Strategy and Leadership Publications

2013

1. Corporate Director Selection and Recruitment: A Matrix
   

   May 2013 | Director Notes

   The ideal mix of director skills and experience depends on a number of company-specific factors. This report provides a matrix to help boards define their needs and provoke discussion about how to improve company-specific corporate governance.

2. CEO Succession Practices: 2013 Edition
   

   April 2013 | Research Report

   An analysis of succession events of chief executive officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies in 2012.

3. Up in the Air: How some companies manage to defy gravity
   

   April 2013 | The Conference Board Review

   The authors draw on the results of a major study to identify and explain the key factors that generate long-term corporate success.

4. Workspace: Face-to-Face Fallacies
   

   April 2013 | The Conference Board Review

   Columnist Alison Maitland looks critically at workplace strategies of Google and Yahoo!, calling them "retrograde attitudes from Internet giants."

5. Looking before You Leap: SWP and Offshoring Location Decisions
   

   April 2013 | KnowlEdge Series Summaries

   HR executives and strategists can contribute to their company’s location strategy.

6. On the Record with Dr. Loren Skeist
   

   April 2013 | Executive Action Report

   The Conference Board interviews the president of Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp., a mid-market industry leader in high-voltage design and manufacturing, about the 2013 results of The Conference Board CEO Challenge®.

7. Sustainability in the Boardroom: A 2013 Update
   

   March 2013 | Director Notes

   This report assesses how and to what extent boards integrate social and environmental issues into their strategic agendas, including where they assign those oversight responsibilities and sustainability performance management and reporting issues.

8. China Center Quick Note: Xi Jinping at the helm: command and control – or negotiate and cajole?
   

   March 2013 | China Center Publications

   This Quick Note assesses what China's incoming president might reasonably be expected to achieve given the limits necessarily imposed on him by the political system.

9. Director Compensation and Board Practices: 2013 Edition
   

   February 2013 | Research Report

   This report analyzes findings from a 2012 survey of 359 companies issuing equity securities registered with the U.S. SEC and provides benchmarking information on the compensation awarded to individual board members in FY2011 and on board practices.

10. 2012 Joint Ventures Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    February 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Developing and Managing Joint Ventures for Growth and Innovation

11. Preparing for a Succession Emergency
    

    February 2013 | Director Notes

    This report outlines common issues that arise during emergency successions, provides guidance on how to prepare for and respond to a succession crisis, and encourages boards to integrate succession planning into the company’s crisis-preparedness process.

12. "What's the Best Business Book You've Read in the Last Year?"
    

    January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    TCB Review's annual survey of business authors' favorite reads.

13. Pay Problem: It's not that we pay CEOs too much—it's that we pay everyone else too little.
    

    January 2013 | The Conference Board Review

    High CEO pay still gets all the attention, but it's no longer a problem that demands immediate fixing. What companies need to address is how they compensate everyone else.

14. Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2013 Summary Report: Countering the Global Slowdown
    

    January 2013 | CEO Challenge®

    Respondents to the latest edition of the annual survey of business leaders by The Conference Board indicate a focus on internal challenges.

15. 2012 Strategic Alliances Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    January 2013 | Conference KeyNotes

    Key Strategies for Profitable Partnerships

16. Achieving a Successful Annual Meeting
    

    January 2013 | Director Notes

    This report discusses the current environment in which companies must conduct their annual meetings and offers suggestions for management and boards to help achieve a successful meeting that informs and educates shareholders.

2012

1. 2012 Succession Management Conference KeyNotes Report
   

   December 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

   Raising the Stakes: Anticipating and Removing Barriers to Building High-Quality Leadership Pipelines

2. Achieving Pay for Performance
   

   December 2012 | Director Notes

   This report discusses the three dimensions of pay for performance, demonstrates how to measure them using historical pay data, and presents a simple pay plan that achieves perfect pay for performance using annual grants of performance shares.

3. On the Record with Thomas J. Sullivan
   

   December 2012 | Executive Action Report

   This is a follow-up interview with one of the CEOs of a mid-market firm who participated in The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2012: Thomas Sullivan, President and CEO of Symmetry Medical, Inc.

4. China Center Quick Note: China’s “Elections” and the Future of Reform
   

   November 2012 | China Center Publications

   This Quick Note examines the policy imperatives for China’s new, recently “elected” leading group. MNCs should pay special attention to monitoring policy developments related to financial/credit market reform and State Owned Enterprise reform.

5. On the Record with Nick Konidaris
   

   November 2012 | Executive Action Report

   This is a follow-up interview with one of the CEOs of a mid-market firm who participated in The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2012: Nick Konidaris, President and CEO of Electro Scientific Industries (ESI).

6. China Center Quick Note: The Fourth Estate and China’s Reform Agenda
   

   October 2012 | China Center Publications

   This Quick Note assert that the emerging Fourth Estate phenomenon -- deep, fact-based investigative journalism -- is extremely important for MNC business planners to monitor as a presage to policy leanings and political-economy trends in China.

7. Collapse: Alan Wurtzel helped make Circuit City a great company. And then he set out to learn why it failed.
   

   October 2012 | The Conference Board Review

   A Q&A with Alan Wurtzel, former chairman and CEO of Circuit City and author of "Good to Great to Gone."

8. Think Different? Real diversity means getting past groupthink.
   

   October 2012 | The Conference Board Review

   How is it possible that organizations have achieved outward diversity but not diversity of thought? This article explains.

9. Board Asia Newsletter
   

   September 2012 | Periodical

   Quarter Three 2012

10. China Center Quick Note: The Missing Tea Leaves
    

    August 2012 | China Center Publications

    This Quick Note examines perennial data gap issues in China, and, more recently, the trend of disappearing data. The note provides much needed context about the history, political framework and utility of data publication in China.

11. Handling a Corporate Crisis
    

    August 2012 | Director Notes

    In today’s climate, securities and financial firms are likely to face some enforcement proceedings that create a situation fraught with potential pitfalls. This report discusses 10 prescriptions for handling these situations well.

12. 2012 Change Management Conference KeyNotes Report
    

    August 2012 | Conference KeyNotes

    Disciplined, Analytical, and Practical Approaches to Managing High-Stakes Change

13. Disconnect: The company you think you're running is not the company for which your people work.
    

    July 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    CEOs rarely know much about how work actually gets done below the C-suite level.

