Board Best Practices

In North America, credit unions launched mobile banking apps faster than banks. Why? Credit unions say it’s because they were quick to understand members’ desires for tech convenience, and quick to learn from the theft…
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No one at Aprio is a lawyer. Still, lately we’re fielding lots of questions around different country’s laws around access to data. Different jurisdictions have different regulations around whether government or law enforcement agencies might…
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Remember when board governance required blind faith? Twenty years ago, many directors trusted that they were seeing all critical documents and being consulted on key decisions based on a handshake with the chair and CEO….
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Would you be comfortable sending off your personal tax info via email? The private and sensitive information contained in our tax documents are the essence of an identity thief’s dreams: names, addresses, banking information and…
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Keeping critical board conversations private, engaging time-starved directors, and deciding how best to adopt digital governance with an IT department juggling mounting internal needs and the Fintech race – these are daily realities of North…
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Organizations often invest tons of effort in recruiting new board members but gloss over orientation. Given recruitment generally occurs year-round – directors come onto a board while it’s in state of play. You don’t want…
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Interview with Institute on Governance executives Barry Christoff and Laura Edgar There are a wide range of indigenous organizations with boards – from community based enterprises and health authorities to regional and national organizations (such…
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Aprio’s founder and board director, John Kidder, joins us for this guest post. I’m retired now but every time I pull out a suitcase I get board meeting travel flashbacks. Talking to directors in airports,…
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