OUR PRACTICE WHY SELECT US ADVISORY BOARD DIRECTOR EDUCATION THOUGHT LEADERSHIP CONTACT US Topic Summaries > Other Articles Our Topic series offers CEOs and Board Directors an opportunity to dialogue about important governance-related issues in a candid forum. Summaries from those discussions, as well as other articles of interest are available by contacting aspoto@boardroomconsultants.com. TOPIC SUMMARIES Resilience During Volatile Times – How Boards are Meeting the Challenge, New York, October 2008 The Growing Challenge of Boards: The Evolving Model, Chicago, April 2008 The Growing Challenge of Boards: The Evolving Model, New York, January 2008 The Evolution of the Lead Director Troubleshooting in the Boardroom Spinoffs: How to Build Just the Right Board Corporate Governance: Are We Making Progress? Corporate Cleanup: The Audit Committee's New Role Leading Ethical Reform Risk Management: A Board Imperative Making a CEO Selection Stick CEO Failure: Prevention and Intervention Outside These Walls: The Board's Role In Breaking News Critical Thinking: How the Board Selects Leaders Critical Thinking: How the Board Enhances Strategy Choosing the Next CEO: The Board's Role in Assuring Success Corporate Boards: Does Independence Really Matter? Early Warning Systems: Averting Trouble Before It's Too Late Corporate Boards: New Era, New Questions The Thorny Issue of CEO Compensation Emergency Plan: Director As Potential CEO? Board Enrichment: New Perspectives Bring New Challenges Should The Former CEO Remain On The Board? Balancing Power: Defining the Limits of The Board's Responsibility The Board's Role in Management Succession Planning Compensation Decisions: Is There A Better Way? The Board's Job: Evaluating CEO Performance Defining the Model Board Bank Directorships: A Sensitive Situation Coping with Institutional Investors Rethinking the nominating committee Should board directors' performance be appraised? Mistakes corporate boards are making and how they are correcting them Is there a corporate board agenda for ethics? What is happening to make board directors become bureaucrats? What responsibilities and conflicts face the CEO of a takeover target? Is there a trend toward executive employment contracts/what is the potential impact? How does a company know if it is using strategic marketing to shift share area of growth potential for the 80's? How does the Harvard Business School or anyone determine who will be successful general managers?