Foreword by John F. Bankes li
Preface liii
About the Editor lvii
1 The Handbook of Board Governance: An Introduction and Overview
1
Richard Leblanc
I The Board’s First Responsibility: The Right CEO 43
2 CEO Succession Planning Trends and Forecast 45
Gary
Larkin
3 CEO Succession Planning 58
David F. Larcker and
Brian Tayan
4 CEO Succession: Lessons from the Trenches for Directors
77
Mark B. Nadler
Appendix 1 Model CEO Succession Planning Charter 98
Richard Leblanc
Appendix 2 Model CEO Position Description 105
Richard Leblanc
II The Board’s Second Responsibility: The Right Board Chair 111
5 The Nonexecutive Chairman: Toward a Shareholder Value
Maximization Role 113
Henry D. Wolfe
6 Great Boards Don’t Exist Without Great Chairs 148
Elizabeth Watson and Heather Kelsall
7 What’s in a Name? The Lead Director Role at U.S. Public
Companies 164
Richard Fields and Anthony Goodman
Appendix 3 Model Board Chair Position Description 192
Richard Leblanc
III Who Is at the board Table? Board Composition, Dynamics, and Decision-making 197
8 Director Independence, Competency, and Behavior 199
Richard Leblanc
9 Board Behaviors: How Women Directors Influence Decision
Outcomes 233
Dr. Mary Halton
10 The State of Gender Diversity in Boardrooms 253
Dr. Nancy Gianni Herbert
11 Every Seat Matters 269
Annie Tobias and Lina
Pallotta
12 The Art of Asking Questions as a Director 283
J.
Lyn McDonell
13 Board Succession, Evaluation, and Recruitment: A Global
Perspective 301
Jakob Stengel
Appendix 4 Model Individual Director Position Description
319
Richard Leblanc
Appendix 5 Model Conflict of Interest Policy for Directors
323
Richard Leblanc
IV The Work of the Board 333
A. Climate Governance 333
14 Climate Change and Directors’ Duties: Closing the Gap Between
Legal Obligation and Enforcement Practice 335
Ellie
Mulholland, Sarah Barker, Cynthia Williams, and Robert G.
Eccles
15 Board Oversight and Climate Change: What Directors Need to
Know 369
Patricia A. Koval
16 Responsible Boards for a Sustainable Future 398
Dr. Yilmaz Argüden
17 Corporate Governance to Advance Business and Society
434
Alice Korngold
B. Technology Governance 467
18 Technology and the Corporate Board 2020 and Beyond
469
Dr. Gary L. Evans
19 Responsive Governance in a Digital World: The Need to
Up-Skill 492
Dr. Elizabeth Valentine, Dr. Steven De
Haes, and Dr. Anant Joshi
20 The Impact of Blockchain Technology for Corporate Governance
526
Jack J. Bensimon
21 Blockchain: An Introduction for Boards of Directors
556
Dr. Elizabeth Valentine, Dr. Greg Timbrell, Lachlan
Feeney, and Dr. John Puttick
22 Reflections of a Board Chair on the Christchurch Massacre:
Governing Social Media 578
Drew Stein
C. Risk and Financial Governance
23 Financial Literacy and Audit Committees: A Primer for
Directors and Audit Committee Members 597
Jason
Masters
24 Corporate Governance in an Age of Populism 624
John Zinkin
25 A Call to Action for Geopolitical Governance 641
Sean West and Rohitesh Dhawan
26 Governing Boards, Risk Management, and Deliberative Thinking
655
Michael Useem
27 Lawyers’ Advice to Directors on Overseeing Executive Pay
672
Howard Levitt and Allyson Lee
28 Accountant’s Advice to Company Directors: Directors’
Obligations to Detect Top-10 Frauds 687
Dr. L. S.
