| Similar Articles |
|---|
 |
HBS Working Knowledge
December 22, 2003
Martha Lagace |
How to Build a Better Board Boards need to work smarter and with a design in mind, says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Lorsch discusses his new book Back to the Drawing Board, co-written with Colin B. Carter.   |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 11, 2012
Julia Hanna |
The Future of Boards In "The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century," Professor Jay Lorsch brings together experts to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2008
Rich Duprey |
Corporate Boards Are Broken Extreme measures are needed to get boards to do their jobs. |
CFO
September 1, 2012
Caroline McDonald |
Reputational Risk Tops Board Worries Directors are taking their companies' good names very seriously. |
U.S. Banker
April 2010
Michael Sisk |
Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Board Member Today; CEO Tomorrow The number of Fortune 1000 directors who became the CEOs of the companies on whose boards they served more than doubled in the past year. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
This Secret Weapon Could Save Your Stocks The presence of women in the boardroom could be a little-known advantage for shareholders. |
CFO
January 1, 2005
Julia Homer |
Friends on Board CFOs are spending more time with directors outside the boardroom. |
AFP eWire
June 27, 2005 |
Boards Must Focus on More Than Just Compliance The result of the ongoing debate over nonprofit accountability has led to the perception among many boards of directors that compliance is their only responsibility, according to a new report. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Corporate Boards Need to Wake Up One of investors' biggest problems -- whether they know it or not -- has been a tendency toward ineffective, entrenched boards of directors that don't do their primary job, which is to look out for shareholder interests. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 17, 2007
Malcolm Salter |
Learning from Private-Equity Boards Boards of professionally sponsored buyouts are more informed, hands-on, and interventionist than public company boards. The author argues that this board model could have helped Enron and perhaps your company as well. |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee |
CIOs Get Respect Seventy-five percent of global executives believe CIOs have a role to play on boards of directors. |
CIO
December 14, 2010 |
Why Boards Need CIOs Suzanne Woosley, a veteran corporate board director, makes the case for CIOs as corporate advisors. |
Bank Technology News
September 2004
Brian O'Connell |
Good Question: Bank Directors Want Answers From CIOs on IT Issues Board members need to know what their banks are doing to remain secure and compliant. More than ever, those answers lie with the IT team, forcing bank directors to become tech-savvy and forge close ties with the CIO. |
CIO
November 14, 2012
Kim S. Nash |
Boards Want to Learn About Emerging IT Issues Directors admit they aren't adequately engaged in topics such as social media and IT-enabled business innovation |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 21, 2009
Roger Thompson |
Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
John Reeves |
Let's Fix Risk Committees Should we require corporate boards to establish risk committees? |
Knowledge@Wharton
July 30, 2003 |
Has Sarbanes-Oxley Made a Dent in Corporate America's Armor? In the 12 months since it was signed by President Bush, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act has caused U.S. companies to spend heavily on compliance, altered the culture of boardrooms and boosted the business of firms that offer ethics and compliance consulting. To what end? |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
More Women Than You Think It's better to focus on the strides women have made into the corporate boardroom rather than on more depressing data. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009 |
For Your Review What financial institutions directors are thinking about-the results of 2009 research by Corporate Board Member and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP... What's ahead for banking... |
U.S. Banker
October 2010
Rob Garver |
Board Diversity Remains a Work in Progress In the financial services industry, there are more women than ever on boards of directors, but there's still a long way to go. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Joseph Webe |
How The Best Boards Stay Clued In Director John A. Krol says a culture of openness has helped turn Tyco around. |
CIO
January 15, 2003
Meridith Levinson |
Get On Board - Corporate Governance CIOs are being sought-after to serve on corporate boards, a unique opportunity to help right many wrongs. But there are risks -- you must be prepared, be aware and be diligent when you jump on board. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 9, 2004
Lucian A. Bebchuk |
Bring Shareholders into the Board Room How can we improve board performance? One way is by reducing the extent to which boards are insulated from, and unaccountable to, shareholders. |
Bank Director
1st Quarter 2009
Burnett & Gomperz |
The New and Emerging Fiduciary Duties of Corporate Directors Today, the public is outraged at Wall Street excesses and angered by revelations of executives who received hefty salaries and severance payments even as their companies dissolved. |
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Gary Schneider |
Fund Industry Being Forced In Wrong Direction In the aftermath of some of America's biggest scandals in the history of the mutual fund industry, proposed standards are wrongheaded and unnecessary. |
