Christina Carr Christina Carr

When museums go with the highest bidder

The ethics of funding from museum donors, board members, and corporate sponsors—from Purdue Pharma to BP to Safariland—has reached a feverish pitch over the last couple of years

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Christina Carr Christina Carr

Boards need to be developing leaders both on and off the board

A recent article in Harvard Business Review from the leadership advisory firm Egon Zehnder explores the idea of a CEO leadership gap--the acknowledgement by some CEOs that they were not prepared to handle the personal and interpersonal leadership demands of their new roles.

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Christina Carr Christina Carr

Generational leadership aspirations should be part of your board strategy

I came across some interesting generational data recently in Harvard Business Review: while Gen X and Gen Y are drawn to leadership roles for their coaching and mentoring opportunities, Gen Z is more interested in the responsibility and freedom these roles bring; also, Gen X and Y would prefer entrepreneurship over working for an international company, while Gen Z is the opposite.

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