Resources
We conduct original research on the causes of short-term business decisions and work to find practical solutions.
Governance | Toolkit
29 March 2019 - Developed in conjunction with Behavioral Economics in Action at Rotman at the University of Toronto, this digital dashboard will assess how your Board of Directors spends its time during full board meetings.
Governance | Article
19 March 2019 - A chapter in the upcoming new edition of The Handbook on Board Governance focuses on the strategic benefits of long-term oriented boards, co-authored by FCLTGlobal’s Ariel Babcock and Sarah K. Williamson, and Dr. Robert Eccles (Said Business School). A well-functioning corporate board of directors wields the power to meaningfully influence the purpose, culture, and direction of an organization. This is often among a company’s greatest untapped strategic assets. While many boards of directors may display sound corporate governance principles, the most effective boards at leading companies for long-term value creation...
Governance | Video
15 August 2017 - Are markets and company boards too focused on the short-term? How should the weaknesses of corporate governance along the investment chain be addressed?
Governance | Article
21 April 2017 - Impact of Reporting Frequency on UK Public Companies: Profs. Robert Pozen, Suresh Nallareddy, and Shivaram Rajgopal Weigh In The CFA Institute Research Foundation published a study examining the UK’s implementation of quarterly reporting requirements for public companies in 2007 – designed to foster increased transparency – and subsequent scrapping of these requirements seven years later in hopes of combatting perceived short-termism in UK equity markets and the misalignment of incentives throughout the investment chain. At FCLT Global, we are examining alternatives to quarterly or short-term guidance in an effort to...
Governance | Report
5 June 2015 - Canadian directors believe they have a responsibility to address short‐termism. Many believe there are specific actions they should be taking on their respective boards. Such are the results of a recent survey of the members of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD). In June 2015, Dominic Barton and Mark Wiseman, Global Managing Director of McKinsey and President and CEO of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) respectively, delivered a well‐received keynote address based on the findings of their HBR article Where Boards Fall Short. The address...
Governance | Report
2 February 2015 - Boards aren’t working. It’s been more than a decade since the first wave of post-Enron regulatory reforms, and despite a host of guidelines from independent watchdogs such as the International Corporate Governance Network, most boards aren’t delivering on their core mission: providing strong oversight and strategic support for management’s efforts to create long-term value. This isn’t just our opinion. Directors also believe boards are falling short, our research suggests. A mere 34% of the 772 directors surveyed by McKinsey in 2013 agreed that the boards on which they...
