CEO Succession
A View from Inside the Boardroom
Constance R.
Dierickx, Senior Consultant and Board Services Practice Leader for RHR
International Co. takes a look at the challenges corporations face with
succession planning and some recommendations for success.
Face Of Corporate
Leadership
Finally Poised For Major Change?
This
article analyzes the strength of the foundation for change that has been laid in
recent years and points to some current trends that may portend a significant
acceleration of the glacial pace at which women have been taking seats on boards
and in executive offices.
ION News
ION’s
Proxy Initiative
ION and its member organizations will soon release information outlining its
initiative in which anyone who holds stock in a public company can participate.
BDN Around Town
Spreading the Word
Several presentations and seminars were recently given by our organization to
share relevant information pertaining to corporate boardship.
Think About It
New Numbers
About Diversity Among Board Members
The
2nd Quarter 2007 issue of Ethisphere Magazine cited a 2006 Public Company
Governance Survey that the National Association of Corporate Directors conducted
among nearly 800 directors of publicly-traded companies. Forty-two percent of
the directors believe there is not enough gender and ethnic diversity among
board members and sixty-two percent would call their board “non-diverse” because
there is no racial and nationality diversity present.
Lettie Pate
Whitehead Evans Annual Award
Applications are due by October 8, 2007
Each year BDN bestows this
award on a woman serving as a director who has demonstrated excellence as a
director and who serves as a mentor for other women. For information, please
visit
www.boarddirectorsnetwork.org.
NEW Executive
Leadership Honor Roll
Nominations due October 8, 2007
BDN announces the
first Executive Leadership Honor Roll to recognize outstanding women executive
leaders. Recipients to be honored at the Pre-Dinner Reception on November 1,
2007. Visit the BDN website
for nomination forms.
Congratulations!
New Board Members
RockBridge Commercial Bank in
Atlanta has named two women to the board:
Carol Cookerly, President Cookerly Public Relations
Rebecca Flick, Vice President & Treasurer, The Home Depot.
BDN Wants You!
We
invite you to join BDN
To join please visit our
website,
www.boarddirectorsnetwork.org.
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