Boardroom Striking the right tone Apr 30, 2008 By Daniel Roach 6 min read There is no question that the expectations placed on board members have changed in recent years. Serving on a board today is... Read More
Boardroom Bring it on Apr 30, 2008 By Robert McGarvey 10 min read Forgive yourself for sometimes thinking you had tuned into a broadcast of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) that pitted the... Read More
Boardroom A complicated fix Apr 30, 2008 By Michael Reilly 12 min read The way all public companies, financial institutions and the markets as a whole are policed could be about to undergo significant... Read More
Boardroom Bear Stearns Apr 30, 2008 By Brendan Sheehan 7 min read While a board of directors’ focus on corporate governance issues is nothing new, such issues remain at the top of the agenda for... Read More
Boardroom Board’s role in M&A Apr 30, 2008 By Brendan Sheehan 3 min read In this age of shareholder rights and director fiduciary responsibility, a lot of attention is being focused on the board’s role... Read More
Boardroom Great expectations Apr 30, 2008 By Anna Snider 4 min read Activist investors, especially hedge funds, have an obsession with corporate boards. More and more, they say they want a seat at... Read More
Boardroom Cross-border compliance Apr 30, 2008 By Anna Snider 4 min read Get a group of CEOs and board chairmen together, as Foley & Lardner recently did in its headline panel at the National Directors... Read More
Boardroom Making history, one word at a time Mar 31, 2008 By Ian Williams 10 min read Many years ago, one of my student vacation jobs was to bag and burn the shelves of yellowing paper cluttering up the cellars of an... Read More
Boardroom Creating the perfect director Mar 31, 2008 By Erik Sherman 13 min read Heinz’s historic ‘57 Varieties’ slogan stressed the breadth of its product line, but the company liked just one approach for its... Read More
Boardroom Planning for the golden years Dec 31, 2007 By Robert McGarvey 10 min read Let’s get the statistical shocker out of the way. Only about half of companies that should have a CEO succession plan in place do... Read More