Articles from Directors & Boards (March 22, 2005)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Advice to new CEOs: get the board on board; Effective bridge-building techniques to help a new CEO establish a productive working relationship with the board.	Neff, Thomas J.; Citrin, James M.		2210
Board guidance for going private: five critical debating points for boards with an ESOP transaction on the agenda.	Raff, Elliot D.; Scholtes, Thomas D.		1977
Caught in the Webb: just the facts, ma'am--to be read with care.	Kaback, Hoffer		821
Company index.		Brief article	281
Compensation: being more 'on message'; Transform the tenor of your executive compensation disclosure from 'mandatory and mystery' to 'meaning and message.'.	Wright, James B.		2554
Create a new story about business: we have a unique moment to make a lasting difference in corporate practice. This is a moment we must seize.	Freeman, R. Edward		4047
Director index.			636
Director's guide to board, committee, and personal counsel: as boards become more proactive, their use of outside legal advisers--a 'legal second opinion'--is on the rise.	Shaw, David		2127
Directors roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments sponsored by Spencer Stuart.			8839
Do independent directors need IDL coverage? A look at independent director liability insurance and the added protection it offers.	Weiss, Stephen J.; Knotts, Shannon A.G.		775
EHS oversight: what's wrong with this picture? Most European companies are vitally concerned at the board level about environmental health and safety issues. Why aren't boards of U.S. companies equally as concerned?	Pilko, George		1878
From a whisper to a firestorm: how ready are you to respond to the revenge-laced rhetoric promoted by activist organizations and shareholder-revolt leaders?	McCurry, Michael D.; Tate, Randy		972
How a candidate made the cut: this step-by-step board-recruiting process turned up a new compensation committee chair.	Reda, James F.; Reifler, Stewart; Thatcher, Laura G.		2408
Job one.		Editorial	517
Leadership and Governance from the Inside Out.	Lapides, Paul D.		1584
Nine ways to handle a boardroom bully: forceful personalities on the board can steer an organization down a destructive path. Here's how to take on that 'bad boy' or 'bad girl'.	Chinoy, Toni Lynn		1368
No need to pay guaranteed bonuses: other less-suspect alternatives can achieve the desired recruitment and retention objectives.	Clouser, Bruce		583
On bailing out from a board: when the reasons to resign are compelling, just do it--walk away.	Sutton, Gary		720
Put the 'fair' in fairness opinions: avoiding conflicts of interest will increase the likelihood that a fairness opinion provides adequate protection for directors.	Leddy, Patrick J.; Walters, Randall M.		3062
The first duty of a director: wisdom from Walter Wriston, a master banker and board leader.	Kristie, James	Excerpt	825
The proverbial beer truck.	Rock, Robert H.		426
The workout board member: why every company should have a turnaround expert on its board.	Hopgood, Suzanne		1764
What a board needs from its general counsel: in order to make a positive contribution toward excellence in governance, corporate counsel must be a teacher, a mentor, and more.	Deju, Raul A.		2553
When should you call separate counsel? Not often, because the board should be able to rely in full confidence on the company's general counsel.	Raymond, Doug		762