Every board looks good on paper. Impressive resumes, recognisable names, the right mix of former CEOs and industry veterans. And yet, plenty of these boards still underperform quietly for years before anyone notices. So what actually separates a high-performing board from one that simply looks the part? This is a question I get asked constantly, usually by promoters building their first formal board, or by CXOs trying to understand what they’re walking into when they take a b

Boards have a funny way of making you feel like nothing ever changes, until suddenly it does. One day, it’s just another quarterly meeting. Next, you realise the world outside the boardroom has raced ahead—new tech, stricter rules, louder voices demanding accountability. And there you are, trying to catch up. The boards that survive 2026 won’t be the ones that stick to old routines. They’ll be the ones asking questions no one’s comfortable answering yet—about risk, about peop

The announcement that boAt’s founders — Aman Gupta and Sameer Mehta — have stepped down from their executive roles just weeks before the company’s planned ₹1,500 crore IPO has sparked a wave of concern across investor and corporate-governance circles. Disclosed in the company’s updated Draft Red Herring Prospectus (DRHP), the move has been viewed by many as more than a routine leadership reshuffle — raising important questions around Private Company Governance and IPO readine