Boardroom Best practice: establishing an electronic meeting management process Aug 16, 2010 By Brendan Sheehan 6 min read Corporate secretaries and others involved in running board meetings have been trying to move to more dynamic and efficient ways of... Read More
Boardroom Corporate Secretary Week: the SEC has been lying to you and punishing you for it Aug 16, 2010 By Brendan Sheehan 4 min read Dear readers, It is a common refrain and one that we have been hearing for a long time, but the problem is, it just isn’t true... Read More
Boardroom Say on pay triggers proxy campaign at Occidental Aug 03, 2010 By Katie Feuer 4 min read Say on pay, while non-binding, has some serious teeth. Just ask Occidental Petroleum. In May a majority of shareholders refused to... Read More
Boardroom Director education: demand for detail May 31, 2010 By Brendan Sheehan 6 min read It hardly seems possible but corporate board directors are under even greater scrutiny than they were just a year or two ago... Read More
Boardroom USSC revises corporate sentencing guidelines May 31, 2010 By Katie Feuer 6 min read Amid the current flood of regulatory debate in Washington, an important change has taken place that will affect all compliance and... Read More
Boardroom Getting the most out of human process management Apr 30, 2010 By Jacob Ukelson 7 min read The business world is full of processes. Some are routine and predictable, such as order to cash, procure to pay, order management... Read More
Boardroom Insurance: protecting your board Apr 30, 2010 By Adam Piore 6 min read Insuring directors and officers against lawsuits is getting awfully complicated. Foreign exposure is escalating as global... Read More
Boardroom Boardroom: spotlight on the nominating committee Apr 30, 2010 By Joseph McCool 6 min read The nomination committee: there is no other committee of the board whose purpose and mission are so routinely and publicly... Read More
Boardroom Recruitment: maintaining healthy board dynamics Apr 30, 2010 By Juliette Fairley 6 min read The fallout from the financial crisis of 2008-2009 shed light on the decisions of corporate boards and their impact on the company... Read More
Boardroom Missing the target: the risks of a CRO Apr 30, 2010 By Dan Borge 6 min read So-called best practice calls for a company to have a chief risk officer (CRO) to monitor and control all risks taken by the... Read More