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With fraudulent activities on the rise and the potential for severe financial and reputational damage, board members must remain vigilant and proactive. By reexamining the board’s role in fraud prevention, detection, and mitigation in an age of disruption, this practical guide is crafted to assist board members in their mission to be proactive, diligent, and equipped with the knowledge and strategies necessary to uphold the highest standards of corporate governance.

With the ongoing shift from disaster recovery to continuous operations for businesses, it represents more than a technical upgrade—it’s also about how organizations approach risk management, operational planning, and incident response. Addressing the changes, we explore how data center owners and developers can build comprehensive business continuity plans that avoid detrimental down time and mitigate costly compliance violations.

Some executives approach governance and compliance as obligations. But the real payoff comes when those efforts strengthen resilience, which is no longer just a defensive shield. Instead, it’s a performance advantage that can also better position companies to anticipate disruption and act decisively when it strikes. Focusing on efficiency and profitability, this report explores the five traits powering stronger performance and how resilience drives business results.

At some point in every business owner’s journey, there will be a question about bringing in an outside investor or staying bootstrapped. The immediate benefits of taking chips off the table and accessing growth capital are always a top consideration. But looking past the capital infusion, there are many value-add capabilities an investor can provide to accelerate enterprise value in the next chapter of growth. This article outlines three types of those capabilities that business owners should consider, beginning with growth acceleration.

With the business environment undergoing continuous changes from the convergence of AI adoption and responsible implementation to market consolidation, see how CFOs are adapting their growth and business strategies to stay ahead. Gain a competitive edge by diving into this CFO Outlook Survey report that reveals how leading companies plan to drive growth through strategic investments in their workforce, technology, sustainability, and more.

The future is human. With all the talk about how the newest generation of technology is going to change our world, this research clarifies that it’s the human factors that are most important. Across nearly every dimension of this survey, business leaders identify the “people side of business” factors as central and essential to their competitiveness now and well into the future.

For entrepreneurs who love running their businesses and intend to do so for a long time, succession planning can feel like a distant or irrelevant concern. However, every business owner will eventually decide that it’s time to make their exit—and it’s never too early to consider the optimal way to do so. Having a thoughtful plan in place can help protect the value of the business, ensure business continuity, and help carry on the owner’s original vision.

In a time when disruption is the norm, business resilience has become a strategic imperative. Here are critical steps business owners and leaders can take to help identify vulnerabilities, bolster preparedness, and drive smart, sustainable growth.

Enhancing risk management is no longer optional but essential when the global landscape is fraught with uncertainties and disruptions that include changing business dynamics, shifting trade tensions, a tough tariff environment, geopolitical conflicts, and a volatile economic landscape. Building resilience across all aspects of the business is imperative now and for the long-term.

While business continuity planning and good crisis management are important, organizational resilience encompasses much more. An integrated approach to resilience provides organizations a competitive advantage over less-prepared peers, as well as the ability to adapt to constantly changing external circumstances. Organizations would be well-served to adopt a structured, disciplined resilience approach that accounts for situations in which multiple risk events interact.