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Feb 2016
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What’s changing in board governance—a co...

McKinsey Strategy & Corporate Finance
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   Listen to the podcast (duration: 32:02) >  Board governance has changed in recent years, with transparency and visibility into the role increasing just as the pendulum swings between the demands of regulatory compliance and the strategic needs of companies. In this podcast, McKinsey’s Bill Huyett joins Werner Rehm to talk about how board governance has changed—and how CEOs and CFOs can work together to improve a company’s performance.

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