Replacing a Few Good Men: The Changing Face of Canada’s Boards

Canada is facing the biggest shift in corporate power in 50 years. Over one-third of our directors are expected to step down by 2002.

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More practitioners are calling for greater diversity around the boardroom table. Yet nominating committees continue to recruit mainly active, experienced CEOs to boards. At the same time, leading corporations are increasingly limiting outside board involvement for their own CEOs, most commonly to one outside board position.

This briefing looks at what can be done to ensure the best qualified candidates replace the few good men whose board service is coming to an end. And how generally we can strengthen director and board performance.