Vol. 26 No. 4, June 2002
Index
- The end of 'fast and loose'.
- In the up cycle.
- Corporate America speaks...polyphonically.
- Lessons of Enron: what the Enron bankruptcy means for your D&O insurance coverage.
- Tone at the top: there is nothing more important for the board to care about, and to assess.
- Covering your assets: the importance of products liability due diligence when making an acquisition.
- Honest questions needing honest answers: five straightforward queries that compensation committees should be asking...and answering.
- CIA, Inc.
- Paying for Performance: A Guide to Compensation Management.
- Should directors ever sell?
- System failure, system renewal.
- Spare yourself from a capital crisis; mismanagement can occur in the blink of an eye when business circumstances change. There can be no quarreling with the overarching principle: managing working capital is vital.
- Tyco's betrayal of board governance.
- Do you understand your D&O policy? It has never been more critical for directors and officers to comprehend the scope of their coverage. These five questions will start the process.
- Matrix management: recipe for chaos? When it works, it works well. When it doesn't, it's a fast track to disaster. The strengths of the model appeal to many corporations today, but not all are suited for a matrix structure.
- The lead director in fund governance: without inflating the importance of the position or the person, here is some guidance on how the lead director can take the lead in enhancing board effectiveness.
- Commemorating a quarter-century milestone for Directors & Boards.
- At the reception.
- The CEO's 'first hundred days': companies need a more formal and open process to let the CEO pick his team. Boards can start by considering several proactive steps.
- Raising the bar in the boardroom: new expectations and standards warrant a best-practices review. This checklist provides a starting point for identifying strengths and weaknesses in your governance structure.
- Directors Roster: in affiliation with Spencer Stuart -- a quarterly record of new director appointments.
- Spencer Stuart/Directors & Boards Directors Roster.
- Spencer Stuart/Directors & Boards Directors Roster.
- A view from the turnaround trench: don't let this day of reckoning completely dull our appetite for risk.