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Let's Talk Governance
by DiliTrust
DiliTrust presents Let's Talk Governance, a podcast dedicated to corporate governance topics. DiliTrust, a software solutions provider, offers a complete range of solutions and services dedicated to corporate governance in legal, financial, and internal control areas.For more information visit https://www.dilitrust.com/en
Episodes
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How the Legal Profession is Using Technology to Thrive
As we enter 2022, many industries are flourishing, thanks to ground-breaking advancements in technology. The legal profession is one of these industries, and, over the last few years, it has been utilizing technology to thrive. It is no secret that the pandemic accelerated digital transformation...
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How Digital Transformation Has Been Making Legal Departments More Efficient
Legal departments have gone through a rapid digital transformation in the last couple of years. It has become integral to the productivity and integrity of organizations that want to stay competitive and grow in today’s technologically driven world. The COVID-19 crisis forced companies to work...
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Replacing Inefficient Legal Processes: the Why and the How
When corporate legal departments made their New Year's Resolutions in January, clearing the clutter was top of mind for many. Around 50% of in-house counsel see eliminating inefficiencies as their biggest priority in 2022. Inefficiencies hinder legal departments in multiple ways - threatening...
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How Corporate Directors Can Add Strategic Value to Digital Transformation
A businesses’ growth has a large dependence on digitalization. Many companies went through a digital transformation during the pandemic and continue to do so as technology evolves. Corporate directors must also adapt to this digital reality by taking a more active role in supporting senior...
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Best Practices in Cybersecurity for Canadian Companies
Cybersecurity is a key concern amongst many organizations, especially in today's digital world. With companies adapting to remote or hybrid working environments, the concern for data breaches and cyberattacks is more. Data is being used across the geographies of a company, as opposed to under one...
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Cybersecurity Best Practices Your Legal Department Should Follow
Aware that data breaches are as much a governance issue as they are an IT issue, corporate legal departments have become accustomed to keeping a wary watch over their organization’s digital defences in recent years.
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Maintaining Proper Compliance with Contract Life Management (CLM)
Contract Life Management (CLM) is the entire lifecycle of a contract from start to finish. The volume of contracts that a legal department of a company has to go through is high, and therefore having a reliable system in place is crucial. In addition to having the right tools to help manage your...
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2022 Superhero To-Do List for the Executive Assistant/Board Secretary
The beginning of a year allows companies and individuals to come back and start fresh after a good break. One of the things that many executives like to do when heading for any break is putting specific measures in place to ensure that they are ready to hit the ground running when they are back....
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Goal Setting for In-House Counsel
To approach the brand-new year fully prepared, goal setting is essential for in-house legal counsel. The end of 2021 consisted of looking back and jotting down some of the big wins, best practices, and key performing indicators. These aspects will help you and your department analyze what best...
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Creating a Healthy, Engaging, and Inspiring Work Culture
As a company and brand, it is crucial to have a healthy work culture within the organization. This helps employees and the employer build and establish a positive work environment while being productive at the same time. Each company also has its core values, priorities, and work culture.
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Maintain Proper Compliance for Your Entities
The world is moving at a fast pace, and the growth of technology is only speeding things up. Most companies adapt to this new era by implementing various tech tools and automation processes in different departments. With this rapid digital transformation, compliance obligations and processes are...
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Creating A Work/Life Balance Company Culture
The last year saw a rapid digital transformation that has changed how companies function remotely. With many employees working from home, the conversation around work-life balance has grown and been discussed more in-depth. Work-life balance is more than just a phrase or company value – it needs…
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How to Attract/Retain Talent, in Quebec
Quebec’s labour market has seen tumultuous times, impacted by job losses, a shrinking workforce, and continued pandemic uncertainty.
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Cultivating the Right Skills in Your Legal Department
The legal department of any company has a key role to play in its success. Legal officers and the General Counsels are the key roles in decision making and leading a company towards profitable growth. Therefore, your legal department needs to cultivate the right skills. This means evolving as the...
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Technology Resistance is Not an Option for your Firm
We have seen a rapid digital transformation of businesses in the last couple of years. Many companies have adapted quickly to this change. Technology was quickly implemented and improvised to allow employees to work from home. Now that things are slowly opening, many companies are taking to a...
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Legal Trends Coming in 2022
Corporate counsel is facing more issues than usual as most of Canada’s large companies start rotating back into a schedule that includes, in many cases, in-office work. A survey conducted in September 2021 by Mercer Canada found that 77 percent of companies offer some form of remote work, and 54...
