Publications by Directors & Boards

Publications by Directors & BoardsResent articles by the "Directors & Boards" from The Free Libraryhttp://www.thefreelibrary.comen-usFarlex, Inc.Fri, 8 Jan 2010 01:58:12 GMT360Free Online Libraryhttp://www.thefreelibrary.comhttp://www.thefreelibrary.com/_/static/TFLbyFarlex.gif17565Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 A director's letter to his chairman: here is how we board members can better help you.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+director's+letter+to+his+chairman%3a+here+is+how+we+board+members+can...-a0210930658
In April 2009 I joined the board of Media General, an $800 million diversified media company based in Richmond, Va. The following is a letter I wrote--with input from Innosight board member Richard N. Foster and innosight partner Andrew Waldeck--to Media General Chairman J. Stewart Bryan III after attending my first board meeting.

YOU DON'T NEED ME to tell you the world has...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 Director index.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Director+index.-a0210930657
Adik, Stephen P., American Water Works Co. Inc.

Amble, Joan L., Broadcom Corp.

Arway, Pamela M., DaVita Inc.

Beattie, W. Geoffrey, General Electric Co.

Bloomberg, Jeffrey, RHI Entertainment Inc.

Bodman, Samuel W., DuPont Co.

Breakiron-Evans, Maureen, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.

Breyer, James W., Dell Inc....]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 The directors roster.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+directors+roster.-a0210930656
The Directors Roster is a detailed record of executives added to corporate boards. The Roster covers a three-month period prior to the publication of each edition of DIRECTORS & BOARDS. It includes companies of all sizes, from billion-dollar blue chips to smaller growth ventures, that have elected new outside directors.

The Roster is organized...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 Company index.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Company+index.-a0210930655
3Com Corp.

ACCO Brands Corp.

Affymetrix Inc.

American International Group Inc.

American Water Works Co. Inc.

Atmos Energy Corp.

Axion International Holdings Inc.

Broadcom Corp.

Campbell Soup Co.

CardioNet Inc.

Caterpillar Inc.

CBL & Associates Properties Inc.

...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 Directors Roster: a quarterly record of new director appointments.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Directors+Roster%3a+a+quarterly+record+of+new+director+appointments.-a0210930654THE DIRECTORS & BOARDS Directors Roster--a quarterly record of new director appointments--is compiled from public and private sources by the editorial staff of Directors & Boards and is sponsored by Heidrick & Struggles. Please forward your director appointment announcements to kmccarthy@directorsandboards.com.

]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 W. Shakespeare Inc., management consultant.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/W.+Shakespeare+Inc.%2c+management+consultant.-a0210930653
Several years ago my friend Jim Kristie, editor of Directors & Boards, generously made available a few of the journal's pages for Ken Adelman, a legitimate Shakespearian scholar, and me, an engineer with one college course in Shakespeare, so we could expound upon our management book Shakespeare in Charge. Thus I was pleased when Jim recently offered the opportunity to return to...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 Fundraising as a performing art.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Fundraising+as+a+performing+art.-a0210930652From Yours for the Asking by Reynold Levy. Copyright 2008 by the author. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. (www.wiley.com).

HOW MANY ACTIVITIES in life are as unpopular as fundraising? There's something very intimidating about approaching a friend or a relative stranger and requesting a gift. It's widely viewed as a bold and presumptuous act, one filled with the potential for...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 Authority and intimacy in the boardroom.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Authority+and+intimacy+in+the+boardroom.-a0210930651From Nonprofit Governance by John Tropman and Thomas J. Harvey. Copyright 2009 by the authors. Co-published by Corby Books and University of Scranton Press (www.corbypublishing.com).

THIS PRACTICAL BOOK will repeat, over and over again in different contexts, that the power of the board to act and lead is not found in individuals nor in individual responsibility, but in the social...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 A deer in the headlights.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+deer+in+the+headlights.-a0210930650
From Stick Out Your Balance Sheet and Cough by Gary W. Patterson. Copyright 2009 by the author. Published by Fiscal-Clinic Communications, a division of Fiscal Doctor Inc. (www. fiscaldoctor.com).

ALTHOUGH PROGRESS has been made to guard against governance scandals, too many board members today are in the dark--sometimes even completely clueless--when it comes to knowing the...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 A director's blurry line.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/A+director's+blurry+line.-a0210930649From The Road to Financial Reformation by Henry Kaufman. Copyright 2009 by the author. Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. (www.wiley.com).

GOOD GOVERNANCE in financial institutions--or in any organization, for that matter--begins at the top, with the integrity and skills of the leaders. Easy as this may sound, it is extremely difficult to attain within large institutions. Whatever a...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 What makes the primary difference?http://www.thefreelibrary.com/What+makes+the+primary+difference%3f-a0210930648
From Boardroom Realities, edited by Jay Conger. Copyright 2009 by John Wiley & Sons Inc. Published by Jossey-Bass, a Wiley imprint (www.josseybass.com).

WHAT MY COLLEAGUES in this book and I have learned is that simply having the "right" governance practices on your board is only a first step--at best. We actually know from research that there is little or no...]]>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 Get the world off your shoulders.http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Get+the+world+off+your+shoulders.-a0210930647Book it: Best bets for board reading

From a roundup of new books, leadership insights on fundraising, battling fear of failure, coping with 'blurry lines,' avoiding embarrassment ... and some wisdom from the Bard.

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