Board of Director Services

Boyden has provided a suite of board related services to its clients for over 65 years.  During that time, our mission has remained constant:  Help our clients build stronger boards by assisting them with board assessment and evaluation, strategic director recruiting and rigorous succession planning.

With a focus on publicly held companies but a spectrum that includes private corporations, and not for profit entities, we have maintained an approach that is highly personal, client centric, responsive and creative.  Membership in our practice is the pinnacle of achievement in our firm and helping our clients add value to their businesses is our goal.

The core members of our practice are located in major cities around the world.  We collaborate with each other – and with specialists from Boyden's other practices – to create a highly committed and knowledgeable team for each client assignment.

• Director Search
• Board, committee and director assessment
• CEO succession planning
• Board Effectiveness Consulting

Featured Knowledge

Board Ruminations, Vol. 3, Issue 2
Facebook appointed Sheryl Sandberg after the social media behemoth drew criticism for having no women on its board. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has surrounded himself with extremely bright board members. However many of them, including Sandberg, have virtually identical backgrounds. Improving board decision-making requires diversity, ideally people with different ethnic and cultural backgrounds, viewpoints and expertise.

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