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Legal Technology Reform: How Computers, Software and the Cloud Created a New Era of Efficiency
The world is evolving, and technology is playing a massive role in its growth. Most companies are adapting to this new era by implementing new technologies and automation in different departments where deemed fit. Computers, software, and the cloud have helped create a new era of efficiency, and...
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3 Ways to Boost Your Legal Department’s Productivity
There are countless ways to employ an effective legal technology system. Unlike the systems used in the past, modern tools have made it much easier for companies to work smarter and more efficiently, leading many too herald a new age of innovation and efficiency. Let’s explore what you can do…
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Overcoming Two of the Biggest Challenges Facing Corporate Counsel
By identifying the strengths and gaps of a team, you can break through these barriers that prevent effective governance of corporate legal entities. Here are some tips on how corporate legal officers can overcome some of these challenges in their position.
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Strategic Planning for In-House Counsel
A typical strategic plan will consider several aspects of the business, including the legal department’s role in it. Businesses often include in-house counsels as part of their risk management, litigation, and documentation review strategy. #Letstalkgovernance #securedata #securefuture...
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Conducting Effective Board Evaluations
Board evaluations must be conducted regularly. The frequency of board meetings depends on the company's size and requirements. The problem with most performance reviews is that they are done after the fact, which means that someone is trying to "cast a stone." For this reason, investors want to…
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How to overcome legal technology challenges
Many businesses have had to go through rapid digital transformation in the last couple of years. This accelerated change has resulted in certain challenges for legal departments. The number and complexity of transactions required of in-house legal departments have never been greater. The…
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Modernizing Your Legal Contract Lifecycle Management
As the legal industry evolves and technology continues to be enhanced to streamline and automate workflows, it's time to consider the proper vendor selection to modernize your legal contract lifecycle management. A thought-out digitalization strategy can be instrumental in successfully…
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Legal Ops: The Ins and Outs of This Technology-Driven Role
Technology is at the core of today’s world, especially with remote working taking over. Many roles and responsibilities are turning to technology-driven operating models. Technology greatly helps improve operational performance, drives efficiency, and reduces costs. Among the variety of roles...
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What's the value of your board?
The value of a company's board can be defined through the kind of support, expertise, and insight they bring. How well they work with the CEO of the company and add value is essential. On paper, a board's most important role is to provide oversight and challenge the CEO in steering the company...
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Are You Evaluating Your Board Effectively?
An effective board evaluation can help gain valuable insight into a company’s operations and improve its quality of service. It is the process by which a company, business, or organization measures the effectiveness and accountability of board members. Board governance is also evaluated, keeping…
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How To Manage Vacancies on Your Board
The board of any company plays a crucial role in an organization's management strategy. Board vacancies arise under different circumstances from time to time. It is, therefore, necessary to put in place a system that governs the company policy. This will help streamline the management of…
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Streamline Corporate Legal Workflow With One SaaS Solution
Your business has probably shifted most of its technology use to the cloud so as to save money and be more efficient. The question is no longer why you should move to the cloud, but how you can make the best use of corporate legal software for document management and other tasks. Over the years…
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The Big Scary (But Not Too Scary) Answers to Your ESG Questions
As the world confronts yet another dilemma — the COVID-19 pandemic — on top of numerous pressing social justice predicaments, boards are increasingly becoming open and receptive to ESG management. ESG management aims to increase attention and awareness of environmental, social, and governance...
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The Importance of Board of Directors Succession Planning
Succession planning is among the best practices observed by board members and executives to ensure that organizations overcome any transition they may face. The sophisticated planning of board succession promotes resilience and ensures continued success. Listen to our podcast to explore the key...
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How to Keep Your Board Members Motivated, Innovative, & Productive
Your dream team is finally in place - every single staff member has been carefully selected, your mission has been set, and focus is now on your vision - every single box has been ticked. Theoretically, your business is ready to soar, but there is one area in which you are stuck: Your board...
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Practical Ways to Tackle a Heavy Workload
No matter what your position is, whether rank-and-file or CEO, the importance of having control over your workload is very important. When confronted with a mountain of work, many people prefer to bury themselves in it and neglect their wellbeing to the point of exhaustion, and even burnout. Here...
