Vol. 37 No. 1, December - December 2012
Index
- American IT leadership.
- Best practices for bidding adieu.
- Conference program and topics: conference sessions May 16 (full day) and May 17 (morning).
- Nathan the sensible: a thoughtful commentator on 'truly good corporate governance.'.
- Elections carry messages: let's now get down to business turning around our still troubled economy for the benefit of all.
- Loyalty in the boardroom: a court decision affirms what a bad idea it is for directors to share confidential information without authorization.
- Prosecuting individuals under the FCPA: it is, believes the DOJ, the best way 'to capture the attention of the business community.'.
- Incentive plans that work: Borg Warner offers a compelling example of a program that has been providing steady, long-term value creation.
- When to resign from a board: this is as important and difficult a decision as the one we make when we join a board.
- Kick the can ... or time to go?
- Disclosure obligations for a director resignation: a review of the reporting requirements, and recommendations for ensuring compliance.
- Board resignations and bankruptcy: key considerations when determining whether to step down from a board in advance of a bankruptcy filing.
- An IPO looms: is it time to leave? There are no hard and fast rules about whether to resign from a board or stay on in the face of an IPO. The decision is a uniquely personal one.
- The ABCs of forming an advisory board: some CEOs and company owners don't think they need any outside advice, but most do. An advisory board can make a business leader look very smart when used effectively.
- How the Ford board recruited Alan Mulally: this was a textbook case of world-class collaboration by seasoned directors, a passionate governance expert and board leader, and a powerful, determined chairman.
- A decisive meeting in Aspen.
- The turning point: 'Is anything not going well?'.
- 'Operational' activism hits the boardroom: one of the most important trends in governance is the increasing activity of shareholders pressuring boards not on classic governance subjects but on the actual strategic direction or management of the business of the corporation.
- On other activism fronts.
- DIRECTORS & BOARDS 2013 proxy survey: a greater calm prevailed in 2012, but directors are not resting as hot issues still bubble, including say on pay, shareholder engagement, and regulatory and tax burdens.
- Dodd-Frank and the conflict minerals rule: this new regulatory initiative may affect about 6,000 companies in the United States and abroad. What boards need to know, and why they need to act now.
- Book it: best bets for board reading: from a roundup of new books, insights on mutual fund directors and general counsels, measuring the ROI of human capital investment, graceful exiting at the top ... and the pause that refreshes.
- Recruiting Hispanic board members: finding qualified candidates is not as challenging as it is sometimes made out to be--if you know where and how to look.
- Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments.
- The dos and don'ts of making your voice heard.
- The power of recommendations in finding new directors.
- Action in the local regulatory realm: the next step?
- Where men and women directors are aligned ... and where they are not.
- Finding great advisers 'to fall in love with'.
- Extra comp for the nonexecutive chair and lead director.
- BRT updates its governance principles.
- Company index.
- Director index.
- The Directors Roster.
- When to walk away: and, yes, when to accept a board invitation.