14. Openers: Metrics and Micromanagement
    

    July 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Empathy—really understanding life on the front lines—may be the only way to change a culture of micromanagement. Executives who understand the real impact of constant assessment might think twice before adding to everyone else’s to-do list.

15. Theory to Practice: Management by Imitation
    

    July 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Michael Raynor explains how a biography of a leader—even Steve Jobs—cannot serve as a good blueprint for one's own life.

16. Who Leads? Who Follows?
    

    July 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    True authority is not granted by position or by statute. Rather, authority is bestowed by those who agree to be led. Today, leadership is not about achieving position. It is about creating followership.

17. Workspace: The Five Types of Trust
    

    July 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    Columnist Alison Maitland explains how senior leaders can build credibility within and without organizations.

18. Board Asia Newsletter
    

    July 2012 | Periodical

    Quarter Two 2012

19. CEO Succession Planning: Current Developments, Shareholder Activism, and Disclosure Practices
    

    June 2012 | Director Notes

    This report examines recent governance developments in the area of CEO succession, including shareholder activism during the 2011 and 2012 proxy seasons, and current examples of corporate disclosure and policies.

20. Answering The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2012: Innovation Leads, Uncertainty Lingers
    

    May 2012 | Council Perspectives

    Is today’s C-suite taking full advantage of its organization’s quality executives and function as a way to answer its most pressing challenges?

21. All in the Family
    

    April 2012 | The Conference Board Review

    To put Ford Motor Co. on the right track, CEO Alan Mulally needed to win over the Ford family.

22. Conference Board CEO Challenge^® 2012: Risky Business—Focusing on Innovation and Talent in a Volatile World
    

    March 2012 | CEO Challenge®

    This year’s top challenges show a balance between concerns related to the macro business environment and company-specific challenges that are driven by management action and require a well-executed business strategy.

23. Corporate Governance Practices for Initial Public Offerings in the United States
    

    January 2012 | Director Notes

    This report examines the corporate governance practices of 50 U.S. companies at the time of their initial public offerings (IPOs) and finds that pressure to update governance practices at larger companies has had a limited effect on IPO-stage companies.

2011

1. A Hero Lies in You: CEOs Talk about Heroes and Mentors
   

   November 2011 | Executive Action Report

   A series of interviews related to The Conference Board CEO Challenge® 2011 makes clear what is highest on the minds of CEOs. Here, they talk about the leaders who have inspired them—and who have served as cautionary figures.

2. CEO Challenge Reflections: On the Record with Fred Keller
   

   November 2011 | Executive Action Report

   As a follow-up to The Conference Board CEO Challenge™ 2011: Fueling Business Growth with Innovation and Talent and The Conference Board CEO Challenge 2011: Mid-Markets, Fred Keller—CEO of Mich.-based Cascade Engineering—shares his thoughts on the issues.

3. Close the Door
   

   October 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   What to do when an open-door policy generates too much openness?

4. Turf Wars: When rules set "my department" against "our company"
   

   October 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   Parochialism is inevitable within an organization. Here's how to handle it.

5. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: The Culture Myth
   

   September 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   Columnist Laurie Ruettimann makes the case that there's no such thing as a corporate culture.

6. On the Record with Stephanie Hickman Boyse
   

   August 2011 | Executive Action Report

   Following The Conference Board CEO Challenge survey, a number of CEOs volunteered to go “on the record” with The Conference Board to share their thoughts and challenges in more depth. This is a Q&A with the CEO of Michigan-based Brazeway.

7. 2011 CEO Succession Report
   

   July 2011 | Research Report

   This report documents and analyzes succession events of chief executive officers (CEOs) of S&P 500 companies.

8. First Customers
   

   July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   In a new market, you need to secure a foothold. World domination can come later.

9. New Normal: The Surprise Factor
   

   July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

   Try this approach the next time you encounter something unexpected: Despite how unpleasant it seems, say to yourself, “This is really good news,” and then attempt to make it so.

10. Theory to Practice: The Mismeasure of Management
    

    July 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    We require a more humbling recognition of the limits of what we can know.

11. Leading Outside—and Inside—the Lines
    

    June 2011 | Executive Action Report

    Drawing on the work of Jon R. Katzenbach and Zia Khan, this Mid-Market Conversation Starter suggests ways in which informal networks can help address business problems.

12. Answering the 2011 CEO Challenge: Accelerating Growth through Quality
    

    June 2011 | Council Perspectives

    This Council Perspective examines the role the quality function can play in meeting the top challenges identified in the latest edition of The Conference Board CEO Challenge™, an annual survey of top executives.

13. Does CEO Education Matter?
    

    May 2011 | Director Notes

    This report analyzes data on the education of 1,800 individuals who served as CEOs of Standard & Poor’s Composite 1500 companies to determine the effect of education on CEO turnover and firm performance.

14. Competitive Intelligence: A Critical Tool for Innovation
    

    April 2011 | Council Perspectives

    The “next big thing” could hit at any time and revolutionize your industry, leaving you with outdated products, processes, partners, and business models. Competitive intelligence (CI) can provide critical insights into what your competitors are doing.

15. CEO Challenge 2011: Fueling Business Growth with Innovation and Talent Development
    

    April 2011 | CEO Challenge®

    This year’s report is entirely new and features a fully revised and condensed set of 10 overall challenges (down from 84 in previous surveys) and a more in-depth strategy section that highlights the need for clear organizational alignment, teamwork, and s

16. Bouncing Back: How Companies Approach Resilience
    

    April 2011 | Research Report

    This report seeks to better grasp the application of resilience to business preparedness.

17. HR: You're Doing It Wrong: Looking for Leaders
    

    April 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    Not enough HR professionals or senior executives are challenging the status quo by asking whether there really is a skills gap and a leadership deficiency in the global workforce.

18. Science, Philosophy, and Faith: The essence of management is knowing when to apply each.
    

    April 2011 | The Conference Board Review

    When deciding an issue, all too often the critical discussion is not, “What are the facts?” (science) or, “What do you believe?” (faith) but, “What are your premises?”

2010

1. Good Execution Isn't Just Stuff Leaders Delegate
   

   December 2010 | Executive Action Report

   Many CEOs rate consistent execution of their firms' strategic objectives as a major concern. This report examines five critical requirements for good execution that can help CEOs achieve the results they expect.

2. Does Your Company Encourage Good Followership?
   

   November 2010 | Executive Action Report

   It may no longer be an insult to be called a great follower. What can organizations do to foster the right attitudes and skills?