(Al)Rosen
29 Ten Tell-Tale Signs of Possible Fraud: A Director’s Primer
704
James Hunter
30 100 Questions Directors Should Ask When Assessing the
Effectiveness of Risk Systems 713
F. Edward “Ted”
Price
31 Risk Oversight for Directors: A Practical Guide
719
Stephen J. Mallory
32 Risk Governance: Leading Practice and Demographic Impacts
739
Ingrid Robinson
D. Strategic Governance 759
33 Agile Governance 761
Scott Koerwer and Joseph
Perfetti
34 The Three Dilemmas for Creating a Long-Term Board
786
Ariel Fromer Babcock, Robert G. Eccles, and Sarah
Keohane Williamson
35 Strategic Blindspots in the Boardroom 815
Estelle
Métayer
E. Human Capital and Compensation Governance 839
36 Winter Is Coming: The Approaching Human Capital Management
Storm 841
Solange Charas and Michael Young
37 The Effective Compensation Committee 861
Steven
Hall and Steven Hall Jr.
38 Compensation Governance and Performance-Based Executive
Compensation 889
Paul Gryglewicz
39 Measuring and Improving Pay for Performance: Board Oversight
of Executive Pay 906
Stephen F. O’Byrne
40 Designing Performance for Long-Term Value: Aligning Business
Strategy, Management Structure, and Incentive Design 930
Mark Van Clieaf
41 Mind the Gap: How Human Resources Can Become More Integral to
the Corporate Boardroom Agenda 953
Jay A. Conger and
Edward E. Lawler III
F. Legal and Governance Responsibilities of Directors 967
42 Board Risk and Responsibility Under Regulatory and Criminal
Law 969
Norm Keith
43 Riding Between Cars: The Position of the Corporate Secretary
987
Douglas K. Chia
44 Ensuring Good Governance and Business Success in
International Subsidiaries 1004
Thomas C. Sears
V Shareholder Engagement and Board Accountability 1021
45 The Rise of Investor Stewardship 1023
Stephen
Davis
46 Director/Shareholder Meetings 1049
Stephen
Erlichman
47 Dual-Class Share Firms in Developed Market Economies
1066
Anita I. Anand
48 For Directors: The Long-Term Relationship Between Directors,
Companies, and Institutional Investors 1088
Carol Nolan
Drake
49 Proxy Scorecards Will Empower Investors 1111
James
McRitchie
VI Not-for-profit Governance 1127
50 Charitable and Not-for-Profit Organization Governance
1129
Donald J. Bourgeois
51 The Best of Boards, the Worst of Boards: The Not-for-Profit
Experience 1145
Adam Quinton
52 Fundraising Best Practices for Not-for-Profit Boards of
Directors 1164
Stephanie Cory
VII Small and Medium Company Governance 1179
53 Governance of Small and Medium-Sized Entities 1181
Jo Iwasaki
54 Private Versus Public Company Governance: Top-13 Questions
for Board Members to Consider 1197
Carol Nolan Drake and Sally J. Curley
55 Cannabis Governance: Advice for Current and Prospective
Directors in This Emerging Industry 1220
Steve Chan
VIII Global Corporate Governance 1229
56 Cross-Border Corporate Governance 1231
Hari
Panday
57 Corporate Governance in Asia-Pacific 1260
John
Zinkin
58 Boards of Directors of Chinese Companies 1287
David H. Zhu, Wei’An Li, and Yaowei Zhang
59 The Russian Corporate Governance Story 1316
Alexander A. Filatov
60 CARICOM (Caribbean Community) Governance 1333
Ronaele Dathorne-Bayrd
61 King IV: Taking Corporate Governance to the Next Level
1343
Parmi Natesan and Dr. Prieur Du Plessis
Index 1363
RICHARD LEBLANC, PHD, is an award-winning teacher, professor, lawyer, management consultant, and specialist on boards of directors. He teaches corporate governance in the Master of Financial Accountability Program at York University, and at Harvard University. He is a frequent speaker and webinar presenter to corporations and organizations such as The Directors College, the Ontario Hospital Association, the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, and others in the United States, Europe, and Canada. He heads Boardexpert.com Inc., a board consultancy practice, advising boards of directors and individual directors. He blogs regularly for his LinkedIn Group, Boards & Advisors, and is often quoted or a guest in the media.
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