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Proven and practical resources for CEOs and Directors to improve their personal performance and create shareholder value.

CEO Resources

CEO pressures, time demands and leadership challenges are at an all time high. You can apply lessons from these resources to help you become an even better leader and work more effectively with your board.

Director Resources

Resources for directors to improve board governance, personal performance and board dynamics.

Other Resources

Resources from contributors and selected third parties that provide timely insights into how to do things better or avoid costly mistakes.

Defining Risk Appetite In Plain English

Excellent article from PwC on risk and risk appetite along with questions for assessing your board’s risk appetite. …

Keith Darcy: How Boards Can Raise the Bar on Ethics and Compliance

Boards struggle to manage the ethics and compliance risks.  In this article, Keith Darcy, an expert with many years of experience …

6 Things to Look For In Your Next Compensation Chair

An excellent resource to help you select your Comp Committee Chair written by David Swinford of Pearl Meyers …

Simon Sinek: The Golden Circle

Do you know why you do what you do?  In this 18 minute TED Talk video, Simon Sinek shares his thoughts about why “some orga …

Directors and IT

This PWC board guide is an excellent reference for all directors who want to understand and more effectively oversee information t …

What Motivates Us

A provocative video by Dan Pink that illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. …

CEO Commitment To Leadership Development

10 lessons CEOs can use to show their commitment to leadership development. …

UGRs: The Way We Really Do Things Around Here

Understand how you do things around your company. …

Two Faces of Leadership

Management persona portrayed to your peer and team is critical to performance. …

Decision Depression

Discusses the role of internal politics on individual performance …

Boosting Performance with UGR’s

How to improve the performance of your team by 20% without investment in technology or new systems. …

Whatever Happened To Values-Based Corporate Governance?

Values-based corporate governance is good business …

A New Year’s Resolution

Some life lessons that still work today …

Make Your Team Accessible

Director interaction with management creates value for everyone …

Understand Your Business Risks

Effective risk management creates value …

The Right Board Leadership

Success factors for strong board leadership …

Effectively Managing Board Diversity

4 steps to extract the value of diversity …

Understanding A Director’s Poor Performance

Understand the reasons for poor performance before acting …

How To Start The New Year

3 tricks to get a clean start for the New Year …

4 Steps To A Better PA

A good CEO process is mandatory for success …

How Am I Doing?

Proven techniques to gather actionable feedback …

Using Your Lead Director Effectively

How to use your lead director to help you. …

3 Criteria For Director Selection

Use values, behavior and experience to evaluate candidates …

Questions From Your Proxy

Use proxy questions to improve governance …

Do You Have The Right Directors?

Simple steps to make sure the right directors are on your board …

Balance Optimism With Reality

4 steps to build and maintain credibility …

CEO Expectations

Learn from the experience at HP …

What’s Really Important?

Set focused priorities to produce results …

Updating Your Board

4 steps to keep your board informed …

The Strategic Continuum

4 step framework to strengthen your strategy …

What’s On Your Balance Sheet?

Use your cash to create competitive advantage …

How Serious Is Your Problem?

How to accurately assess the big unexpected problems …

3 Steps To Effective CEO Succession Planning

3 steps to fulfilling an important CEO responsibility …

Your Reputation Can Vaporize In A Heartbeat

Never underestimate your reputational risk …

Lessons From The iPad

Learn continuously to avoid being disrupted …

Values In Action-Southwest Air

Learn how shared values and beliefs lead to doing the right thing …

Continuously Educate Your Board

Knowledgeable directors provide more value …

If You Ask, Be Prepared To Act

3 steps to turning feedback into action …

Getting Actionable Feedback

Learn to ask the right questions in the right way …

You’re Running A Marathon

5 success principles to win the race …

10K Risks

Preparation of your 10K is a good time to review your risk management …

How To Deliver Bad News

Effective communication is critical when things go wrong …

The Value of a Fresh View

Capture the benefits of an independent look at your business …

Measure Success

Clear measurements and targets create alignment and drive performance …

Aligning Around Priorities

Clear and consistent communication creates alignment …

The Power of Focus

3-4 key initiatives make all the difference …

The Pizza Lunch Strategy

Create exceptional value from a few pizzas and 90 minutes of your time …

Time Well Spent

3 steps to improving how to allocate scarce time to your priorities …

How To On-Board A New Director

Proven methods to successfully on-board a new director …

Change Is Good! You Go First!

Successful CEOs lead change by personal example. …

Strengthening Your Board

CEO leadership is needed to create the best boards …

What Skills Are Missing From Your Board

Successful companies need every director to provide value …

Do You Have The Right Team?

3 steps to ensure that you’re staffed for success …

4 Steps To Improved Strategy Discussions

Improve board input and director participation in your annual strategy review …

What’s The Score

This 5-step framework assesses your company’s performance …

8 Halftime Questions

Use these questions at mid-year to assess and re-energize business performance …

The Value of The Question

The quality and tone of a question determines its value. …

Do You Have The Right Board Leadership?

Critical success factors and best practices for great board leadership. …

Understanding Poor Performance

Understand the possible reasons for poor performance before you act. …

Do We Have The Right Directors?

Use values, behavior and experience to evaluate director candidates. …

Is Your Board On Strategy?

How to ensure you have the right directors. …

Your Proxy As A Leading Indicator

Use proxy questions to improve your board governance practices. …

4 Steps To Improve Strategy Discussions

Proven ways to improve your board strategy discussions …

Multitasking In The Boardroom

Directors need complete concentration all the time. …

Never Underestimate Reputational Risk

Reputational risk is a high board priority. …

Great Directors Focus

The best directors focus on these 4 things. …

5 Characteristics Of A Good Boardroom Discussion

5 board behaviors needed in tough times. …

The Risks In Your 10K

Preparing your 10K is a good time to re-evaluate your risk assessment process. …

Board ROT

3 steps to improving how your board spends its time. …

Successfully On-board A New Director

Learn how to successfully on-board your new director …

Improve Your Strategy Discussions

4 steps to improve strategy governance and minimize tensions with your CEO. …

Frame Your Mid-Year Performance Discussion

Use this framework to quickly assess your company’s performance. …