What Boards Must Get Right This Year — According to the Experts Who Advise Them
Important Findings
Prepare your board for 2026’s biggest governance shifts with insights from six experts who advise boards across every sector. The inaugural report from the Governance Advisory Council synthesizes in-depth Q1 interviews with advisors spanning cybersecurity, healthcare, nonprofit leadership, government relations, and global governance.
Their answers to one core question — what will boards regret not getting ahead of? — converged around six themes and a practical playbook for the year.
Expanding compliance and AI duties are crowding long-term thinking off the board agenda.
Board, management, and implementation teams are evaluating AI independently — and none of them are talking to each other.
In 2026's political uncertainty, the strongest boards stepped up — organizing, communicating, and supporting their CEOs.
Concrete recommendations for this quarter, next two quarters, and the full year ahead.
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