Vol. 38 No. 3, March - March 2014
Index
- 'How many jobs have we created?'.
- A 'how to' and 'thank you' note.
- Don't rely on others to do your work: directors are reminded they must always actively manage the processes that determine significant transactions.
- Conference program.
- Cyber security risk: Key areas of focus: where should the audit committee train its sights? We suggest four priorities.
- Boards: Beware the 'winner's curse': firms with weak governance are prone to this trap.
- Stay public, or go private: directors who can carefully evaluate the pros and cons will be particularly valuable.
- Board interview basics.
- Machiavelli in the boardroom: it may not be stilettos and poison rings, but new CEO/princes face real boardroom dangers.
- The most valuable director of all.
- Dynamics of the board interview: you want candidates who meet the requirements of cultural fit, the right skill set, and meaningful diversity.
- What to ask a prospective board member: And ... what you are most likely to be asked by them. Keep in mind that qualifications and suitability are two very different considerations.
- The dangers in letting coos become an endangered species: the question needs to be asked: is operating witiwiit a chief operating officer increasing risk around leadersh ip transition?
- Getting on board: Seven action steps--accompanied by a big dose of persistence, timing and luck.
- Action steps for succeedin with a board of advisors: the first and often most difficult step as an owner/ceo is to admit you don't know everything. taking the time to put together a valued board of advisors will pay huge dividends.
- 18 minutes ... that's all you get.
- Falling in, and out, of love with Big Oil.
- Of sustainability committees and SACs: From A Better World Inc. by Alice Korngold. Copyright [c]2014 by the author. Published by Palgrave Macmillan (www.palgrave.com).
- Take this journey to make a difference.
- A dream job for a bold leader.
- Hilton and trump: A pivotal first meeting.
- Directors roster: A quarterly record of new director appointments.
- Assembling a venture-backed company board: VC-backed companies need a board optimally composed, structured and incented for each stage of a fast-moving development cycle. There are unique challenges that have to be met.
- Bill George on transitioning a board's makeup.
- How 'rational' are our choices for new directors?
- Trend in director compensation: Simpler, more transparent.
- Guidance on compensation committee membership.
- On the 'long and the short' of board minutes.
- The Directors Roster.
- The Beta board: it is time to move beyond the Alpha model of governance. If you are thinking of joining a board, here is how to tell if it's a Beta one.