Alan Murray

1 month ago | wsj.com | Alan Murray |Alan Murray

As corporate crises become the rule, not the exception, more responsibility falls on the boardsIn normal times, a big corporate board seat is a sweet gig. The pay is lavish—often $300,000 a year or more. The schedule is light: quarterly meetings, a smattering of committee calls. If all’s well, your job is only to observe, not intervene. “Noses in, fingers out,” as governance expert John Carver put it. But who among us lives in normal times? Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.