Vol. 31 No. 2, January 2007
Index
- 'Tis the season.
- Need for speed.
- What's underneath? Getting to the critical core of collegiality.
- Indicators of trouble: here are a few of mine as I always seek to ascertain the tone at the top.
- 5 major myths: many directors and officers have misconceptions about their D & O insurance coverage. Here are the facts.
- The special committee should be special: it takes a full and proper deliberative process to address conflicts in conflict of interest transactions.
- LBOs: questions for the board; Directors have some explaining to do about all these public companies going private.
- A snipe hunt: that's what directors of smaller firms are doomed to if the broker vote is eliminated.
- How not to open your speech: let's debunk some myths of public speaking.
- The Coming China Wars.
- Governance best practice meets corporate renewal; That was the Textron story: a venerable company on a crash course to retool for survival, armed with a strong CEO-board relationship to see it through.
- Strategy setters vs. strategy vetters: boards are not satisfied with the role they are currently playing in strategy development. Here is what they want and need to get more engaged in the process.
- When a minority investor makes sense: the role of the board in negotiating a minority investment.
- When anger breaks out in the boardroom: think twice before you do any table pounding--and then follow these 'rage' rules.
- Book it: best bets for board reading; Plucked from the stack of the top business books of the prime publishing season, here are insights into the wisdom and dynamism of leadership as practiced at the highest levels.
- A board breach of confidentiality: Hewlett-Packard? No. a case study from the nonprofit sector that has helpful lessons on taming the troublesome board member.
- Directors demand better engagement: how TXU Corp. is making sure that its board sees the right things at the right times and in the right way.
- Compliance risk: a top-10 hit list; This 'grandmother test' will be helpful in setting your compliance risk management agenda for 2007.
- The 800-pound gorilla in the boardroom: EHS; We asked, they answered: directors are giving unprecedented attention to environmental, health and safety oversight.
- A fine balance: what makes an effective lead director; With the practice of naming lead directors at an all-time high, there should be a clear understanding of the characteristics that the role requires.
- Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments.
- Company index.
- Director index.
- The 4 things everyone needs: you're either growing or dying--'maintaining' doesn't count.