Vol. 38 No. 4, June - June 2014
Index
- Mid-market: solution to job creation.
- Keenly observed by our 2013 authors.
- William P. lauder on governing the controlled corporation: the best reason to invest in companies, says The Estee Lauder Companies Executive Chairman, is that they are really good at what they do ... and not what their voting system is.
- The estee lauder companies Inc. board of directors.
- The ideal CEO for a megatrend world: want to benefit from these six megatrends and not get steam rolled by them? Then boards need to look for this set of characteristics in their ceo candidates.
- Leave your ego at the door.
- How not to be in Dennis Kozlowski's dire circumstances.
- A CEO's blind ambition.
- ISS vs. Nucor's ghost: Lost in metric madness: the extraordinarily effective compensation plan once embraced by this company and its legendary CEO, Ken Iverson, is worthy of widespread emulation. What a shame that it would now get snagged by a set of arbitrary standards that actually harm shareholders.
- Are options dead: not yet . . . but sentiment is favoring a more balanced portfolio of compensation.
- More views on optimal compensation design.
- The year in governance: it was a busy 12 months for activists, regulators, and watchdogs--and the boards who had to engage with them. a month-by-month timeline of year 2013 and the people, companies, organizations, and initiatives that generated notable corporate governance developments.
- Practical dos and don'ts for directors.
- Boards that lead.
- How did you come to collaborate with dennis and ram on the book?
- There are already a lot of books on corporate governance. Why did you choose to do a book on boards of directors?
- What was the biggest challenge in writing the book?
- Spotting a falling chief executive.
- What did you learn in the writing of the book that was surprising to you about how boards work?
- What would you want the book's chief takeaway to be for the reader?
- Directors to watch 2014.
- Gail P. Birks: director, gibraltar private bank FSB.
- Challis lowe: director, seaway bank & trust.
- Consuelo madere: director, potash corp.
- Janet E kerr: chief strategy officer, exemplify Inc.
- Linn E freedman: director, roger williams university and roger williams university law school.
- Diversity doesn't just happen it takes work.
- Kathleen M. Camilli: director, Unifirst Corp.
- Ellen B. Richstone.
- Marcy Syms.
- Sharon egilinsicy: founder and CEO, sre solutions LLC.
- It's time: let's complete the mission.
- Teresa Ressel: director, on semiconductor.
- Time's up: director tenure moves to the front burner: term limits and age limits are blunt instruments for addressing the real issue: creating and maintaining a high-performance board with the right mix of competencies.
- Who's on board 2013: the directors Roster annual review of newly elected board members.
- 2013 article index: the hot issues and the top of the agenda topics that Directors & Boards authors addressed during the past year.
- How we can restore confidence in our public companies: the first step: stop talking about maximizing shareholder value as the be all and end all.