Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Trends in Director Skill Sets
Diligent Institute set out to measure whether these sentiments are translating into new director recruitment and appointments. In other words, are boards actually appointing directors from nontraditional professional backgrounds?
Director Confidence Index
June 2021
Our gauge of U.S. public company board member confidence is now just 3 percent above where it was last fall, before Covid-19 vaccines were released.
Director Confidence Index
May 2021
U.S. public company board members’ optimism dropped at the end of Q2 amid fears that inflation will hamper growth in 2022.
Year in Review
The second full year of the Diligent Institute was marked by challenges and change for the corporate world and society as a whole.
Director Confidence Index
April 2021
U.S. public company board members’ optimism heading into the spring is increasingly tempered by worries over new taxes and regulations.
Director Confidence Index
March 2021
U.S. public company board members are increasingly confident about the future for business, betting on low interest rates and the unleashing of consumer demand following a successful vaccine rollout.
Corporate Sentiment
Board Practices
Executive Compensation
Corporate Sentiment
Director Perspectives
Digital Transformation
Diligent Institute seeks to help corporate leaders be more effective by providing cutting-edge insights on corporate governance, by amplifying the voices of diverse corporate leaders, and by sharing broadly all that we are learning about modern governance practices.Diligent Institute produces original research both on our own and in collaboration with partners, including institutions of higher education and thought leaders in the corporate governance space. We produce over a dozen reports each year, ranging from our monthly Director Confidence Index, which measures how corporate directors are feeling about the economy, to in-depth reviews of issues such as ESG (environment, social, governance) practices, to our AI-powered Corporate Sentiment Tracker that analyzes data from thousands of public sources to discern what’s on the minds of corporate leaders.