3. Leadership as Performance Art
   

   November 2010 | Executive Action Report

   While acting skills are sometimes useful for leaders of companies, there can be no excuse for dissembling on important cultural values.

4. Go Where There Be Dragons
   

   October 2010 | Council Perspectives

   This report draws from the wisdom of 100+ executives on seven of The Conference Board Councils in Europe, the United States and Asia to define the global forces that are redefining the structure of leadership.

5. Growing Talent for Succession
   

   October 2010 | Research Report

   This report is a playbook that explains how every business can lay the foundation for a growing talent (GT) plan.

6. Examining the Impact of SEC Guidance Changes on CEO Succession Planning
   

   April 2010 | Director Notes

   In late 2009, the SEC made a policy change that effectively removes the defense used by companies reluctant to disclose their CEO succession process to shareholders. The change means a new wave of corporate governance scrutiny.

7. Answering the CEO Challenge: How Quality Can Drive Profitable Growth across the Organization
   

   April 2010 | Council Perspectives

   Results of The Conference Board 2010 CEO Challenge survey point to an increased global focus on corporate reputation for quality, one of the original drivers of the quality management movement.

8. Role of Competitive Intelligence in Driving Growth
   

   April 2010 | Council Perspectives

   As companies emerge from a recession mentality they need to start priming for a return to growth

9. Corporate Brands: Strategies for the New Normal
   

   March 2010 | Council Perspectives

   This report is an issue-specific excerpt from Council Perspectives (CP-015) Corporate Brands: Meeting the Challenges of Changing Times.

10. CEO Challenge 2010: Top 10 Challenges
    

    February 2010 | CEO Challenge®

    Respondents to the latest edition of the annual survey of CEOs, presidents, and chairmen indicate that growth issues will be their top challenges for 2010.

2009

1. Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value Through Better Decision Making
   

   December 2009 | Key Findings

   Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value through Better Decision Making gauges the impact of the financial crisis on FX management practices

2. Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value Through Better Decision Making
   

   December 2009 | Research Report

   Foreign Exchange Management: Creating Value through Better Decision Making gauges the impact of the financial crisis on FX management practices

3. Supplier Diversity in the 21st Century
   

   December 2009 | Council Perspectives

   Today the the main task of supplier diversity executives is ensuring that the organizational commitment remains intact during turbulent economic times.

4. Need for Speed
   

   October 2009 | The Conference Board Review

   Can executive decision-making keep up with today's accelerating pace?

5. Conference Board Task Force on Executive Compensation
   

   September 2009 | Research Report

   The Conference Board convened the Task Force on Executive Compensation in March 2009 to address the loss of public trust in the processes for oversight of executive compensation.

6. Role of the Board in Turbulent Times... CEO Succession Planning
   

   August 2009 | Executive Action Report

   Management succession is one of the most critical strategic risks a corporation faces and a favorite topic of discussion on the role of the board in business crises.

7. Offshoring Reaches the C-Suite
   

   June 2009 | Research Report

   This report distills findings and interpretations from the 2007/2008 Offshoring Research Network (ORN) survey.

8. Offshoring Reaches the C-Suite
   

   June 2009 | Key Findings

   This report distills findings and interpretations from the 2007/2008 Offshoring Research Network (ORN) survey.

9. On the Record with Barry Melancon
   

   June 2009 | Executive Action Report

   Barry Melancon, President and CEO of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, discusses some of the successful initiatives that the AICPA has taken to build a strong pipeline for the accounting profession.

10. CEO View . . .Managing through the Global Financial Crisis
    

    May 2009 | Executive Action Report

    CEOs of five of the world's leading companies predict that the current global financial crisis will leave its mark on how business is done in the future. But how, to what degree, and for how long?

11. Key Questions in Pandemic Planning
    

    May 2009 | Executive Action Report

    This report addresses questions of concern to business managers across sectors, industries, and regions in light of the current resurgence of a global pandemic health threat.

12. A Leadership Prescription for the Future of Quality
    

    May 2009 | Research Report

    This report, created by The Conference Board Quality Council, looks at the future role of quality throughout the enterprise.

2008

1. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2008
   

   December 2008 | Key Findings

   This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.

2. Directors’ Compensation and Board Practices in 2008
   

   December 2008 | Research Report

   This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies.

3. How Effective Information Services Can Contribute to the Bottom Line
   

   December 2008 | Executive Action Report

   The five case studies in this report demonstrate how having the right information at the right time and in the right format can create a competitive advantage and help top executives more effectively manage the bottom line.

4. CEO Challenge 2008: Top 10 Challenges – Financial Crisis Edition
   

   November 2008 | CEO Challenge®

   This special Financial Crisis Edition highlights differences between the original CEO Survey responses and the updated responses, and compares results between the United States, Europe, and Asia.

5. Inside the Mind of the CEO: Careful What You Wish For
   

   September 2008 | Executive Action Report

   A look at the issues that are keeping corporate bosses up at night, and insight into how CEOs make the decisions they do.

6. On the Record with George W. Buckley
   

   July 2008 | Executive Action Report

   The chairman, president, and CEO of 3M Company, discusses how private equity firms and public companies are swapping roles and the increasing importance of close-to-market manufacturing.

7. On the Record with Jouko Karvinen
   

   June 2008 | Executive Action Report

   In this exclusive in-depth interview, Jouko Karvinen, CEO of Stora Enso, Helsinki Finland, explains the importance of finding qualified managerial talent and planning for management succession.

8. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2007
   

   June 2008 | Research Report

   This annual report reflects the changes in director compensation reporting required by the new Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rules of 2006.

9. CEO Challenge: Perspectives and Analysis — 2007 Edition
   

   April 2008 | Research Report

   This report offers CEO insights on a wide variety of issues, including seizing opportunities in China and India, current barriers to continuing innovation, and intellectual property issues.

10. How CEOs Turn Themselves (and Others) into True Leaders
    

    February 2008 | Executive Action Report

    As never before, leaders of small-to-midsize companies must master softer, more intangible skills, such as the capacity to build relationships and maintain a strong culture.

2007

1. Mid-Market CEO Challenge: 2007 Edition
   

   December 2007 | CEO Challenge®

   This survey based report provides an overview of the challenges currently faced by CEOs in the mid-market sector.

2. Changing Role of the COO
   Is the Chief Operating Officer Headed for Transformation or Extinction?
   

   October 2007 | Research Report

   Although some studies suggest that the COO position is being eliminated, this new study reveals, instead, that the role is evolving, based on a company's situation.

