Integral Advisors provides consultation to investors, owners, boards of directors, CEOs and CHRO's seeking to optimize executive performance and mitigate current and future enterprise risk.
As our name implies, Integral's philosophy is based on a comprehensive, balanced and inclusive approach to diagnosing and developing high value solutions for our clients.
We deploy a quick, targeted analysis of executive talent, readiness
and risk to ensure integrity and continuity of business leadership.
Our independent, unvarnished information and advice regarding executive performance can form the future of a company.
Because we are not a search firm, HR consultancy or training company, this advice is provided without an inherent bias or conflict of interest.
We have conducted research with investors, analysts and rating agencies to understand how they assess and value a company's top executives and talent management process. We use this data as a comparator of enterprise risk.
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Integral Advisors LLC in the news
"Investors Identify Their Top 7 Concerns Relative to Succession Planning" PDF Document 1/27/2010
Integral Advisors, LLC and Board Advisor, LLC conducted interviews with investment analysts, institutional investors, investment banks, activist investment funds, private equity investors and rating agencies. Seven key areas of succession concerns were identified that impact valuation and credit ratings. A Succession Risk Index© was established that can be used in analyzing a company’s exposure.
"Alvarez retirement highlights importance of succession planning and internal hires" Restaurant News 12/14/2009
The Nov. 30 announcement that McDonald's Corp. president and chief operating officer Ralph Alvarez would retire may have surprised industry watchers and the analyst community, but most observers agreed that if any restaurant company can withstand an unexpected executive shake-up, it's the world's largest hamburger chain.
"McDonald's won't miss a beat after sudden exec departure" Restaurant News 12/02/2009
During executive shakeups like this, questions of succession planning could negatively affect a company’s stock price, debt ratings or other factors of shareholder value, said Bruce Sherman, principal of Chicago-based Integral Advisors LLC.
"Top 10 Reasons Boards Fail at Succession Planning" Huffington Post 11/16/2009
The failure of Bank of America to announce credible progress on naming a new CEO continues to generate interest in the topic of how well other companies are doing with this important matter of corporate governance.
"SEC Changes the Game on CEO Succession" Huffington Post 10/29/2009
It's no secret that a number of companies have had CEO succession issues, notably the Bank of America, which clearly was missing an emergency back up plan when CEO Ken Lewis surprised the board with his intention to leave by the end of the year.