Articles and Papers

Boyden publications are written by Boyden professionals, researchers, and other staff members working in our offices around the world. Each publication provides insight into a particular market or issue that is challenging our clients, candidates, the business world or the search industry today.

Board Ruminations: Volume 3, Issue 1

Recent headlines dominating the news have included allegations of all sorts of immoral, illegal and incompetent activities by the custodians of some of America’s largest companies.

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Growing Finance Leaders: World Class Capability Development

This paper explores how leading organisations grow their finance leaders through internal development programmes, ensuring that the right breadth of finance and leadership capabilities are developed.

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Board Ruminations: Volume 2, Issue 1

A recent call from the Nominating and Governance Chair of a small, mid-cap client company inspired this piece. The company has an eight-person board to which Boyden has recruited four new directors to replace four outgoing board members in the past two years. The client’s strategy in recruiting the first two new directors was to replace functional expertise.

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Boyden's Board of Directors Series, Part 4

In the wake of the recent financial crisis and turbo-charged globalization, corporate governance has received an extraordinary amount of attention due to lapses at highly visible companies, as well as alleged systemic failures of governance underlying the global financial crisis.

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Boyden's Board of Directors Series, Interview with Svein Rennemo: Chairman, Statoil

In this Board of Directors Series special edition features a one on one interview with Norway’s Svein Rennemo, Chairman of Statoil, one of the world’s largest energy companies. He discusses the extra pressure on boards for oversight, checks and balances involving chairmen, Norway’s progressive governance system and mandating female board members.

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