3. CEO Challenge 2007
   Top 10 Challenges
   

   October 2007 | Research Report

   This survey based report finds execution is taking precedence over profit and top-line growth as a focus for CEOs around the world.

4. Crafting a Strategy for Virtual Worlds: Eight Questions to Ask
   

   August 2007 | Executive Action Report

   Virtual worlds are emerging fast on the business landscape, but few companies have developed a strategy to deal with them. How can you take advantage of this new technology?

5. Corporate Governance Handbook 2007: Legal Standards and Board Practices
   

   July 2007 | Book

   This handbook is intended to be an easy-to-use compendium of rapidly evolving laws and rules and the best practices adopted by leading companies.

6. Business Benefits of Security: Making the Case in Mid-Market Companies
   

   April 2007 | Executive Action Report

   Mid-market companies are coming to the realization that security is best viewed as an investment that increases business value, rather than an expense to be minimized.

7. A View From the Top:
   The Challenge of Building A Global Workforce
   

   March 2007 | Executive Action Report

   Last November, a group of CEO panelists discussed the redistribution of jobs outside the United States with both optimism and concern.

8. Emerging Governance Practices In Enterprise Risk Management
   

   February 2007 | Research Report

   This report examines how ERM departs from the fragmented and compartmentalized risk management solutions already in place at many organizations.

2006

1. Reward Trumps Risk: How Business Perspectives on Corporate Citizenship and Sustainability Are Changing
   

   November 2006 | Executive Action Report

   While companies see more potential reward than risk when it comes to corporate citizenship and sustainability (CC&S) issues, they are clearly struggling to find concrete ways to capitalize on their programs in the marketplace.

2. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2006
   

   October 2006 | Research Report

   This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2006 in 402 companies in three major industry sectors.

3. 2006 Top Executive Compensation Report
   

   October 2006 | Research Report

   This annual report provides an analysis of the compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 3,075 publicly traded firms in 14 major industry categories in 2005.

4. Are They Really Ready to Work?
   

   October 2006 | Research Report

   This report defines workforce readiness by examining survey results and interviews with Human Resource and other senior executives.

5. Global Talent Management: How Businesses Attract, Develop, and Retain the Best
   

   September 2006 | Executive Action Report

   As baby boomers head towards retirement and birth rates decline globally, how will companies handle the available talent pool shrinking?

6. Growing the New Business Leader
   

   September 2006 | Executive Action Report

   Are companies doing enough to anticipate their future leadership requirements? Are they instilling the right experiences and skills for the future in their talent of today?

7. Strategic Workforce Planning
   Forecasting Human Capital Needs to Execute Business Strategy
   

   August 2006 | Research Report

   This report is the culmination of presentations by workforce planning thought leaders and best practice organizations, a literature review, and company interviews of 20 companies, from which nine were chosen for detailed case studies.

8. Nuts and Bolts of Execution: Putting Ideas to Work
   

   June 2006 | Executive Action Report

   How do mid-market companies take great vision and make it a reality?

9. Role of U.S. Corporate Boards in Enterprise Risk Management
   

   June 2006 | Research Report

   The Conference Board with McKinsey & Company and KPMG's Audit Committee Institute conducted research on the role of U.S. corporate boards in Enterprise Risk Management; the findings are reported here.

10. Making the Business Case for Security
    

    June 2006 | Executive Action Report

    A survey of corporate decision-makers by The Conference Board and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security finds that executives give most weight to security concerns on issues of operational risk, such as compliance and certification.

11. On the Record With.... Dr. Gerhard Cromme
    

    June 2006 | Executive Action Report

    An exclusive in-depth interview with Dr. Gerhard Cromme, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf, Germany.

12. On the Record With.... Dr. Stephanie A. Burns
    

    June 2006 | Executive Action Report

    In this exclusive in-depth interview, Dow Corning President and CEO Dr Stephanie A. Burns, explains why the notion of an innovative organization must extend far beyond the development of new products into processes and strategy.

13. Growing a Family Company: An Exercise in Patience
    

    June 2006 | Executive Action Report

    In order to survive, many smaller and mid-sized companies are being forced to grow. But to grow successfully, they will have to re-examine old attitudes and junk outdated business models.

14. On the Record With.... Sajjan Jindal
    

    June 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Sajjan Jindal, Vice Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel, Ltd.; Mumbai, India, explains his philosophy for corporate success, particularly the importance of maintaining a long-term business view in the face of short-term pressure.

15. CEO Challenge 2006: Perspectives & Analysis
    

    June 2006 | CEO Challenge®

    Summary and analysis of findings from this year's CEO Challenge Survey.

16. On the Record With.... Bertrand Collomb
    

    May 2006 | Executive Action Report

    An in-depth interview with Bertrand Collomb, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Lafarge, France, on current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends he expects to face in the future.

17. Are They Really Ready To Work?
    

    May 2006 | Key Findings

    This report defines workforce readiness by examining survey results and interviews with Human Resource and other senior executives.

18. Management’s Great Addiction
    

    May 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Corporations are obsessed with numbers. Isn't it time we recognize that we can’t measure everything?

19. Irresolute American
    

    May 2006 | Executive Action Report

    The bold face Americans put on in the marketplace is quite different than the one they have in the workplace. Are Americans working in fear?

20. Mid-Market CEO Challenge 2006
    

    May 2006 | Research Report

    This survey based report highlights the most important issues confronting over 250 CEOs of U.S. mid-market companies.

21. On the Record With.... Lim Chee-Onn
    

    May 2006 | Executive Action Report

    An in-depth interview with Lim Chee-Onn, Executive Chairman, Keppel Corporation, Ltd., Singapore, on current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends he expects to face in the future.

22. Is Avian Flu the Next Y2K? Can We Afford To Think So?
    

    May 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Coping with a potential pandemic requires a different approach to continuity planning. Is your company preparing properly?

23. Age and Opportunity: Plan Strategically to Get the Most Out of a Maturing Workforce
    

    May 2006 | Executive Action Report

    If baby boomers retire as expected, there won't be enough people to do the work. Is it time for your company to panic?

24. What's in a Day's Pay? SEC Proposes New Rules for Disclosing Executive Compensation
    

    February 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Proxy statements will include more information — and more transparency. The impact on executive pay, companies and stockholders is less certain.

25. A Strategic Approach to Security: Compliance, Certification, and Competitive Advantage
    

    February 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Should companies be viewing security as a strategic tool for anticipating and managing risk?

