Geopolitics has moved beyond the government affairs function and now also features prominently on many board agendas. Join us as Dominic Barton, board chair of Rio Tinto, discusses with our experts Ziad Haider and Frithjof Lund how boards can best work with their management teams to build geopolitical risk resilience.

Our CEO excellence research has shown the importance of effective stakeholder engagement. During this session, Blair Epstein, Julia McClatchy, and Eric Sherman will discuss how these leaders engage, inspire, and mobilize their stakeholders to drive outperformance.

The board’s mandate has grown significantly, and with it the importance of efficient and effective director communication. Join us for a discussion with senior partner Celia Huber, Niamh Corbett of Board Intelligence, and Edward Norton, founder of board software company Zeck, on how boards can communicate more effectively with each other and with management.

Successful transformations require individuals to shift their behaviors in day-to-day work, breaking old habits and adopting more effective ways of working together. Join Rajesh Krishnan, Matt Schrimper, and Tiffany Vogel as they share best practices and examples of how leaders can align, execute, and renew their organizations to realize transformative performance aspirations.

CEOs and other top executives need their offices to run smoothly so they can focus on and making strategic decisions and handling complex situations. Join us as Andrew Goodman and Connor Rochford share insights from our new article on what chiefs of staff need to bring to the role and how it can shape their careers.

True enterprise transformation needs to move beyond episodic efficiency efforts or restructuring. Instead, it should aim to reprogram the organization’s very DNA. Join Kevin Carmody, Louisa Greco, and Rob Montgomery as they discuss our article on how to achieve lasting transformation success by driving change across four pivotal workstreams.

AI (including Gen AI) has the potential to fundamentally advance a number of key strategy activities, including insight generation and market and trend monitoring. During this session, Bruce Delteil, Antoine Montard, and Andrea Tricoli will discuss how strategy executives can leverage AI to test ideas faster and more effectively, and how it will require boosting rigor in managing data and creativity in using it.

Leading companies are delivering outsized performance by simultaneously realizing growth ambitions and cost improvement. During this session, Louisa Greco and Sandra Sancier-Sultan will discuss how transformation can also propel growth, including the healthy management practices that underpin profitable growth.