Boardroom Diversity and the Black Corporate Board Readiness Program
Description
(0:00 ) Intro.
(1:25 ) About the podcast sponsor: The American College of Governance Counsel.
(2:11 ) Start of interview.
(2:56 ) Zain Oke's origin story.
(5:08 ) Dianna Jones's origin story.
(8:25 ) Dennis Lanham's origin story.
(12:00 ) How executive education works (as opposed to degree conferring programs)
(14:22 ) On the origin and mission of the Black Corporate Board Readiness (BCBR) program at Santa Clara University.
(17:41 ) On the role of community and mentorship at BCBR.
(22:11 ) On lawyers serving on corporate boards.
(30:50 ) On the legal challenges to SB-826 and AB-979 in California (board diversity laws).
(40:00 ) On the politicization of the boardroom and the push back on ESG and DEI.
(51:23 ) Recommendations for executives seeking to join their first board, and for boards considering diverse candidates.
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Music/Soundtrack (found via Free Music Archive): Seeing The Future by Dexter Britain is licensed under a Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License
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