26. Strengthening Corporate Governance: A New Age of Entrepreneurship in India
    

    February 2006 | Executive Action Report

    How is India benefiting from coming late to the game of developing globally accepted corporate governance standards? By reaping the results of years of experimentation and trial and error by others.

27. Preparing for the Worst: A Guide to Business Continuity Planning for Mid-Markets
    

    February 2006 | Executive Action Report

    Why are smaller companies creating disaster survival plans? Because regulators, investors, and customers are demanding they do so.

28. What Do We Really Know about Effective Leadership in Change Management?
    

    January 2006 | Executive Action Report

    While the need for effective leadership is seen to be one of growing importance, the means to achieve it are far from clear. So where does one turn for guidance, and where do efforts get focused?

2005

1. Incredible Shrinking Corporation
   

   December 2005 | Executive Action Report

   In trying to please Wall Street, companies have starved themselves nearly to death.

2. Globalization: Will Your Company Be Left Standing?
   

   December 2005 | Executive Action Report

   New market realities may compel mid-market companies to adopt a business model that powers growth through product innovation, as well as improved operational effectiveness.

3. 2005 Top Executive Compensation Report
   

   November 2005 | Research Report

   An analysis of the compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 3,143 publicly traded firms in 2005

4. CEO Challenge 2006: Top 10 Challenges
   

   November 2005 | Research Report

   This study, based on responses by over 500 Chief Executive Officers to this year's CEO Challenge 2006 Survey, provides an overview of the "Top 10 Challenges".

5. Keep It Simple: Getting Your Arms Around Enterprise Risk Management
   

   October 2005 | Executive Action Report

   The savviest companies approach to Enterprise Risk Management is to focus on the fundamentals. Is your company one of them?

6. HR’s Role in Building a Culture of Innovation
   

   September 2005 | Executive Action Report

   Encouraging innovation is a high priority among CEOs. How can HR professionals gain a place at the strategy table by overcoming obstacles and fostering an innovation framework?

7. Effecting Change in Business Enterprises
   

   August 2005 | Research Report

   This study on change management presents current models and methods used based on a survey, in-depth interviews, case studies, and the collective experience of The Conference Board’s Three Faces of Change Working Group members.

8. New Corporate Reality: External and Market Considerations
   

   July 2005 | Research Report

   This report focuses on anticipating the requirements of the variety of shareholders and stakeholders—including government agencies, the press, and the general public—who will examine your offshoring operations.

9. Corporate Governance Handbook 2005: Developments in Best Practices, Compliance, and Legal Standards
   

   July 2005 | Book

   In addition to bringing the 2003 report Corporate Governance Best Practices: A Blueprint for the Post-Enron Era up-to-date, this report is intended to provide boards and management with a compendium of the leading corporate governance practices.

10. From Risk Management To Risk Strategy
    

    June 2005 | Research Report

    This survey based report presents the findings of 271 executives questioned on their current ERM practices.

11. Going Global: Challenges for Indian Business
    

    June 2005 | Executive Action Report

    At The Conference Board 2005 Global Leadership Development Conference a number of top Indian CEOs shared their experiences as emerging global leaders in the business marketplace. This piece highlights some of the key discussion points from said meeting.

12. Beyond Costs: Financial and Operational Risks
    

    June 2005 | Research Report

    This report explores a number of important factors that must be taken into account when initiating offshoring, ranging from a consideration of unexpected setup costs to how to decide on a location.

13. Enterprise Risk Management Systems: Beyond the Balanced Scorecard
    

    June 2005 | Research Report

    This report features a new approach to developing an Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) system which goes beyond earlier basic concepts to not only identify strategic success measures, but also to link them to risk factors.

14. Business Is Evolving - Just Not In The Ways You Might Think
    

    May 2005 | Executive Action Report

    Is there anyone out there who hasn't heard the warnings that business is evolving? Modern business is perhaps the most evolutionary environment to ever exist and natural evolution has much to offer in understanding the challenges faced by management.

15. How CFOs Carve Out Time for What Counts Most
    

    April 2005 | Executive Action Report

    The job descriptions of CFOs in smaller and mid-sized organizations have been steadily expanding. When do they find time to work on tasks that will build shareholder value?

16. Minimizing Risk and Maintaining Ethics in Asia–Pacific
    

    March 2005 | Executive Action Report

    In order to cope successfully when doing business in the Asia-Pacific world, one must take into consideration the region's unique culture and the higher incidence of certain kinds of risks.

17. Mid-Market CEO Challenge
    

    March 2005 | Research Report

    This report, based on the 2004 CEO Challenge Survey, highlights the most important issues confronting mid-market CEOs.

18. Energy Management Goes Strategic—An Operations-Only Issue No More
    

    February 2005 | Executive Action Report

    Now that energy is viewed as having an impact on so many critical areas, innovative companies are taking the issue out of the operational arena and giving it strategic focus.

19. Reaching the Goal Line On Good Governance
    

    February 2005 | Executive Action Report

    Complying with Sarbanes-Oxley has been a difficult undertaking for small and medium sized companies. It has been a painful learning experience with more lessons to be learned.

20. On the Record With...Julien De Wilde
    

    February 2005 | Executive Action Report

    An interview with Julien De Wilde, CEO, N.V. Bekaert S.A., Kortrijk (Belgium), regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future.

21. Beyond Compliance: The Future of Risk Management
    

    January 2005 | Executive Action Report

    According to recent interviews with business managers, Enterprise Risk Management is gaining ground as a comprehensive approach for evaluating activities and assessing a multitude of risks associated with conducting business.

2004

1. Developing And Implementing A Disaster Response Plan - Getting Started
   

   December 2004 | Executive Action Report

   Getting started...basic steps on how to develop disaster strategy, guidelines and policies.

2. Improving Project Results: Operating “Below-the-Line” to Produce Real Value
   

   December 2004 | Executive Action Report

   Project teams and their sponsors rarely acknowledge the risk that their project’s outcomes will not translate into the intended benefits to the organization. How can you keep a project on track for real results?

3. Succession Planning....Without Tears
   

   December 2004 | Executive Action Report

   Rather than putting off succession planning and then rushing to hire from the outside when the time arrives, small companies would be better served by grooming leaders from within the firm.

