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A private equity approach to building a strong board
By Tom Roberts
Based on our involvement with hundreds of management teams, here are six key strategies for fast-growing companies to create the optimal board. Plus: Sybari Software’s board-building experience.

Features

New vibrancy for an old form of business
By Stuart H. Reese
Today’s gravitational pull to private ownership affirms the advantages of an enduring organizational structure: the mutual company.

Amassing your governance capital
By Alice Korngold
Getting on a corporate board is about who you know, how you conduct yourself, and what you bring to the table. Exercising leadership on nonprofit boards is a winning way to position yourself for opportunities.

‘Climate crisis’ needn’t mean corporate crisis
By Gary S. Guzy and Carol M. Browner
Boards that want to be part of the solution can act now to respond to a concern that is driving societal debate and investor attention.

Turbocharging your board assessment
By Beverly Behan
Have your evaluation initiatives run out of gas? Here is what some of the best boards are doing to rev up the value of this exercise.

D&O insurance lessons from ‘Just for Feet’
By Susan Miner and Lauri Floresca
A classic disaster situation: Not enough insurance, bankruptcy, and inability to indemnify the directors. Six steps to a robust D&O policy.

Dos and don’ts for a board investigation
By George A. Stamboulidis and Jamie Pfeffer
Worried about renegade fellow directors in your midst acting without authority and seeking advantage? Proceed cautiously in your zeal to protect the company and yourself — investigations are dangerous.

How to get the best out of a golf outing
By Maureen Ryan-Fable
Tips for taking advantage of an event like this to develop relationships important to you and your business. Plus: How golf and business pair up, according to Lee Iacocca and Arnold Palmer.

Book it: Best bets for board reading
Leadership insights from a roundup of new books on such subjects as shareholder power, strategic risks, the mojo of Maslow, the new enforcement climate, mobilized minds, and getting your ‘buzz’ going.

Directors, board of: The ‘Up’ chapter
By Robert Townsend
A gem of governance wit and wisdom from Up the Organization, the revered business bestseller from the 1970s that’s been newly reissued.

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