Board of Directors Terms & Definitions

Your Essential Guide to Corporate Governance: An In-Depth and Comprehensive Glossary of over 300 Key Terms Every Board Member Should Know

Duty of Care
Due Diligence
Downsizing
Dividend
Dodd-Frank Act
Disruptive Innovation
Diversification
Disciplinary Action
Disability Insurance
Director
Determination Letter
Digital Transformation
Deferred Compensation
D&O
ESignature
Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)
Exit Interview
Executive Director
Executive Session
Executive Committee
Executive Coaching
Equity
Environmental Risk
Employee Wellness Programs
Employee Turnover
Employee Survey
Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
Employee Rights
Employee Retention
Employee Morale
Employee Recognition
Employee Incentives
Employee Handbook
Employee Productivity
Employee Engagement
EDiscovery
Earnings Per Share (EPS)
Employee Benefits
Fundraising
Full-Time Employment
Freelancing
Fraud Detection
Franchise
Forensic Accounting
Flexible Working Hours
Financial Risk
Financial Ratios
Financial Accounting
Financial Analysis
Fiduciary Duty
401(k) Plan
Growth Strategies
Governance
Gig Economy
Golden Parachute
ISO Standards
Involuntary Severance
Investor Relations
Internal Control
Intellectual Property (IP)
Intellectual Property
Insider Trading
Initial Public Offering (IPO)
Incorporation
Independent Director
Income Statement
Jury Duty Leave
Just-in-Time (JIT)
Jurisdiction
Joint Venture
Job Satisfaction
Job Description
Knowledge Management
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Logistics
Liquidation
Life Insurance
Liability
Legal Risk
Learning Organization
Lean Management
Leadership Development
Labor Law
Labor Relations
Minutes
Minutes of Meeting
Mission Statement
Military Leave
Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
Mentoring
Meeting Motions
Market Segmentation
Meeting Agenda
Maternity Leave
Market Penetration
Market Development
Management Accounting
Market Capitalization
Non-Executive Director
Non-Compete Agreement
Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA)
Nonprofit
Nomination Committee
Nepotism
Organizational Structure
Overtime
Organizational Climate
Outsourcing
Organizational Design
Organizational Culture
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
Organizational Chart
Organizational Behavior
Operational Risk
Offshoring
Officer
Occupational Health and Safety

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