To compile a “best reads” list for corporate directors and director candidates is a challenge that keeps me on the cutting edge. Feel free to just review the list, provide feedback on what you like and challenge what you feel is not worthy of the list- maybe even make suggestions about what to read next.
1) Creating Value from Long-Term Bets
By Wendell P. Weeks
Commentary McKinsey Quarterly
2) Are Today’s Corporate Directors More Personally Liable?
“Inside America’s Boardrooms” Katherine Henderson, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, joins TK Kerstetter,
3) Board Directors, Executives See Uncertainty and Volatility Threatening Corporate Strategy: KPMG Survey
PRNewswire
4) Three Areas Where Boards Can Improve Performance
“Inside America’s Boardrooms” Ty Francis (EVP & Group Publisher, Ethisphere Institute) joins TK Kerstetter
5) Toward a Value-Creating Board
Contributors to the development and analysis of this survey include Conor Kehoe, a director in McKinsey’s London office; Frithjof Lund, a principal in the Oslo office; and Nina Spielmann, a specialist in the Zurich office.
6) Americans and CEO Pay: 2016 Public Perception Survey on CEO Compensation
By David F. Larcker, Nicholas E. Donatiello, Brian Tayan
CGRI Survey Series. Corporate Governance Research Initiative, Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance,
7) Special Report on Business Ethics: Enhancing Corporate Governance
Knowledge@Wharton first in a series of four special reports on business ethics in collaboration with AKO Foundation
8) Succeeding in the New Paradigm for Corporate Governance
By Martin Lipton
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum
9) GE Debuts Integrated Summary
By David Bogoslaw
Corporate Secretary
10) Compensation Committee Guide
By Michael J. Segal, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum
1) Creating Value from Long-Term Bets
By Wendell P. Weeks
Commentary McKinsey Quarterly
2) Are Today’s Corporate Directors More Personally Liable?
“Inside America’s Boardrooms” Katherine Henderson, Partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, joins TK Kerstetter,
3) Board Directors, Executives See Uncertainty and Volatility Threatening Corporate Strategy: KPMG Survey
PRNewswire
4) Three Areas Where Boards Can Improve Performance
“Inside America’s Boardrooms” Ty Francis (EVP & Group Publisher, Ethisphere Institute) joins TK Kerstetter
5) Toward a Value-Creating Board
Contributors to the development and analysis of this survey include Conor Kehoe, a director in McKinsey’s London office; Frithjof Lund, a principal in the Oslo office; and Nina Spielmann, a specialist in the Zurich office.
6) Americans and CEO Pay: 2016 Public Perception Survey on CEO Compensation
By David F. Larcker, Nicholas E. Donatiello, Brian Tayan
CGRI Survey Series. Corporate Governance Research Initiative, Stanford Rock Center for Corporate Governance,
7) Special Report on Business Ethics: Enhancing Corporate Governance
Knowledge@Wharton first in a series of four special reports on business ethics in collaboration with AKO Foundation
8) Succeeding in the New Paradigm for Corporate Governance
By Martin Lipton
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum
9) GE Debuts Integrated Summary
By David Bogoslaw
Corporate Secretary
10) Compensation Committee Guide
By Michael J. Segal, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum