Recently added articles from Directors & Boards:
A century of progress.(LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN)
Sep 22, 2009; ... I SERVE on a corporate board led by an extremely competent and highly experienced woman who is the executive chair. Under her leadership the board has governed very successfully. As a woman leading a large, public company her position and her success are becoming more common. Yet, not so ...
The Xs and Os.
Sep 22, 2009; ... A WISE PUBLISHING veteran once said: "It strikes me that a good editor must know what the reader wants before the reader even knows he wants it. The good editor, in short, is a cultural anthropologist." But, this wise one went on to observe, "an editor is a very special sort of ...
'Once more unto the breach': here we go again: the SEC re-storms the Harfleur of proxy access.(Securities and Exchange Commission)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2009; ... Set historically in the early 15th century, Act III of Henry V begins with Henry's exhortation to his soldiers to renew the attack upon the French town of Harfleur. The king urges his men "Once more unto the breach." My 1998 interview with renowned dealmaker Sandy ...
The gritty stuff: heard this in your governance seminars?(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 22, 2009; ... I'VE SUCCESSFULLY SAT through several seminars for board members, and actually stayed awake through most. My public companies earned ISS points for my attendance (yeah, team). None of these seminars touched on the gritty stuff that makes a board work. Here's what makes them not ...
When preferred and common collide: a recent Delaware case gives directors appointed by preferred stockholders a reminder of their foremost obligation.(Case overview)
Sep 22, 2009; ... IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE that directors should act in the best interests of their corporation; however, where the interests of the corporation's different stakeholders are not aligned, directors can face complicated decisions. The board must often choose which constituency's interest will ...