Vol. 38 No. 1, December - December 2013
Index
- Common ground.
- 'They hate me' ... but we like him.
- Carl & Irwin & Phillips & Holly: and Michael Dell and Ecclesiastes, too.
- Great board meetings demand great directors: but even the best can be thwarted by perverse board protocols.
- Who are the officers and what can they do: this case is an important reminder for why directors should periodically review and update the corporate records.
- Where's the value: many M&A deals fall short of expectations. Boards and audit committees can help capture more of that value.
- SEC targets individuals: directors and officers are now at significant risk under the Commission's new enforcement approach.
- How to have a great board meeting: the tone, content, and conduct of this meeting are critical to the level of governance and ultimate value of having a board. Yet outside of the board's inner circle, few people know what typically goes on in one, much less how to organize and effectively conduct a board meeting.
- Bringing order to meetings.
- Running a compelling board retreat.
- Getting every director engaged.
- Common pitfalls that sabotage a board meeting: truly effective meetings are still the exception, not the norm.
- The real work and worth of board committees: much maligned, committees can be highly effective means of organizing work. The issue for most boards is not whether to have committees but how to make them most effective.
- How should directors evaluate proposed strategies: there are some simple techniques that can be used to produce a much higher quality analysis and board discussion.
- 2013 top corporate governance law firms.
- The 2013 acceleration of 'operational' activism: there looks to be no letup in the pressure on boards to regularly review company strategy and direction.
- Book it: best bets for board reading: from a roundup of new books, insights on reputation, character, career risk, leadership transitions, achieving exceptional performance ... and customers vs. engineers.
- Boards: embrace the concept of gender intelligence.
- Boards: embrace a more inclusive definition of diversity.
- Directors to watch 2013: a board has responsibility to add value, counsels one of our new class of talented executives. With members like these, boardrooms are indeed being enriched with deep reserves of energy, enthusiasm and experience.
- When looking inside for your next CEO: steps you can take to facilitate increased exposure of internal talent to the board.
- Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments.
- Being a director: it's not about money or ego.
- Strategies for aspiring board members.
- Directors: Do you know where your state taxes are?
- Don't do it: The case against individual director assessments.
- Is your director telling the truth?
- Team-building on a mountain trek.
- An ideal first step: if your goal is to be a public company director, start by 'going private.'.