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05SepOctCover

Cover Story

28 Sell Me Your Company!

The buyout kings have $350 billion to invest. Is now the time to go private?  

September/October 2005 

Features

38 How to Measure Your CEO's Performance
How good a job is the person in the corner office really doing? You need to know before you sign off on the pay package. Here are some ways to figure out what he or she deserves.

46 Why Some Board Members are Paid More Than Others 
It’s the committee work, natch. But extra money may also bring with it an extra chance of getting sued.

54 Where to Find Directors for the Compensation Committee
A prediction that folks working in human resources would make good board members has come true—30 years later.

59 Are You 401(k) Liable?
More employees are suing boards for savings that went south with the company’s stock price. Here’s how directors can protect themselves.

62 What Shall We Tell the Children?  
Officers and directors of America’s only publicly held chain of topless clubs not only tell their relatives—they sometimes hire them. They say they worry more about Sarbanes-Oxley.


70 "Writing a Check is Nice. Being Involved is Better"
Plenty of directors write generous checks to all kinds of charities. A few also roll up their sleeves and pitch in. Here are some examples.