4. CEO Challenge 2004: Perspectives and Analysis
   

   November 2004 | CEO Challenge®

   This report, based on The Conference Board's CEO Challenge 2004 Survey project, presents the findings of in-depth interviews with 11 CEOs from multinational companies, along with data and analysis of survey respondents' top priorities.

5. Strategy Struggles in the Boardroom
   

   November 2004 | Executive Action Report

   Corporate strategist Donald V. Potter finds board meetings do not do justice to strategy discussions. Are separate meetings with a set agenda the answer?

6. On the Record With...Stan Shih
   

   November 2004 | Executive Action Report

   An interview with Stan Shih, Chairman, CEO, and Founder, The Acer Group, Taipei, Taiwan, regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future.

7. On the Record With...Alain J.P. Belda
   

   October 2004 | Executive Action Report

   An interview with Alain J.P. Belda, Chairman and CEO, Alcoa, Inc., regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future

8. On the Record With...Nandan M. Nilekani
   

   October 2004 | Executive Action Report

   An interview with Nandan M. Nilekani, CEO, President, Managing Director, and Co-Founder. Infosys Technologies, Ltd., regarding current forces in management and the marketplace and the trends expected to be faced in the future.

9. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2004
   

   October 2004 | Research Report

   This annual report provides information on the amount and type of compensation paid outside directors in 2004 in 510 companies in three major industry sectors.

10. 2004 Top Executive Compensation Report
    

    October 2004 | Research Report

    This annual report provides an overview of the practices of 2,896 publicly traded companies in 14 major industry categories.

11. CEO Challenge 2004: Top Ten Challenges (Executive Summary)
    

    August 2004 | Research Report

    This study, based on responses by over 500 Chief Executive Officers to this year's CEO Challenge 2004 Survey, provides an overview of the "Top 10 Challenges".

12. Making Over Leaders and Leadership Styles
    

    August 2004 | Executive Action Report

    Are the requirements of leadership changing? That is the question being asked as a new generation rises in the workplace.

13. Keeping the Talent Pipeline Filled in the Energy and Utility Industries
    

    July 2004 | Research Report

    An in-depth look at how utility and natural resource companies are recovering from the power outages and scandals over recent years, in the face of losing the expertise of mature workers as they retire.

14. Evolving Role of the Board in CEO and “Back Bench” Senior Executive Succession
    

    July 2004 | Executive Action Report

    Boards of Directors are becoming more involved in overall management succession. How can they ensure that the right leaders are in place to steer the company to be lucrative and principled.

15. Security Practices ... Security in Mid-Market Companies: The View From the Top
    

    July 2004 | Executive Action Report

    Is corporate security an expense that should be minimized or an investment that increases business value?

16. CEOs and The Glass House
    

    May 2004 | Executive Action Report

    This report is based on John R. Hall's remarks to The Conference Board's Director Institute. Hall emphasized the need for boards to ensure that ethical procedures are followed, and the company's Chief Executive Officer carefully monitored.

17. Strategic Planning for the Time-challenged
    

    May 2004 | Executive Action Report

    For many smaller and mid-sized companies, whose management resources tend to be stretched thin, a simplified approach to planning works best.

18. Do Exchange Rates Matter?
    

    May 2004 | Research Report

    This survey based report provides deep insights into whether—and how— exchange rate volatility shapes business investment decisions and risk management practices.

19. New Ways to Innovate... Creating a Corporate Advisory Board
    

    May 2004 | Executive Action Report

    Advisory Boards can offer companies a less expensive way to obtain the expertise they lack and fresh ideas on how to go about their business.

20. Making Innovation Work: From Strategy to Practice
    

    April 2004 | Research Report

    This study examines how executives are making the business case for greater innovation, responding to cultural issues, creating support mechanisms, organizing teams, and measuring success.

21. Ethics Programs ... The Role of the Board: A Global Study
    

    February 2004 | Research Report

    This report addresses the proper role for company boards in the design, implementation, and monitoring for effectiveness of company ethics programs.

22. On the Record With....Sir Martin Sorrell
    

    February 2004 | Executive Action Report

    An interview with Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer, WPP, London, UK, regarding current trends in management and the marketplace and how they expect these to change by 2008.

23. On the Record With....Daniel DiMicco
    

    January 2004 | Executive Action Report

    An interview with Daniel DiMicco, Vice-Chairman, President, and CEO, Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, NC, regarding current trends in management and the marketplace.

24. On the Record With....S. Dhanabalan
    

    January 2004 | Executive Action Report

    An interview with S. Dhanabalan, Chairman, Temasek Holdings (Pte) Ltd., Singapore regarding management and market challenges.

2003

1. Aggressive Energy Productivity Management Pays Big Dividends
   

   December 2003 | Executive Action Report

   Many companies have recognized that energy productivity is not a “nice to do” activity, but an important part of their business operations that can yield quantifiable cost savings and less directly-measurable general productivity improvements.

2. Managing Customer Data for Strategic Advantage
   

   December 2003 | Research Report

   This report presents the findings of a recent survey of 45 companies on the goals, effectiveness, and importance of their customer data management programs.

3. Entrepreneurial Flame: How to Keep it Burning Brightly in Your Company
   

   December 2003 | Executive Action Report

   Maintaining the enthusiasm and motivation of your most creative, entrepreneurial-minded employees is difficult even in the best of times. Learn how some successful companies manage to always keep the entrepreneurial spirit flourishing.

4. Top Executive Compensation in 2002
   

   November 2003 | Research Report

   This annual report details the average 2002 compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 2,877 companies in 14 major industry sectors.

5. Guanxi – In Chinese Business, the Relationship is Everything
   

   November 2003 | Executive Action Report

   Failing to understand and abide by the concept of guanxi, a set of relationships which links millions of Chinese firms into a social and business network, can mean the difference between success and failure for companies seeking to do business in China.

6. Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2003
   

   November 2003 | Research Report

   This report, based on a survey of more than 606 manufacturing, financial, and service companies, presents the amount and type of compensation paid to outside directors in 2003.

7. CEO Challenge 2003: Top Marketplace and Management Issues
   

   October 2003 | CEO Challenge®

   This annual report presents the views of CEOs, Chairmen, and Founders on both current forces in the marketplace and the trends they expect to face in 2008.

8. Is "Crisis Mode" The New Energy Management Norm?
   

   September 2003 | Executive Action Report

   In the United States, the traditional assumption about energy—abundant supplies at low cost—is being challenged by frequent "crises".

