Sunday, December 05, 2010

Technology, Democracy and the End of Top-Down Leadership?


Companies should utilize social media to assist with shareholder communications.

A recent conversation with one of our members via the NACD LinkedIn Group has prompted me to think about how social media might affect the work of companies, the behavior of shareowners and thus the leadership of boards of directors.

The conversation started like this: I attended an elearning conference and, inspired by some of the sessions, decided to solicit the views of NACD membership on how the emergence of social media might require new skills and mind-sets from those charged with company oversight: the board of directors.

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