Top 10 Director Reads: 2nd Quarter 2015

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) Changing the Nature of Board Engagement   
By Bill Huyett and Rodney Zemmel in McKinsey Quarterly - April 2015

2) Shareholder Activism: Who, What, When, and How?
Posted by Mary Ann Cloyd, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP,
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum

3) Balancing Division of Board Labor with Overall Director Responsibilities  
Posted by Eric Geringswald, Corporation Service Company
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum

4) The Support-Challenge Tightrope in Board-CEO Interactions  
Jean-Francois Manzoni, The Shell Chaired Professor of Human Resources and Organisational Development and Professor of Management Practice, INSEAD

5) Demystifying the Risks of Board-Level Risk Committees
By Jaclyn Jaeger in Compliance Week

6) Strategy, Risk Oversight Are Lead Areas of Boardroom Focus  
By Deborah DeHaas in Deloitee Risk and Compliance Journal

7) DuPont Spent $15M to Keep Peltz Off Board  
By Jeff Mordock in The News Journal, Delaware Online

8) “No Pay” Provisions: The Forgotten Middle Ground in The Fee-Shifting Battle
Posted by A. Thompson Bayliss, Abrams & Bayliss LLP
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum

9) No 'Silver Bullet' in Battle for Board Effectiveness
By Richard Summerfield in Financier Worldwide

10) Becoming a Public Company Director: Interview Strategies
By Tracy E. Houston, Founder eBoardGuru™.com