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. Coping with a Still-Fragile Global Finance System
An Interview with Martin Wolf of the Financial Times
2. How the Best Board Directors Stay Involved
By Bill Huyett and Rodney Zemmel in HBR
3. Making Board Evaluations a Best Practice
By Marlisse Silver Sweeney in Corporate Counsel
4. Email Intelligence – Does Your Board Possess it?
By Donna DiMaggio Berger, Esq., Shareholder with Becker & Poliakoff.Blog
5. 2015 Investor Survey: Deconstructing Proxy Statements — What Matters to Investors
By David F. Larcker, Ronald Schneider, Brian Tayan, Aaron Boyd of Stanford University, RR Donnelley, and Equilar
6. The Unintended Consequences of Proxy Access Elections
By David A. Katz, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, Harvard Law Blog
7. What CEOs are Afraid Of
By Roger Jones, HBR
8. Keeping Your Eye on Risk: A Guide for Boards
By Yelena M. Barychev and Jane K. Storero, The Legal Intelligencer
9. The Real Business of Business
By Marc Goedhart, Tim Koller, and David Wessels, McKinsey
10. A New Focus on the Governance Committee
By Aaron Boyd, Director of Governance Research, Equilar
Tracy Houston
Tracy E. Houston, M.A., is the president of Board Resources Services, LLC. She is a refined specialist in board consulting and executive coaching with a heartfelt passion for rethinking performance, teams and the boardroom. Her company, Board Resource Services, LLC, is online at www.eboardmember.com and www.eboardguru.com. You can follow Tracy on Twitter @BoardGuru. Headquartered in the Denver, Colorado area, Tracy is an avid hiker.
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