This video features Bob Finocchio, veteran corporate director, discussing the Board's relationship with a CEO, the natural tensions, given the Board's oversight duty, and the need to challenge even the high-performing leader.
In the Spotlight - Governance and the Board of Directors
Articles addressing how to get the most out of your board of directors, the appropriate board composition mix as well as ensuring that governance policies are operating effectively.
Board Meeting Improvement Tips
During board meetings, keep your head up when leading discussions, rather than down, allowing you to observe directors' reactions, drawing members out or moving the conversation along, as appropriate, advises this boardroom consultant.
How to Make Your Board Happy
A veteran investor offers 10 tips for CEOs interested in creating productive board relationships, including how and how often to communicate, definitions of executive and governance roles, and expectations-setting tools.
Is There a Beast in Your Boardroom?
This terrific FT article describes one director's strategy for successful board composition. Can you see value in having one board member unconcerned about his or her popularity, unafraid to ask the difficult questions?
How to Fire a CEO
Penny Herscher, CEO of FirstRain, blogs about several recent CEO terminations and lessons learned. (Implicit within these suggestions are ideas for what to expect and how to respond should you be on the receiving end.)
Doofuses on YOUR Board?
Recent embarrassments at Yahoo and HP have once again shined the spotlight on governance best practices. Do your board member evaluate one another and themselves annually?
Key to CEO Tenure: Tenure
A new study shows boards are more forgiving and monitor less closely CEOs who have been in the job for five years or more, compared with those whose tenure is shorter. Shocking, but true--and a cautionary tale for those taking a new top job.
Page 1 of 9
