What board excellence looks like
Stanford Directors' Network shares insights to improve the effectiveness of boards and directors
Leading-Edge Stewardship
What does it mean to be an exceptional board member today and what does it take to operate as an exceptional board? The best leaders see this as an opportunity to rethink and reinvent what they do.
SDN members have developed a first-of-its-kind benchmarking tool to rate your board along the key dimensions of excellence. As leaders who operate in over a thousand boardrooms, we have a unique perspective around the hallmarks of a high performing board. We call it Leading-Edge Stewardship.
Leading-Edge Stewardship is an ethos that describes what an exceptional board aspires to be. It is also a set of practices that require discipline and ongoing development, both as individual board members and as a group.
Leading-Edge Stewardship Personal Roadmap featured by NYSE
Featured in the NYSE's The Public Company Series: Board Structure and Composition, the Leading-Edge Stewardship Personal Roadmap is a practical guide for directors committed to continuous growth and governance excellence. Created by Mayree Clark and Linda Riefler, it provides a framework for developing the judgment, leadership, and stewardship skills that enable directors to make meaningful contributions in today's evolving boardroom.
Leading-Edge Stewardship joint report with PwC
We are proud to recognize Mayree Clark and Linda Riefler, members of the Stanford Directors' Network Executive Leadership team, for their collaboration with PwC’s Governance Insights Center on the newly published report, Effective Board Leadership: The art of doing it well and the risks of getting it wrong.
Leading-Edge Stewardship for Corporate Boards
Learn more about our Leading-Edge Stewardship initiative for corporate boards.
Leading-Edge Stewardship for Nonprofit Boards
Learn more about our Leading-Edge Stewardship initiative for nonprofit boards.