9. Ethics Programs: The Role of the Board
   

   September 2003 | Executive Action Report

   Though recent events have imparted a new urgency to Board involvement and oversight of company ethics programs, a Conference Board study finds that such Board action is neither a new or a distinctly U.S. phenomenon.

10. Managing Corporate Security in Mid-Markets
    

    September 2003 | Executive Action Report

    Compared to large companies, security spending is more of a burden for smaller companies when expressed as a percentage of annual sales and they are less likely to feel that their security spending is adequate.

11. Forging Strategic Business Alignment
    

    September 2003 | Research Report

    This report identifies best practices in leading a successful alignment strategy from a senior management perspective.

12. New Role of Audit Committees
    

    July 2003 | Executive Action Report

    The audit committee plays a key role, but the proliferation of corporate scandals, new legislation, and stock exchange rules are creating critical new roles and responsibilities.

13. Outsourcing Trends
    

    July 2003 | Research Report

    This study examines the success factors and "next practices" in IT and business process outsourcing.

14. Managing Corporate Security: Patterns of Organization
    

    July 2003 | Executive Action Report

    Despite raised expectations and heightened visibility, corporate America is undergoing an evolution rather than a revolution in the management of security concerns.

15. Mixing Politics and Business ... Conflict Everlasting?
    

    June 2003 | Executive Action Report

    Just how deep an impact the current atmosphere of distrust that pervades international political relations will have on global commerce depends on from which side of the Atlantic you view events.

16. New Dynamic of First Reports: Executive Lessons from the Iraq War
    

    May 2003 | Executive Action Report

    In the war with Iraq, first reports from the battlefield were handled in a new way, creating a different dynamic that until now has only been hinted at.

17. Getting the Best of Volatility: Managing Risk and Creating Opportunity
    

    May 2003 | Executive Action Report

    While there is great risk in these volatile times, there is also great opportunity for those businesses that know what to do.

18. Designing a Healthy Regional Headquarters
    

    April 2003 | Executive Action Report

    The key questions to answer when designing a regional headquarters are: How does it add value to the subordinate business unit? And how does it differ from the corporate office?

19. Emerging Trends... Europe Shifts Burden of Waste Disposal to Product Producers
    

    February 2003 | Executive Action Report

    What companies can do now to prepare for the expanded financial and physical burden of disposal at the end of a product's useful life?

20. Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise
    

    January 2003 | Research Report

    This report details the recommendations on executive compensation, corporate governance, and accounting and audit practices made by The Conference Board's Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise.

21. Crisis Management... Negligent Failure to Plan: The Next Liability Frontier?
    

    January 2003 | Executive Action Report

    How well has your organization planned for crisis? The answers you are able to give could have enormous consequences for your company, its bottom line, and its future.

22. Hong Kong Corporates and Investor Confidence
    

    January 2003 | Research Report

    This corporate governance handbook for directors and officers of corporations in Hong Kong is based on interviews, seminars and research conducted by The Conference Board in Hong Kong during 2001 and 2002.

23. Singapore Corporates and Investor Confidence
    

    January 2003 | Research Report

    This corporate governance handbook for directors and officers of corporations in Singapore is based on extensive research, seminars and focus group meetings, and personal interviews with senior executives in Singapore.

2002

1. Getting Started... Building a Culture of Innovation
   

   December 2002 | Executive Action Report

   For businesses today, there are two roads to profitability. One is a short-term fix—reducing operating costs. The other road, the one less traveled, is a more sustainable option—creating profitable new business growth.

2. Planning for Energy-Based Business Risks
   

   December 2002 | Executive Action Report

   It is one of the true ironies of our times: growing concern over the future of energy at a time of abundant and generally inexpensive supplies of traditional energy forms. How should a company respond?

3. Top Executive Compensation in 2001
   

   November 2002 | Research Report

   This annual report details the average 2001 compensation of the five highest-paid executives in 2,841 companies in 14 major industry sectors.

4. CEO Challenge: Top Marketplace and Management Issues-2002
   

   October 2002 | Research Report

   Our annual survey of more than 700 global CEOs leads strongly to the conclusion that CEOs and their senior managers are most concerned with the kinds of decisions and actions that are appropriate to a time of turmoil and transparency.

5. Emphasis on Developing Leaders: Despite Hard Times Companies View Leadership Development as a Priority
   

   September 2002 | Executive Action Report

   Even during corporate belt-tightening leadership development is a necessity, not a luxury.

6. HR Outsourcing Trends
   

   September 2002 | Research Report

   This study examines the benefits, challenges, and alternatives to HR outsourcing.

7. Mission Critical: Controlling Costs ... Overview: Cut the Costs, But Not the Trust
   

   July 2002 | Executive Action Report

   When it comes to costs, crash dieting does not make companies stronger in the long run—developing a "cost-conscious culture" does.

8. Corporate Citizenship in the New Century: Accountability, Transparency, and Global Stakeholder Engagement
   

   July 2002 | Research Report

   This report, based on the views and experiences of corporate managers of citizenship programs, CEOs, and board members at over 700 companies, examines the state of global corporate citizenship practices, expectations, and trends.

9. After Enron It's Back to Basics: 10 Questions Boards of Directors Need to Ask
   

   June 2002 | Executive Action Report

   The adversarial history of corporate governance, the responsibilities required of directors, effective board processes, and red flag processes.

10. Does Your Board Have an Effective Management System of Its Own?
    

    February 2002 | Executive Action Report

    Reviews the key areas directors should focus on to ensure they meet their increasingly stringent fiduciary liability.

11. CEOs on Citizenship
    

    January 2002 | Executive Action Report

    Summarizes the results of surveys of managers, board members, and chief executives on corporate citizenship.

2001

1. Managing Culture in Mergers and Acquisitions
   

   November 2001 | Research Report

   This study of cultural issues is designed to provide executives with a range of ideas and practices to improve the management of mergers and acquisitions and to contribute to the overall success of post-merger integration.

2. Management Challenges in a Changed World
   

   October 2001 | Executive Action Report

   Based on key issues identified by members of the executive Council program.

3. Compensation Committee Of The Board: Best Practices For Establishing Executive Compensation
   

   October 2001 | Research Report

   This study examines best practice processes used by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors in designing executive compensation programs.

4. Executive Insights: Merging and Acquiring for Growth
   

   July 2001 | Research Report

   This report examines data on successful mergers that have fueled top-line growth.

