The Rise of Leadership Due Diligence: Trust as a Boardroom Imperative

For many years, due diligence was treated as a process that sat largely within HR or operations. It was seen as something to be done at the time of hiring, mostly to verify documents, credentials and past employment.

In several organisations, it was applied more rigorously at junior and mid-management levels than at the top. Senior leaders were often assessed through reputation, references, networks and past titles. That approach is no longer enough.