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Article reprints are $10 each. Click to add to shopping cartBoard Composition  Boards and the Irony of Diversity -- Diversification of products? Sure. Diversification of assets? Absolutely. Diversification of the board? Not quite. Why not? By investment banker and corporate director George Munoz.
Fourth Quarter 2007 [2 page(s)] A New Glass Ceiling In The Boardroom? -- Representation of women on corporate boards seems to be stagnating. Here?s why. By Alix Valenti.
Third Quarter 2007 [1 page(s)] Who's on Board 2006 -- The Directors Roster annual review: a selected index of companies and the new directors they added. Plus, profiles of four executives who answered the call to directorship: Bruce Hertzke, Wayne Rogers, Nancy Goodman Brinker, and Rosalyn Mallet. By Kelly McCarthy, Roster editor.
Annual Report 2007 [10 page(s)] Directors to Watch -- ?Great boards have diversity? ? splendidly exemplified by this newest class of accomplished executives. Edited by Scott Chase.
Annual Report 2007 [5 page(s)] Directors from Academia -- There are three types, and each can make a distinctive contribution to a board. By Harvard Business School professors Gail McGovern and John Quelch.
Third Quarter 2006 [1 page(s)] A Long, Steady Focus on Diversity -- It’s been atop the editorial agenda of Directors & Boards for 30 years. We just wish there was more to show for it other than stubbornly stuck numbers. By Directors & Boards Editor James Kristie.
Second Quarter 2006 [1 page(s)] So Many Public Companies, so Few Women Directors -- Despite a professed demand from corporate boards, women directors remain in short supply. What it will take to bring more diversity into the boardroom. By Bonnie W. Gwin and Anne Lim-O’Brien of Heidrick & Struggles.
Second Quarter 2006 [3 page(s)] Why Retired CEOs Can Be a Board's MVPs -- Retired CEOs-turned-directors have four essential qualities, grounded in a fearless sensibility: 'I'm old, I'm rich, and they can't mess with me.' By Donald Delves
First Quarter 2006 [3 page(s)] Male, Pale and Stale -- Too many boards persist in denying seats to women and minorities. By J. Phillips Johnston, lawyer, director, and author of Success in Small Business is a Laughing Matter.
Third Quarter 2005 [3 page(s)] SSBI 2004: Key Trends Are Driving Board Composition and Pay -- The latest Spencer Stuart Board Index reveals some dramatic changes in board composition in the wake of regulatory reform and the adoption of new best practices in governance. By Julie H. Daum and Thomas J. Neff of Spencer Stuart.
First Quarter 2005 [3 page(s)] Women as Directors: The 'Inside' Story -- Looking beyond the number of women serving as outside directors to the number of women serving as inside directors, a startling statistic emerges. By Catherine Dalton and Dan Dalton of Indiana University and S. Trevis Certo of Texas A&M University.
Fall 2004 [3 page(s)] Ideal Composition of a Board -- The focus on independence overlooks the benefits of having a few insiders on the board. By Edward Lawler III of USC?s Marshall School of Business and David Finegold of the Keck Graduate Institute.
Summer 2004 [1 page(s)] The Enigma of the Emeritus Director -- An attempt to unravel the elusive nature of this board position and the important issues to be considered before conferring emeritus status. The authors identify three models of emeritus status. By Dan R. Dalton and Catherine M. Daily of the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.
Fall 2003 [4 page(s)] A Visit to Board 'Central Casting' -- In an excerpt from their book, Back to the Drawing Board, the authors detail a methodology to bring together the right team of directors ... and offer advice on sustaining that team once it is assembled. By Colin B. Carter, management consultant, and Jay W. Lorsch of Harvard Business School.
Fall 2003 [6 page(s)] The Case for the Inside Director -- In the quest for a properly balanced board, don't heedlessly dismiss insiders: They offer attributes essential for governing complex global companies. By Tom Weidemeyer of United Parcel Service.
Winter 2003 [3 page(s)] The Albanian Candidate -- A critique of our informationally challenged method of electing directors. By Hoffer Kaback, Directors & Boards columnist.
Winter 2001 [ How a CEO Reshaped a Board -- Case study describing a healthcare company CEO's success in melding disparate organizations and boards of acquired entities to support a new mission. By Gail Hamity Vergara of Spencer Stuart.
Fall 1999 [2 page(s)] A Prospectus for Our Times -- With tongue firmly planted in cheek, the author suggests you take note of this immensely qualified board and its shareholder alignment. By Hoffer Kaback, Directors & Boards columnist.
Summer 1999 [1 page(s)] Two Modest Proposals -- Innovative ways for shareholders to obtain primary source information on directors. By Hoffer Kaback, Directors & Boards columnist.
Winter 1998 [1 page(s)] What It Takes to Make a Good Board -- A few attributes that are likely missing from lesser-achieving boards. By Harry Edelson of Edelson Technology Partners.
Winter 1998 [1 page(s)] Technology Company Boards: In Search of a New Model -- The traditional profile of a board member may be inadequate for technology company directors. Here are traits and attributes that may more closely fit the needs of this growth industry, and what companies should be looking for in the way of intelligence, experience, flexibility, diversity and, yes, youth. By Richard F. Kotz of Dykema Gossett.
Spring 1998 [3 page(s)] A Comparative Study of 100 High-Tech Boards -- Do technology company boards differ that dramatically from boards in other industries? Are they, indeed, setting a new and more innovative standard, or are these boards simply less mature organizationally? By the Spencer Stuart Global High-Technology Practice.
Spring 1998 [3 page(s)] Serving Two Masters -- The AlliedSignal-AMP battle raised important issues concerning director conflicts. By Hoffer Kaback, Directors & Boards columnist.
Fall 1998 [1 page(s)] Pals on the Board -- Here is what the proxy rules are missing about director independence. By Hoffer Kaback, Directors & Boards columnist.
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