Vol. 27 No. 3, March 2003
Index
- 'Comping' the CEO.
- No 'perfect play'.
- Burn that C.D.! when you weigh the pros and cons of director certification, you see how convoluted the issue becomes.
- Overcoming prospective directors' D&O concerns: In today's legal climate, consider commissioning a D&O 'report card' when recruiting directors.
- Leggo my ego: don't let pride or arrogance hold you back from learning how to be a better director.
- Life on top of the ladder: boards of directors, and not just attorneys, need to prepare for the SEC's new reporting regime.
- Risky but rewarding: globalizing the board; homogeneous boards are an outdated model in a world still so full of differences.
- The hidden dangers of governance reform; among the perils: compulsive conservatism, and a corrosive dissolution of trust at the senior levels of management.
- Pigs at the Trough.
- Felix Rohatyn: taking the measure of today's boards; investment banker, corporate director, municipal savior, United States Ambassador... Felix Rohatyn has counseled the powerful and provided powerful counsel for 40-plus years and counting.
- A self-correcting course for governance.
- What does it take to be a good director? Let's get practical about director qualifications. These are the five attributes that provide the foundation for effective performance.
- A role for the customer in governance.
- Have stock options run their course? Note to compensation committees: don't give up on stock options -- they can be better designed, in some bold ways, to accomplish your executive-reward and shareholder-alignment objectives.
- Rethinking today's CEO pay practices.
- Crafting a pay package for an interim CEO.
- Lines of inquiry on board candidates: verifying the soundness of a nominee's background becomes ever more urgent as the push for independent directors -- these 'new near-strangers' -- picks up momentum.
- The hotline as a board safety valve: for years hotlines have worked to reduce run-of-the-mill fraud losses. Connecting them to the board will enable directors to police more serious instances of fraud.
- Improving the 'director value proposition.' (Governance Letter).
- Directors Roster: in affiliation with Spencer Stuart -- a quarterly record of new director appointments.
- The Directors Roster.
- Spencer Stuart / Directors & Boards Directors Roster.
- Mindset of a leader.
- The shadow of a giant: His 'way we do things' set leadership standards for multiple generations.