Director Performance Matters - Is a Labor Shortage Looming For Corporate Boards?

Corporate boards are under pressure to become more diverse - in age, gender, skill set and more.

But younger executives already have full plates, and being a corporate director is becoming an increasingly tough job - one that might seem less attractive to younger candidates than in years past.

Are corporate boards heading toward a labor crisis? Why is the director role becoming so challenging (and maybe even unappealing)?

We recently sat down with Nora Denzel, a Silicon Valley tech executive who serves on the boards of AMD, Talend Software, and Ericsson, about how things are changing in corporate boardrooms and where we’re heading.

“The amount of time that I spend now in public board work, it's probably double what I spent 10 years ago,” Nora said. The game is changing, and directors are challenged to keep up - board composition and performance have reached the tipping point.