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DIRECTORS & BOARDS' MOST POPULAR ARTICLES OF 2015
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Which topics were our readers most interested in?
DIRECTORS & BOARDS
See what made the list of Directors & Boards most read articles. The following is a list of the most-read content on our website in the year just ended. These articles continued to be of interest to
Directors & Boards Magazine readers in 2015. See below for a peek at what visitors to our site are clicking on.
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Directors & Boards' Director Education Webinar Series
Investigative Due Diligence: A Practical Guide To What Directors Need to Know
September 30, 2015
Refreshing the Board: Age or Term Limits, Skillsets and the Hard Conversation
September 16, 2015
Directors to Watch 2015: The Making of Successful Women Directors
August 19, 2015
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18 THINGS YOU CAN'T LIVE WITH AS A BOARD MEMBER
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Does your board possess these qualities?
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BY REGINALD JONES
When he was chairman and CEO of General Electric Co., Reginald Jones was named the best CEO in the country in a poll taken by Fortune magazine. After he retired (and was succeeded by Jack Welch), he served on a number of corporate boards and made several appearances in Directors & Boards offering his guidance on enlightened governance practices. The following list comes from his article, “Things You Can’t Live With As a Board Member” [Spring 1994]. He died in 2003.
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7 WAYS TO PROTECT YOUR IT INFRASTRUCTURE
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How can boards ensure effective governance of complex IT infrastructure?
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 BY LEE KIRBY
Recent IT governance discussions have focused on the issue of cybersecurity risk — as they should — but managing data center and physical infrastructure risks can be just as vital to the enterprise. If data center errors cause a downtime event and bring IT operations to a halt.
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February 3-4, 2016
This year the Symposium will feature Jay Adam Cohen, who will be speaking on a topic at the front of everyone's mind...
Consolidation in the Insurance Industry: Is Bigger Better? By starting with the consolidation discussion we have moved the Securities Class Action Update panel to the end of day 2, allowing our panelists to react to the key issues and topics raised during the event. This panel will be a great way to wrap-up the Symposium.
Click here for more information and registration information.
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Tax Council Policy Institute Annual Symposium
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February 11-12, 2016
The Tax Council Policy Institute (TCPI) will hold its 17th Annual Tax Policy & Practice Symposium on Feb 11-12, 2016, in Washington, D.C., with KPMG serving as program manager for the event. The two-day symposium, titled “Capital Matters: How Taxes Influence the Global Creation, Deployment and Mobility of Capital,” will feature keynote speakers, panels and discussion forums, bringing together leaders from business, government and academia, who will examine a wide range of topics on the taxation of capital that U.S. businesses face today.
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Mark Fields Elected to IBM Board of Directors
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 The IBM (NYSE: IBM) board of directors today elected Mark Fields to the board effective March 1, 2016. Fields, 55, is president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Company. Fields joined Ford in 1989. In 2014, he became president and chief executive officer and was elected as a board of director.
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CenturyLink Director Resigns Over Workplace Environment
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 A CenturyLink Inc. director resigned after his fellow board members said he was “creating an environment that was unproductive,” leading to a public dispute with the disclosure of internal e-mails. Joseph Zimmel, a former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive, resigned after all board members except one agreed that Zimmel shouldn’t stand for re-election.
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Securities Class Action Filings Rebound to Highest Levels Since 2008
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 Federal securities class action litigation rose to 189 filings in 2015, an 11 percent increase over 2014 levels, according to Securities Class Action Filings—2015 Year in Review, a report issued by Cornerstone Research and the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse.
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