Owning Up: The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask

• Does our board act with the understanding that shareholders, analysts and the media will look to it (and not just the CEO) if performance is sub-par?
• Is this board more effective than the competitors
• Are we behaving as if we own the business to make money for the long haul?
• How do we deal with imminent threats to the business?
• Do we know who our next CEO will be?
• Are we paying for the performance we're getting?
• How do we keep the board evergreen?

   
  

   
  

Foreword by Jack Krol

What Boards Need Now

• Question is the Composition of the Board Right for the Challenge?
• Question How Are We Addressing the Risks that Could Put Our Company over the Cliff?
• Question Are We Prepared to Do Our Job Well When a Crisis Erupts?
• Question Are We Well Enough Prepared to Name Our Next CEO?
• Question How Well Does the Board Own the Strategy?
• Question How Can We Get the Information We Need to Govern Well?
• Question How Can Our Board Get CEO Compensation Right?
• Question Why Do We Need a Lead Director Anyway?
• Question is Our governance committee Best of Breed?
• Question How Do We Get the Most Value out of Our Limited Time?
• Question How Can Executive Sessions Improve the Ownership Function of the Board?
• Question How Can Our Board Self-Evaluation Improve Our Functioning and Our Output?
• Question How Do We Stop from Micromanaging?
• Question How Well Prepared Are We to Work with Activist Shareholders and Their Proxies?

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