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Founder’s Dilemma: How Boards Work With a Founder-CEO to Deliver Value

Alphabet, Facebook and Tesla are just a few of the large-cap companies with founders at the helm. And as more companies — particularly those…

6 years ago

Caterpillar Backtracks On Split CEO/Chair Role

Caterpillar has named chief executive Jim Umpleby as chairman of the board, reversing the company's decision to split the roles last year, reports The…

6 years ago

Is the SEC Failing Investors on Cyber-Security Risk?

Hackers hack weakness. They are efficient at finding it and work relentlessly to exploit it. Now, new moves by the SEC are…

6 years ago

Turning Around a Low Say-On-Pay Vote

Say-on-pay votes remain a critical way for shareholders to express discontent with executive compensation packages. But they also act as…

6 years ago

Clawing Back Pay in the Wake of #MeToo

The #MeToo movement has led directors to take a harder look at internal policies around harassment, including whether they need…

6 years ago

Outgoing CEOs Step Down, but Not Out

Once an unusual occurrence, CEOs’ stepping down to take board or executive chair positions while new, typically first-time CEO replacements…

6 years ago

Board Moves: Poor Meeting Attendance Hits Election Result

Missing one regular in-person board meeting and two telephone audit committee meetings was enough to drive Eric Rose’s attendance on the Abiomed board…

6 years ago

30 S&P 500 CEOs with 20 Years or More on the Job

Keeping a job, any job, for 20 years or more is becoming rarer and rarer. The feat may be uniquely…

6 years ago