Friday September 3, 2010
Kenneth Daly | September 1, 2010

Now, It’s Really Personal

“Now, it’s personal” is an interesting phrase that I’ve heard more than once in recent conversations about director elections. By >>>

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Julie Garland McLellan | August 24, 2010

If Corporate Boards Acted Like Google

Jeff Jarvis’ latest book "What Would Google Do," envisions the ways in which running businesses the way Google is run would change industries. It >>>

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Richard S. Levick | August 19, 2010

Déjà Vu All Over Again

The world’s greatest inventor had a problem. Thomas Edison’s incandescent >>>

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Bonnie Gwin | August 17, 2010

The Secret Sauce

In the course of doing board work for our clients, we are often asked “What makes a great board director?”  It is an interesting and challenging >>>

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Liz Barron | August 16, 2010

Independence, Process and Courage

This month, I had the pleasure of working with longtime NACD member, Professor Charles Elson,* >>>

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Game Changer: NACD and Directorship to Merge

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has agreed to acquire Directorship LLC which includes NACD Directorship magazine, www.Directorship.com, the Global Boardroom Forum and the Directorship 100 >>>

Wesco Forms Special Committee to Weigh Berkshire-Hathaway Offer

Juniper, RealNetworks and United American Healthcare expand their boards by adding new directors while Wesco Financial names a special committee of independent directors to evaluate an offer from Berkshire-Hathaway.

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Redefining Risk

As the regulatory climate for public companies continues to focus on further transparency, boards and executive management must prepare their organizations for the risks and opportunities that lie ahead. Directorship.com recently interviewed risk >>>

The Audit Committee’s Auditor

Shortly after his appointment as vice chair-Audit at KPMG LLP, the U.S. member firm of KPMG International, Jim Liddy sat down with NACD Directorship for an interview that delved into his mission, aspirations and how the external auditor’s >>>

Toyota Debacle Spurs Reform Questions

Toyota’s recent woes may prove to offer some useful insight into long-running governance debates in the U.S.  The adoption of legislative and regulatory requirements for board independence in the U.S. was accompanied by a deeply divisive battle >>>

Booz Study Finds ‘Inside’ CEOs Perform Better, Longer

Researchers at Booz & Co. who studied trends in CEO succession over a 10-year period found a remarkable embrace of internal candidates and a separation of the chairman and CEO roles. The report, titled “CEO Succession 2000-2009: A Decade of >>>
Without a doubt, risk governance is an essential area of focus for corporate boards. An uncertain economy has left many public company directors asking how they can make significant changes to prevent future setbacks. Deloitte explores the role of >>>
As expected, cost cutting has been a key response of most companies to the economic crisis: With revenue growth flat or negative, there hasn’t been much choice. In fact, while more than 70 percent of S&P 500 companies beat earnings >>>

Capital Markets

Janice Dipietro, national managing partner at Tatum, discusses the new reality of today’s capital markets: liquidity and testing all your assumptions.

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