Social Value: A Primer for Today’s Directors and Executives [Russell Reynolds Associates]

In a world where shareholders increasingly expect to hear about corporate citizenship along with corporate financial performance, social value is becoming an important consideration at every level of the organization. To learn more, PJ Neal, who oversees Russell Reynolds Associates’ Center for Leadership Insight, talked to two RRA consultants who are at the forefront of helping clients build social value into their boardrooms: Simon Kingston, head of RRA’s non-profit sector and global development practice and Shawn Cooper, a member of our global board and CEO practice. The upshot: While social value may start as a broad term, it is incumbent on every organization to define specifically what it means for its strategy and multiple stakeholders.

Read the full paper, published by Russell Reynolds Associates.