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Board Meeting Questions That Radiate Confidence
The Board of Directors is responsible for managing every aspect of the company per its charter document. For that reason, the board must ask thoughtful and practical questions to better assess if its business strategy aligns with the company’s end goals or legally specified purpose. The board’s…
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Transparency and Results-Based Governance
Transparency between the Board of Directors and the executive leadership team, stakeholders, managers, employees, and customers improves a Board’s decision-making skills. This way, everyone is aware of the impact their plans will have and any risks they do take will be better-calculated ones.
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The New Governance Structure of the Board
A company with an excellent governance structure can go through any roadblock. The need for a new approach should be realized in all corporations, along with adopting a vision of elevating their business to an upscale system. To successfully achieve this approach, a solid and efficient governance...
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Why Boards Should Champion Digital Transformation
Companies that lag in their digital transformation do so at their peril. Overseeing a digital transformation for your company can be daunting, but to not do so could mean losing out on major profit margins.
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The New Digital Boardroom
Digital transformation is changing how businesses operate. To stay abreast of the ever-competitive business landscape, companies must use innovative technologies to streamline business operations. Among the latest innovations of the ongoing digital transformation is the digital boardroom.…
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Digital Transformation is Happening Now: Is Your Board Ready?
It takes a strong board of directors to lead the charge for your company’s digital transformation, and it must come from the top. Resilience will be important as any change will come with its growing pains. Is your board ready for digital transformation? Listen to our podcast and find out!
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How to plan a proper board meeting
For many organizations and companies, board meetings are an integral part of doing business. Board meetings are crucial to the successful running of a company or organization. A sound system for planning and executing board meetings is necessary.
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Good Governance Part 3
Governance is a critical factor in the growth and development of any organization, to which there are many rich benefits. Listen to our latest podcast to learn more.
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Good Governance Part 2
The benefits of good governance should attract all organizations and their authority levels. It is an agent of business sustainability as well as profitability.
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Good Governance Part 1
Governance has been defined by various institutions using different perspectives. The general definition, however, focuses on the rules and policies implemented by corporations. Hence, governance is the corporation's approach towards implementing its rules and ensuring compliance with its policies.
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Modernizing Your Board
The need to drive sales, win investors, and maintain good governance is why many boards have internal issues. There are various boardroom models that can improve the company's growth. But the most ideal of all these board types is the Modern Board.
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The Principle of Legal Entity Management
Over the years, there has been an evolution in legal entity management. The development has led to complexities arising in the fields and has caused panic for organizations worldwide. For this reason, many organizations have adopted digital entity management solutions. Listen to this podcast by...
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How Can Canadian Boards Improve Diversity Beyond Gender
2020 may have been a difficult year, but two of its more positive themes were transformative change and corporate transparency. These two trends are likely to continue as undercurrents in 2021. Improving overall diversity on boards will be a central priority for Canadian boards this year....
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What are the Benefits of Litigation Management Software?
Legal departments face a number of challenges, including cybersecurity threats, data protection litigation, and the digitalization of work processes. The good news is that legal management software can help legal departments overcome these obstacles. Listen to our podcast to discover the five…
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Unite Your Board with the Right Technology
The COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the importance of technology for remote work. Now, more than ever, associations and nonprofits require technology solutions that can enable the board, management, and employees to work together as a flexible and cohesive team. Listen to our latest podcast…
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Cybersecurity Canadian Boards Part 2
In this episode of Let's Talk Governance by DiliTrust, we will discuss what should go into your company's cybersecurity strategy. Having a robust and effective cybersecurity strategy in place is essential when businesses are more vulnerable than ever. Follow these tips to ensure the security and...
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Increased Risks in the Canadian Cybersecurity Landscape
As of January 2020, the estimated cost of cybercrime in Canada, including both individuals and businesses, was $3 billion. The corporate cybersecurity landscape changed significantly after that due to the pandemic. Prior to March 2020, much of the existing digital security infrastructure was...
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How to Keep Your Board Meeting Minutes Confidential in Canada
Have you ever wondered why board meeting minutes have to be kept confidential in Canada? It is a requirement under the CCBA and considered part of each director's fiduciary responsibility. Find out more about board meeting confidentiality in DiliTrust's premier podcast episode.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
DiliTrust presents Let's Talk Governance, a podcast dedicated to corporate governance topics. DiliTrust, a software solutions provider, offers a complete range of solutions and services dedicated to corporate governance in legal, financial, and internal control areas.For more information visit https://www.dilitrust.com/en
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