IR Skills

We’ve been noticing a shift lately, especially at tech companies (think Airbnb, Duolingo, Block, Roku, Netflix), where the earnings shareholder...

“You wouldn’t believe how many meetings I sit through where, by the end, I still have no idea what the...

There’s an unspoken reality in Investor Relations: No matter how well you craft the investor narrative, your CEO has the...

Most weeks, we focus on sharing useful content. But every now and then, we take a moment to talk about...

By Mark Hayes Business functions are judged not just by their outcomes but by their strategic impact on a company’s...

A couple of weeks ago at a NIRI event, an IRO said something that stuck with us: “We’re doing it...

This week, we’re featuring a well-timed piece from Mark Hayes, Partner at Breakwater Strategy and a trusted voice in the...

With the year-end rush in full swing, many of you are balancing priorities while gearing up for 2025—a challenge IROs...

“The reality is the market judges companies every 90 days, and companies are building great businesses for the long run....

James Freeman, founder of Blue Bottle (a specialty coffee roaster, now owned by Nestlé), once shared how he fixated on...