TOP 10 DIRECTOR READS: 3RD QUARTER 2016

To compile a “best reads” list for corporate directors and director candidates is a challenge that keeps me on the cutting edge. Feel free to just review the list, provide feedback on what you like and challenge what you feel is not worthy of the list- maybe even make suggestions about what to read next.

1) Looking for Smoke Under the Door: The Case for an Actively Engaged Board By David Rhodes, Colin Carter, and Stephen SutherlandBCG.Perspectives

2) Three Steps Boards Should Take to Monitor Sustainability Evan Harvey, Director of Corporate Responsibility at Nasdaq joins host TK KerstetterBoardroom Resources, LLC

3) How Anxiety Affects CEO Decision Making By Mike MannorAdam WowakViva Ona BartkusLuis R. Gomez-MejiaHarvard Business Review

4) A Roadmap to Compensation Chair Succession & Transition Michael Brittian, Partner with Meridian Compensation Partners joins host TK Kerstetter Boardroom Resources, LLC

5) Why Lead Directors Must Establish a Culture of TransparencyDarrell Freeman, Lead Director for AAC Holdings Inc., joins host TK Kerstetter Boardroom Resources, LLC

6) What to Watch Now in the World of D&O By Kevin LaCroixThe D&O Dairy

7) Adapting Your Board to the Digital AgeBy Hugo Sarrazin and Paul WillmottMcKinsey Quarterly

8) What is the Board’s Role in Overseeing Talent Development?Alan Guarino, Compensation Chair, The Chefs’ Warehouse, joins host TK KerstetterBoardroom Resources, LLC

9) 2016 Global Board of Directors SurveyPosted by Julie Hembrock Daum, Spencer Stuart, and Susan Stautberg, Women Corporate Directors FoundationHarvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum

10) Are Boards Designed to Fail? By Adam C. UzialkoBusiness News Daily

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