Why You Should Eliminate Your Executive Committee
If you are interested in good corporate governance, then you can eliminate the Executive Committee from your Board. Executive Committees are a sign that you have too many Directors. [...]
What is Corporate Governance PPT
WHAT IS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE UPDATED FEB 2024 - DIRECTORS GUIDE TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Fillable Workbook and Board Self-Evaluation The Directors Guide to Corporate Governance is a 44 page fillable [...]
A More Important Role for Private Company Boards
Expanding the Role of the Private Company Board Most private companies report having a Board of Directors. Typically, the role of these private company Boards is for the owners to [...]
Three Steps to Evaluate Your Board and Save Your Organization
Three Steps to Evaluate Your Board and Save Your Organization Ok. That last part of the title probably seems over the top. But it’s not. The field of corporate governance [...]
What is Governance anyway?
A standard definition of ‘governance’ does not exist. Yet everyone expects organizations to be governed well. It seems a nebulous notion and yet if you are a director on a [...]
Directors – Crisis, What Crisis?
Charles De Gaulle - Faced with crisis, the person of character falls back on themself. They impose their own stamp of action, take responsibility for it, and make it their [...]
I am a Non-Profit Board Member, How Did I Get Here?
You'll work hard, feel frustrated and ask this question repeatedly: Whose idea was it to grab a seat on my favorite charity's board of directors? You'll understand why you joined, [...]
Baby Boomer Business Owners – Who will succeed you?
In a conversation with a small business CEO about his company’s succession plan, the CEO stated that one had yet to be put in place. As a CEO in a [...]
Canadian Board of Directors Index
Every year, Spencer Stuart sends me a copy of their 'Canadian Spencer Stuart Board Index - Board Trends and Practices of Leading Canadian Companies'. Yesterday's mail brought the 2009 study. [...]