5. E-Business Strategies in the Global Marketplace: E-Procurement and Other Challenges
   

   June 2001 | Research Report

   A survey of U.S. and European organizations shows that development of an e-procurement program is proving more complex, more expensive and more time consuming than originally envisaged.

6. ERP Trends
   

   June 2001 | Research Report

   This report is based on the findings of a survey on ERP, which found that while most ERP implementations take more time and money than expected, the majority of companies are pleased with their outcomes.

7. Organizing for Global Competitiveness
   

   May 2001 | Research Report

   The Role of Corporate Headquarters and Its Leadership in Organizational Integration.

8. Managing Growth: Smart Strategies for Smaller and Mid-Sized Companies
   

   March 2001 | Research Report

   Based on a survey of 184 CEOs from small and mid-sized companies, this report explores what these CEOs see as their best growth opportunities in the current economy.

9. Corporate Governance:Global Trends Examined From an Asian Perspective
   

   January 2001 | Research Report

   This briefing paper compares corporate governance initiatives in Asia with those underway in other parts of the world and finds the notion of an "Anglo-Saxon" or "Asian" governance model irrelevant.

10. CEO Challenge: Top Marketplace and Management Issues 2001
    

    January 2001 | Research Report

    506 CEOs of U.S., European, and Asian companies select the top three "marketplace" and "management" challenges they face in 2001.

2000

1. Company Programs for Resisting Corrupt Practices: A Global Study
   

   October 2000 | Research Report

   This report looks at policies, practices, and procedures that represent standards of best practice for company efforts to resist corrupt practices.

2. Performance Measurement During Merger and Acquisition Integration
   

   July 2000 | Research Report

   This study demonstrates the contribution of performance measurement to the success of merger or acquisition integration.

3. Corporate Governance and Cross-Border Mergers
   

   June 2000 | Research Report

   This report discusses the role of corporate governance before, during, and after a cross-border merger.

4. Speed: Linking Innovation, Process and Time to Market
   

   May 2000 | Research Report

   Through a survey and interviews, The Conference Board contacted over 100 firms in the U.S. and Europe to explore the impact of speeding-up key business processes.

5. Office of the Chief Executive: Current Patterns and Challenges
   

   March 2000 | Research Report

   This study explores the current state of the executive office.

6. Beyond Knowledge Management: New Ways to Work
   

   March 2000 | Research Report

   This report, based on a survey and Working Group discussions, takes an empirical look at knowledge management and organizational learning efforts occurring inside large companies.

7. Implementing a Post-Merger Integration
   

   January 2000 | Research Report

   Executives and business experts discuss some of the global trends in M&A and share their experiences in developing a strategic context for M&A integration, creating a corporate culture, and measuring integration success.

1999

1. Determining Board Effectiveness
   

   November 1999 | Research Report

   Organized around key issues, this handbook draws on the experience of seasoned board directors and leading corporate governance experts to tackle the challenges boards face as they review their structural and decision-making processes.

2. Aligning Strategic Performance Measures and Results
   

   October 1999 | Research Report

   This research report offers key findings that demonstrate the capability of strategic performance measurement systems to improve business results.

3. CEO Challenge: Top Marketplace and Management Issues
   

   June 1999 | Research Report

   What are the top bosses thinking? Find out in this survey, where more than 650 CEOs say what's on their minds.

4. Globalizing the Board of Directors: Trends and Strategies
   

   June 1999 | Research Report

   Are you trying to take your organization's board global? You should. Here's a look at the ways to go about it.

5. Post-Merger Organization Handbook
   

   June 1999 | Research Report

   Your company's just been merged. Now how do you blend your staffs, operations and resources to make it work? The answers are here.

6. Future Organization: New Leadership and Employee Roles
   

   June 1999 | Research Report

   As traditional command-and-control management structures crumble in the dawning information era, companies are scrambling to build new organizational models

7. Concepts for the New Leadership
   

   February 1999 | Research Report

   What will be the corporate challenges of the future? Read what the CEOs of Merck and Sprint have to say, as well as leaders from Harvard University and Time.

8. Board Diversity in U.S. Corporations: Best Practices for Broadening the Profile of Corporate Boards
   

   January 1999 | Research Report

   Major organizations have found that diversity at the board level is a tool for success. This study covers the how's and why's of board diversity.

1998

1. How Growth Creates Value: Aligning Your Enterprise
   

   September 1998 | Research Report

   Here's how some companies have planned for growth—and succeeded.

2. Managing Knowledge in the New Economy
   

   June 1998 | Research Report

   What is knowledge management? And why should your company be using it? Find out with this report.

3. Bridging the Leadership Gap
   

   April 1998 | Research Report

   Does your company develop leaders properly? Here's a look at what members of the Fortune 1000 do.

4. Shared Services: Achieving Higher Levels of Performance
   

   March 1998 | Research Report

   Is shared services an idea whose time has come? Read how it's worked for these major organizations.

5. Meeting the Challenge of Global Logistics
   

   February 1998 | Research Report

   As the entire world provides you with suppliers, your challenges—and opportunities—in logistics grow. Here's a look at what you can do.

6. Global Growth Strategies
   

   January 1998 | Research Report

   How do you create global growth — and once you're growing, how do you keep going? Here's the experience of senior executives and CEOs on managing growth.

1997

1. Strategic Alliances: Institutionalizing Partnering Capabilities
   

   July 1997 | Research Report

   Why reinvent the wheel of alliances? Learn from executives who have developed a formula for repeatable success in partnerships.

2. CFO 2000: The CFO as Global Business Partner
   

   June 1997 | Research Report

   An examination of CFOs' constantly evolving relationships with shareholders, chief executives, senior managers, and financial staffs.

3. Case Studies in Strategic Performance Measurement
   

   February 1997 | Research Report

   How do you measure strategic performance effectively? Here are real-world answers from corporations that have done it.

1996

1. Corporate Practices in Management Development
   

   August 1996 | Research Report

   Case studies and a survey examine the best practices of top management development executives.

2. Corporate Board: A Growing Role in Strategic Assessment
   

   August 1996 | Research Report

   This 10-country study of the board's role in strategy deliberations documents external forces that contribute to the board's growing involvement in strategic issues.

3. Shaping a Superior Corporate Image
   

   July 1996 | Research Report

   These excerpts from discussions with CEOs and other pros show you how to grow a strong brand image and steer through a crisis.

4. Strategic Purchasing: Sourcing for the Bottom Line
   

   July 1996 | Research Report

   Here are the tools to improve your supplier management and, of course, your bottom line.