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		<title>NACD Conference: Directors All a Twitter Over Lead Director Role</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/10/04/nacd-conference-directors-all-a-twitter-over-lead-director-role/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 21:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Among U.S. public companies, the role of lead director is being taken seriously enough that is the subject of a blue ribbon commission report by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) that was unveiled at that organization’s annual Board Leadership Conference. But U.S. companies have a long way to go to catch up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From UK to the U.S., Talent in Pipeline Keeping Women in Boardroom Numbers Down</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/09/23/from-uk-to-the-u-s-talent-in-pipeline-keeping-women-in-boardroom-numbers-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 20:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[director composition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bonnie Gwin]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether it’s at conferences, in new studies or on the blogosphere, the issue of whether or not there are enough women in the boardroom has begun to pick up steam globally.  The issue has been the topic of a recent forum in New York City, a recent global study on differences between male and female [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Say on Pay Review: More Shareholder Engagement, but Pay for Performance ‘Disconnect’</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/07/14/say-on-pay-review-more-shareholder-engagement-but-pay-for-performance-%e2%80%98disconnect%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/07/14/say-on-pay-review-more-shareholder-engagement-but-pay-for-performance-%e2%80%98disconnect%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shareholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#corpgov]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011 U.S. Season Review: Say on Pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alice M. Chung]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate goveranance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[institutional shareholder services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ted Allen]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1233</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The early word on what U.S. public companies should do following the first mandatory year of Say on Pay is to review the level of engagement with shareholders vs. the level of support the company received on the advisory vote. Depending on what you read or who you talk to, the word is that companies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A With Charles Elson &#8212; Bridging Board Gaps</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/06/06/qa-with-charles-elson-bridging-board-gaps/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2011/06/06/qa-with-charles-elson-bridging-board-gaps/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 16:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate governance code]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[directors' education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[#corpgov]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[glenn hubbard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[the conference board task force on executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of Delaware Alfred Lerner School of Business and Economics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=1162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the many reports that are out there on corporate governance, there is one that should be included in your “must read” pile this summer. Bridging Board Gaps is a 60-page report produced by a group of directors, business leaders, academics and former government officials that attempts to address board governance challenges following the 2008-2009 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth Reading … SEC Comment Letters on Proxy Plumbing</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/11/19/worth-reading-%e2%80%a6-sec-comment-letters-on-proxy-plumbing/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/11/19/worth-reading-%e2%80%a6-sec-comment-letters-on-proxy-plumbing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Center for Capital Markets Competitiveness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[james mcritchie]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nell Minow]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[proxy advisory services]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Corporate Governance Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Corporate Library]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tom Quaadman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Chamber of Commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the SEC issued its concept release on the U.S. proxy system, also known as proxy plumbing, in July, it was praised by many corporate secretaries as a way to update the archaic process used to elect directors and vote on proxy proposals. It was also seen by some shareholders as a way to take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Say on Pay Picking up Steam at Financials</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/10/21/report-say-on-pay-picking-up-steam-at-financials/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/10/21/report-say-on-pay-picking-up-steam-at-financials/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 22:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disclosure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Executive compensation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shareholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 U.S. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clawback]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governnace Professionals]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the same day the SEC issued its long-awaited proposed rules on advisory votes for executive compensation and “golden parachutes,” The Conference Board Governance Center announced in its 2010 U.S. Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices Report that Say on Pay is gaining some traction among financial service companies but almost no companies surveyed have adopted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A With Ken Daly &#8212; Risk and Red Flags</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/05/27/qa-with-ken-daly-risk-and-red-flags/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/05/27/qa-with-ken-daly-risk-and-red-flags/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 21:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[risk management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Board Perspectives: Risk Oversight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Daly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Association of Corporate Directors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Protiviti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission -- Risk Governance: Balancing Risk and Reward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk oversight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[risk tolerance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Conference Board Governance Center]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=534</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Public company boards have taken a bigger interest in risk governance as they try and get their businesses back to somewhat normal levels following the financial crissis. This focus on risk led the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) last fall to issue a Report of the NACD Blue Ribbon Commission – Risk Governance: Balancing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Regulatory Reform Signaling Move Toward Strategic Governance?</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/05/26/financial-regulatory-reform-signaling-move-toward-strategic-governance/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2010/05/26/financial-regulatory-reform-signaling-move-toward-strategic-governance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 21:52:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shareholders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Director Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[financial regulatory reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John L. Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Wilcox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Daly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[matteo tonello]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACD]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Barney Frank]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sodali Ltd.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ted Allen]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=531</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Congressional leaders prepare to start a three-week process to reconcile the two versions of the financial regulatory reform bills, it dawned on me the gravity of what is about to take place just prior to Independence Day. The governance of U.S. public companies as we know it will start a drastic transition from compliance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth Reading … Good Corporate Governance</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2009/12/21/worth-reading-%e2%80%a6-good-corporate-governance/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2009/12/21/worth-reading-%e2%80%a6-good-corporate-governance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[corporate governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Tricker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chris Mallin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dan Swanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joan Conrod]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karessa L. Cain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[martin lipton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NACD]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sir David Walker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven A. Rosenblum]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tcbblogs.org/governance/?p=226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A recent online discussion on good corporate governance I had with members of Dan Swanson&#8217;s Yahoo corporate governance discussion group I belong to got me thinking. It’s a good time to start looking at what thought leadership there is on corporate governance principles. There is quite a lot of good white papers, articles and online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Note to Directors: Risk Management Not Optional</title>
		<link>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2009/09/28/note-to-directors-risk-management-not-optional/</link>
		<comments>http://tcbblogs.org/governance/2009/09/28/note-to-directors-risk-management-not-optional/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Larkin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may have taken a financial crisis the likes of which we have not seen since the Great Depression and the election of a liberal president to get the federal government to see what corporate governance experts for years have seen. Risk really does matter. Sure, some companies – especially those in financial services – [...]]]></description>
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