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Listen and learn before you speak or lead—that’s Oscar Munoz’s motto.
 
Oscar Munoz, former chair and CEO of United Airlines, joins Susan Paley, NACD vice president of the chapter network, to talk about his journey to the C-suite and the boardroom, as well as his early influences and the importance of empathy and authenticity.
 
Host: Susan Paley, NACD vice president of the chapter network
 
Guest: Oscar Munoz, former chair and CEO of United Airlines; board member at Archer Aviation, CBRE Group, Salesforce, and TelevisaUnivision; a trustee of The Brookings Institution, Fidelity’s Equity and High-Income Funds, and University of Southern California; and author of the best-selling book, Turnaround Time: Uniting an Airline and Its Employees in the Friendly Skies
 
NACD resources:
·      Culture as the Foundation: Building a High-Performance Board
·      Workforces: A “Wicked Problem” Where Boards Can Help
 
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Corporate boards are no longer simply a legal structure, but a body of humans in the spotlight.
Peter R. Gleason, NACD president and CEO, joins Friso van der Oord, NACD senior vice president of content, to discuss how governance has changed over Gleason’s time in the field and how it will change in the future.
Host: Friso van der Oord, NACD senior vice president of contentGuest: Peter R. Gleason, NACD president and CEO
NACD resources:
The Future of the American Board: A Framework for Governing Into the FutureIt’s Time to Restore Balance in the Board-CEO RelationshipVisit nacdonline.org for further research and information.

You’ve been invited to join a board. Now what?
Rose McKinney-James, a board member at ioneer, MGM Resorts International, Pacific Premier Bancorp, Toyota Financial Savings Bank, and the NACD Pacific Southwest Chapter, and cochair of the chapter’s Nevada Advisory Board, sheds light on how a director can prepare for their first day in the boardroom, what is expected of new directors, and the general ins and outs of onboarding, including both the board’s role and the individual’s role. Listen to McKinney-James discuss her personal experience with onboarding and how onboarding practices are changing to move “beyond the binder.”
Host: Susan PaleyGuest: Rose McKinney-James

Shareholders increasingly have a voice in how companies operate. How can boards better listen to and work with shareholders to improve corporate value?
This episode features a conversation with Nell Minow, vice chair of ValueEdge Advisors, prior president of Institutional Shareholder Services, and an attorney who has worked for the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Office of Management and Budget, and the US Department of Justice. A leading voice in corporate governance and a prolific author, Minow shares her insights on how understanding the shareholder’s perspective is critical in the boardroom as well as her thoughts on  the evolution of corporate governance, CEO compensation, and companies and boards that have recently made headlines.
Host: Susan Paley Guest: Nell Minow

Many C-suite leaders think they have what it takes to join a board, while others don’t consider directorship as an option. Joanna Burkey, the former chief information security officer at HP and a board member at Beyond, formerly Overstock.com and Bed Bath and Beyond, and ReliabilityFirst Corp., clarifies the role of the board as she discusses finding her path to the boardroom and how her perspective as a C-suite leader changed along the way. Tune in to hear what Burkey wishes aspiring board members, current C-level executives, and the public in general knew about how boards work.
Host: Susan Paley Guest: Joanna Burkey

Karina Litvack, the former founding chair of the Climate Governance Initiative, launched in collaboration with the World Economic Forum, and a director on the board of Terna, offers her perspective on the state of climate governance.
With the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s final climate disclosure rule expected this spring, it is an ideal time for boards to reconsider how they can provide the best ESG oversight with a focused lens on climate. Listen and determine what your board can do to improve the governance of climate-related risk and opportunity as well as enact change.
Host: Ghita AldermanGuest: Karina Litvack