action
By Lila MacLellanNovember 21, 2023
NewslettersCEOs serving as board chairs are controversial but a new study shows they could be great during a crisis
By Lila MacLellanNovember 14, 2023
NewslettersThis ‘Chair of the Year’ fought off an activist investor, spun out a new company and served as an interim CEO 
By Lila MacLellanNovember 7, 2023
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NewslettersCHROs are rising stars of the C-suite. So why aren’t they on more boards?
By Lila MacLellanOctober 31, 2023
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NewslettersAmazon’s chief security officer says these are the 6 questions every board should ask its CISO
By Lila MacLellanOctober 24, 2023
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NewslettersHow to embrace board turnover and do it the right way
By Lila MacLellanOctober 17, 2023
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