A year ago, the 2024 election elevated President Donald Trump to a second nonconsecutive term and established Republican majorities in the House and Senate. In that time, we’ve learned more about how this administration operates. Board members should apply those learnings to assess and handicap political risk (and opportunity) in new ways. They should be asking new questions of management and pressure testing how well prepared the enterprise is for the impact of a transactional political environment on shareholders’ interests.

Read the article in full, as originally published by FT’s Agenda on December 8th, 2025, using this link: https://bit.ly/CorpBoardsChecklist