by Dr. Soaries | Feb 17, 2023 | Articles, Diversity
Guess how many CEOs of Fortune 500 companies are Black? And guess how many Black people hold senior or executive positions in companies with over 100 employees? The answers are less than 1% and just 3% respectively (as of 2021). What can be done about such disparities...
by Dr. Soaries | Jan 31, 2023 | Articles, Board of Director
Corporations have a history of serving on each other’s boards and rubber-stamping decisions by leadership. Those days are coming to an end, however, as the need for innovation, accountability and flexibility are on the rise. The role of serving on a board of directors...
by Dr. Soaries | Nov 21, 2022 | Articles, Board of Director
If you’re a senior executive looking to take a big leap in your career, becoming a corporate director may be the perfect next step. Working and being in a room with other board of directors is incomparable. You can impact your community and help guide your...
by Dr. Soaries | Oct 1, 2022 | Articles, Corporate Governance
The growth mindset demands that you adopt a new attitude toward making mistakes. We have to welcome failure because it’s a key part of the learning process. In fact, you learn more from messing up than from doing things right. However, this attitude is not second...
by Dr. Soaries | Sep 1, 2022 | Articles, Corporate Governance
Whenever you start doing something new, you can easily see your progress. But once you reach a certain skill level, you plateau. Your growth appears to slow down and you feel like you’re stagnating. This can be said about applying for a paid corporate board position....
