Vol. 38 No. 2, January - January 2014
Index
- Asking the right questions.
- 'One excellent and growing trend'.
- Wisdom, witticisms and wisecracks: a quick quiz for the sophisticated director.
- Boardroom relevance of the values of scouting: here's how the boy scout law provides guidance on being a good director.
- Should directors meet with shareholders: if circumstances call for such a meeting, here are several suggestions for maximizing the usefulness of this session.
- Audit committees have a weighty workload: an expanding mandate, CFO succession, and risk oversight are cited as top challenges in 2014.
- Creating a digital advisory board: 10 rules for success in the social, mobile, cloud and big data age.
- Esther Dyson on digital advisory boards: 'Pay attention to what they say'.
- Navigating the digital darkness: rather than simply naming a 'digerati to a coveted seat in the boardroom, the advisory board option is a sound one for infusing comprehensive digital insight to the board.
- Digital advisory boards are a win-win for all.
- A new kind of captured board: what we should be worrying about: the 'management knowledge-captured board.'.
- Highlights from the Hess case.
- Do CEOs make the best directors: many believe so, but there is no reliable research evidence to suggest that this is true.
- The disruptive power of a dysfunctional direcror: redirecting, deselecting, or not recruiting troublesome directors in the first place have become far more important tasks for the board.
- Lirectors & boards report:2014 annual meeting survey: the annual meeting struggles for a relevant role in the new world of board/shareholder communications. Other processes are coming to the fore.
- A board must be managed: Many chief executives, especially first-time leaders, get this wrong. Hcrc is what needs to happen for effective CEO-board interaction. BY RANDY THURMAN.
- 'Sell it, shut it or scale it'.
- What comes after life as a CEO?
- A dubious legacy.
- Drawing energy from his fellow YPOers.
- A CEO in need of relationship advice.
- How board governance and company culture intersect: few issues of organizational effectiveness and performance have moved so decisively to the front burner in recent years as culture.
- Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments.
- A snapshot of what their directors are paid (underpaid?).
- What public company directors might learn from the PE playbook.
- 'Corporate champions' honored for their commitment to women directors.
- Low director turnover draws investor scrutiny.
- Diversity drives diversity, in and outside the boardroom.
- You, too, can be a thought leader: Being one leads to invitations to join corporate boards and other opportunities to raise your profile.