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Where Jeff Immelt's Incentive Plan Misses the Mark
GE wanted a new way to measure its CEO’s performance and pay him accordingly. But, argues a corporate-finance strategist, Immelt’s contract demonstrates that the devil is in the details. |
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How to Do Director Evaluations Right
Are you a brilliant director—or a shareholder’s bad dream? Here’s how some companies are finding out. Plus: One Board Member's Individual Evaluation Ready for the Knife? |
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The SEC Opens the Boardroom to Unhappy Investors
Proposed new rules would make it far easier for dissident shareholders to nominate their own directors. Here are four things boards can do now to get ready for this latest reform. |
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An Outside-the-Box Idea: Go Inside for Directors
Governance reformers have demanded that companies hire more outside directors as a way to ensure better governance. The former head of Delaware’s Chancery Court thinks this solution can be overdone. |
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Wanted: Americans to Serve on European Boards
Before you sign up, be aware of a patchwork of new rules that vary by country. The good news: Reformers prefer peer pressure to the legal stick of Sarbanes-Oxley. |
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How Directors Should Redesign Their Job
Figure out how to manage your time better—and make sure you spend some of it outside the boardroom, visiting with the people in the real world. Smart use of technology helps. Plus: Do You Know the Answers to These 10 Questions? |