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How Corporate Culture Reflects Board Performance
Posted on Aug 27th, 2011
Related Products & Services: Effective Board GovernanceRecently I moderated a webinar that is part of the National Association for Corporate Directors (NACD) Boardroom Excellence Series entitled, “Boards and CEOs: Trust, Transparency and Constructive Tension. The participants, Kenneth Daly, President and CEO, NACD and The Honorable Kenneth M. Duberstein, Lead Director, The Boeing Company and Director, The Travelers Companies and Conoco-Phillips shared […]
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Director Assessments Can Strengthen Your Board
Posted on Aug 18th, 2011
Related Products & Services: Effective Board Governance, On-Line Board Assessment, Our Work with Credit UnionsThis week I attended the 34th Annual National Director’s Convention in Las Vegas as a speaker on the topic of “Relentless Strategic Leadership to Ensure Member Value ”. The sessions were attended by both directors and CEOs. The topic most commonly asked in both sessions were concerns about toxic board members who are defined as […]
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Succession Planning: A Strategic Imperative
Posted on Jul 28th, 2011
Related Products & Services: Succession Planning, Our Work with Credit UnionsThis past month, I attended a Deloitte conference hosted by their Center for Corporate Governance, including 1,000 directors across 30 locations, live from New York City. One of the most important topics and issues discussed is the board’s approach to succession planning. The departure of your CEO is the most important and challenging board responsibility. […]
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What Boards, CEOs Can Do to Improve Communication
Posted on Feb 4th, 2011
Directors desire a stronger line of communication with the CEO than is presently acknowledged. Sometimes lack of dialogue is a byproduct of board rules, including requirements for executive sessions without the CEO present. Sometimes it stems from failing to make such conversation a priority. Committing to an intelligent exchange of ideas with your CEO will […]
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First Credit Union Leadership Forum Web Seminar – A Practical Perspective: Regulatory Realities. January 25th – Free Registration!
Posted on Jan 21st, 2011
Related Products & Services: Director Education, Our Work with Credit UnionsTune in for our January 25th Credit Union Leadership Forum Web Seminar – A Practical Perspective: Regulatory Realities. January 25th 12 Noon – 1PM (ET) and 9AM – 10AM (PT). View Press Release. Free Registration: Click Here. This seminar will be hosted by Sarah Snell Cooke, editor-in-chief of Credit Union Times and Stuart R. Levine, CEO of Stuart Levine and […]
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Opinion: Board Orientation Impacts Shareholder Value
Posted on Mar 16th, 2010
Related Products & Services: Effective Board Governance, GovernanceOn Dec. 16, 2009, the SEC issued rules that will require additional commentary in the preparation of the 10K. Information calling for director qualifications and contributions to their respective boards will be required. The questions that have been raised actually open a discussion at the board level regarding philosophy of skills and contributions of individual […]
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The New Decade Requires Employee Agility And Motivation
Posted on Feb 13th, 2010
Related Products & Services: Leadership Development, Foundation Leadership Programs, Executive CoachingThere are countless books on best practices for employee motivation. An Amazon search yields more than 8,000 titles. Combined with lectures and journal articles, you could probably spend the next two years wading through all the information. Many of these writings were sound and offered excellent tools. I intentionally used the past tense “were” and […]
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It’s Time To Refresh Your Board
Posted on Dec 2nd, 2009
The economic recovery continues to be problematic for the county and, as a result, regulatory pressures on public companies and their boards remain high with no signs of abating. Instead of waiting until regulatory bodies start weighing in on ways to maintain high quality board performance, let’s exert some common sense and get out ahead […]
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Getting Enterprise Risk Management Right
Posted on Sep 10th, 2009
Boards must mitigate risk by having a clear destination, getting input if needed, reading the dashboard data, and making judgments. I believe in capitalism’s strength and resilience. With the same survival-of-the-fittest efficiency living organisms have tapped for millennia, capitalism will adapt to survive now. But as we work through this difficult time and try to […]
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The Current Thinking On Corporate Governance
Posted on Jul 10th, 2009
This past month I participated as a panelist at two governance functions – The 3rd Annual Directors Education Workshop sponsored by GE and The Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at the Yale School of Management. Both were stimulating events that provided an overview of the best thinking today on current, challenging governance issues. […]