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Vol. 35 Nbr. 5, September 2011

'You don't call anymore'.

LETTER FROM THE CHAIRMAN

A new high mark.

EDITOR'S NOTE - Editorial

Truth in labeling? The 'independent director' tag doesn't tell us much.

QUIDDITIES

Needed: a good dose of CEO leadership: as Congress dithers, corporate leaders must step in. Here is what they could he doing.

IT (STILL

Separation anxiety: in many situations, it may be far from clear whether the roles of CEO and chair should be filled by different persons.

LEGAL BRIEF

Managing expectations in an IPO: there are sensitive, and subtle, issues that the compensation committee will need to anticipate.

COMPENSATION AT WORK

Whistleblower rules: Impact on insurance: there may be a greatly increased focus on internal investigations, and therefore an increase in legal costs.

RISK MATTERS

What are your core principles? By defining and adopting them, a board raises the level of its capability to focus on the big picture.

BOARD TRANSFORMATION

The next big thing: finally, a governance initiative that has some consequence for shareholder wealth.

GUEST COLUMN

Zeal must be tempered by a culture of integrity: a lesson manifested in the company of Bill Salomon.

COMPETITIVE EDGE

The power of three: three women on a hoard, that is. Five prominent women corporate directors analyze the 'female factor in a board's success. Says one: 'We survive by our wit and our grit.'.

BOARD LEADERSHIP

Susan Ivey made it happen for women.

BOARD LEADERSHIP

The path to the boardroom.

BOARD LEADERSHIP

A women on boards goalsetter.

BOARD LEADERSHIP - Company overview

The Directors and Boards Survey: CEO and director compensation 2011: there has been some catch-up CEO pay, and say on pay in having limited impact on a board's approach to executive compensation.

SURVEY ON EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION - Survey

Compensation committee checklist: The fall agenda: begin framing your 2012 proxy statements now ... and take other key action steps.

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

What is a CEO worth? Don't look to peers: peer group comparisons skew the board's determination of a CEO's intrinsic value. A new performance metric is required--and we have conceptualized what that should be.

CEO COMPENSATION

A CEO's lament: the dastardly scoreboard.

CEO COMPENSATION

'How do I explain that to my wife?'.

CEO COMPENSATION

Peer groups: clear drawbacks, but the jury is still out.

CEO COMPENSATION - Reprint

An attractive alternative to a peer index.

CEO COMPENSATION - Reprint

Anne Mulcahy: It's all about staying focused.

Not one share do you hand over.

Mom's encouragement spurred Larry Bossidy.

The collective power of small groups.

Activism and the concept of counterintuitiveness.

Governance in all its 'simplicity'.

Thomas Jefferson's debt-reduction plan.

Brief article

Time for a reset.

Bringing 'Asia' onto the board: finding the right candidate presents some familiar, and not-so-familiar, director-recruiting challenges.

HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES GOVERNANCE LETTER


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