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The Company Secretary’s Checklist for Governance Institute Members
About The Guide
The corporate governance landscape today presents several challenges and opportunities for the company secretary. Uniquely positioned between the board, the management team, and the shareholders, the company secretary’s job is to make sure all these voices come together in the boardroom and beyond.
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- Collaborate in a secure environment so the board of directors can easily make annotations and share them with the whole board or just individual members before, during or after a board meeting
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- Conduct board evaluations, fill out D& questionnaires, and view industry leading thought leadership in one succinct tool
- Real-time industry and company analytics, curated news and director resources to stay current to match the fast pace of business
- Access director data to improve governance oversight on issues like board diversity or director interlocks
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For Company Secretaries
Built with security in mind, our board portal software is easy-to-use, intuitive and helps to streamline the work of assembling board documents. Building board agendas, managing approvals for a resolution and creating board meeting minutes should not be a burdensome task.
- Build Board Books Quickly: Drag-and-drop book building gives you the ability to duplicate forms in a faster and more effective way than traditional board books.
- Manage Meetings and Calendars: Putting contacts, calendars and board documents in one place makes managing meeting minutes faster
- Conduct Analysis and Polls: Built-in analytics tools allow for informed decisions along with the ability to quickly poll directors on any issues that may arise in the boardroom
- Set And Restrict Permissions: Customizable permissions for data access can be personalized down to the document-level and user-level to improve privacy and security
- Enhance Security: If a device is lost or stolen, remote locking and data wiping tools ensure your confidential information stays that way with the help of your dedicated customer success manager
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