The Motley Fool
October 2, 2009
Alyce Lomax |
Let's Fix Director Independence The Shareholder Bill of Rights would separate the chairman and CEO roles. |
Bank Director
3rd Quarter 2010
Jeanine Catalano et al. |
Effective Strategies to Support Board Deliberations A toolkit of five practical techniques to use when gathering information and considering complex issues. |
CIO
January 27, 2015
Adam Hartung |
For CIOs, Joining a Board Requires Role Reversal Even if you aren't currently being pursued to fill a board seat, understanding the different roles should help you be better prepared for making board presentations. |
BusinessWeek
June 14, 2004
David Henry |
Will Directors Morph Into Corporate Constables? Thanks to new federal sentencing guidelines, boards will be expected to do a far more thorough job of ensuring that no laws are being broken. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Jul/Aug 2005
Hechinger & Bobowick |
Governance Matters The 12 principles of governance share some common denominators and enable the board to operate at an exceptional level. |
HBS Working Knowledge
January 19, 2010 |
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis The economic crisis is tapping the inner reserves of experienced leaders. This article explores leadership, the role of the Board, the emotional needs of managers, and the risk to corporate giving programs. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2010
John R. Engen |
Back in the Saddle Former FDIC chairman Bill Isaac has taken the reins as the new chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp. Here, he talks about his career, growing the bank, and why, in his view, Dodd-Frank is an unmitigated disaster. |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Ups and Downs for Women A new report on the progress of women in the workplace features some interesting results. Why does this topic matter to investors? Some studies suggest that having more women on a board of directors can lead to better governance. |
National Defense
February 2014
Jay B. Stephens |
Companies Need Sound Governance In publicly-traded aerospace and defense companies, strong internal controls in an organization -- especially in business units far from the mother ship -- are essential to transparency and process fidelity. |
CIO
November 14, 2012
Kim S. Nash |
CIOs Say Corporate Directors Are Clueless About IT Our exclusive research shows that boards of directors still don't understand the role that IT can play in driving business innovation. It's the CIO's job to change that. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Sep/Oct 2000 |
Corporate Governance Roundtable At this year's NAREIT Law and Accounting Conference, one of the most talked about panel discussions was on the topic of corporate governance... |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2005
Jill Jusko |
Beefed Up Boards More diligent and accountable, today's directors are scrutinizing executive compensation like never before -- and changing the dynamic of the board-management relationship. |
CFO
July 1, 2004
John P. Mello Jr. |
Director's Cut Board members are turning to specialized software to help manage their affairs. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 11, 2011
Carmen Nobel |
Building a Better Board While corporate board members take their jobs more seriously than ever, they are not necessarily as helpful or effective as they could be, says Harvard Business School senior lecturer Stephen Kaufman. |
BusinessWeek
April 25, 2005 |
"Sarbanes-Oxley Is Not Bad" But "there's no silver bullet" to prevent another Enron or Tyco, says United Technologies Chairman and CEO George David |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2009
Frank Aquila & Peter Naismith |
Directing Within the "Zone" Poor economic conditions and lack of credit combine to create new challenges for bank directors. |
Bank Director
4th Quarter 2010
Kimberly Crowe |
2010 Director Compensation Review The results of the latest compensation survey offer an in-depth review of industry pay practices and reveal how the latest issues and trends in compensation are affecting banks and directors nationwide. |
The Motley Fool
November 1, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Will the Next Female Director Be You? As more women take their place among the corporate elite as directors and executives, it's interesting to take a look at how they're getting there. |
The Motley Fool
April 21, 2010 |
The Motley Fool's Testimony on Corporate Governance and Shareholder Empowerment Shareholders should have a bigger say in how companies are run. |
CFO
December 1, 2007
Lori Calabro |
Look Who's Not Talking Both company directors and senior managers place a premium on strategic planning. So what keeps them from collaborating on it? |
Insurance & Technology
November 5, 2008
Jody Westby |
Building an Enterprise Security Program Key to Managing Risks Insurance companies are particularly vulnerable to cyber risks because they house so much sensitive data. |
CFO
November 1, 2002
Andrew Osterland |
Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game. |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Corporate Boards Should Focus on Performance, Not Conformance After the corporate governance revolution of the 1990s that led to a new era of accountability to shareholders, the Enron debacle has brought new attention to the role of corporate boards and governance... |
The Motley Fool
June 4, 2010
Alyce Lomax |
Should We Be Like Britain? The UK's mandating corporate governance rules. Should we follow suit? |
