Tesla’s Chair Vote: A Test For Stakeholder Capitalism?
Shareholders will have to decide if the board chair deserves ouster for poor governance practices—or a vote of confidence for guiding the company to outsized share price appreciation.
Boards Face Worker Safety Issues As Nation Reopens
As pressure mounts for companies to end business shutdowns and begin operating as close to normal as possible, directors need to be aware of their risk.
ESG Disclosure Best Practices May Be Emerging
Boards have known for some time that investors want to see ESG progress, but standards for communicating efforts have been lacking. That may be changing.
Bribery for Beginners: Acting Ethically In Unethical Places
Fred Davidson was stifling in the unbearable heat that midsummer’s day in 2002. Temperatures in the corrugated steel warehouse late that evening hovered around...
Elon Musk Shows Us Great Isn’t Always Easy
Tesla’s annual meeting taught the corporate governance community that shareholder independence is alive and well.
Good Governance Has A Way Of Growing On You
Good governance is not about optics it’s about protocols and practices that are so embedded in a board’s culture that they can be communicated with the same ease as a company’s vision, strategy and metrics.
Asleep At The Wheel: What Tesla’s Board Musk Do Now
Elon Musk is at odds with the SEC again. What’s Tesla’s board to do? For starters they should wake up, switch off the cruise control and brace for impact
How To Build An Active Partnership With Your Board
The CEO may have a more peaceful existence if they can disconnect themselves from the board, but will miss important opportunities, both offensive and defensive. Why is it often difficult to work with a board and how can the difficulty be turned to advantage?
Sonnenfeld: Uber Investment Deal May Not Mean Smooth Sailing
Uber’s announced investment deal with Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp yesterday indicates that while former CEO Travis Kalanick and Uber investor Benchmark have found some common ground.
What Lessons Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein Learned From the Financial Crisis
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein weighs in on the company’s role in the financial crisis, how to improve corporate governance, and dealing with the firm’s reputation in a decidedly anti-business environment in this Q&A with Jeffrey Cunningham.
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