Guidance for corporate governance professionals working on nomination committees.
Despite progress in hiring women as non-executive directors, boards continue to miss opportunities to create robust female talent pipelines to the top executive jobs.
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Short-term changes at the top do not result in long-term or sustained success.
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Succession planning for board members, both senior executives & NEDS – it’s an area that is often on the to do list but needs to be documented, shared and reviewed. A panel of respected board members and specialist advisors consider the current state of play and what organisations need to do to be on the front foot.
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Practical guidance to assist nomination committees with their responsibilities.
Practical guidance on the effectiveness of audit, risk, remuneration and nomination board committees.
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This title provides comprehensive, expert-led coverage of all aspects of corporate governance for public, nonprofit, and private boards. This chapter looks at board leadership and maps out what active leadership from the board should look like. Includes a section on recruiting directors who add value and a checklist for recruiting new board members.
This title provides comprehensive, expert-led coverage of all aspects of corporate governance for public, nonprofit, and private boards. This chapter reviews the process of hiring, evaluating and occasionally removing or replacing the CEO.
This title provides comprehensive, expert-led coverage of all aspects of corporate governance for public, nonprofit, and private boards. This chapter looks as the reality of succession, rather than the theory, looking at ways in which the succession process can go wrong.
Chapter 9 looks at the board and good governance, which includes the work of the nomination committee. Board diversity, corporate culture, succession planning and recruitment to the board, director induction and development and board evaluation are all covered.
An introduction to governance for directors and executives. Appendix 5 contains Model terms of reference for a nomination committee
Chapter 3 deals with the structure of the board, its governance role and responsibilities. It also gives brief overviews of the different types of board committees, including: audit; nomination; remuneration; and risk committees. These are dealt with in more detail in later chapters.
An essential source of reference and route map for the position of Non-executive director. Contains case studies and checklists throughout. Chapter 6 of the handbook covers the role and work of the nomination committee and contains a Checklist for the nomination committee.
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The article focuses on the corporate practice of CEO (chief executive officer) succession, discussing the role of the board of directors in naming the CEO and the procedure strategic planning.
A collection of practical tips for finding and introducing an effective successor for your accounting firm.
An overview of research into CEO succession and the importance of the board's role in successful CEO selection. The authors also consider potential frictions during the CEO succession process.
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Research by The FRC and the London Business School designed to both understand the implications of changes in board diversity in response to the Davies Review, Hampton-Alexander review and the Parker Review and to look forward, to suggest how they can be accelerated. The report was launched with the press release Diverse boards lead to better corporate culture and performance
Grant Thornton's review of the annual reports of 305 of the UK’s FTSE 350 companies with years ending between April 2019 and April 2020. The section on nomination committees looks at how successfully the annual report cover the scope and focus of the committee's work, including board composition, independence, diversity and the board evaluation process.
Guidance note from ICSA -the Governance Institute. States that this guidance is for 'a company seeking to comply fully with the requirements of the UK Corporate Governance Code, published July 2018 (the Code)'.
20 page paper from EY from 2016 that looks into the role of boards and committees in governing culture. Questions on culture for the consideration of the Nomination Committee can be found on page 6.
KPMG Board leadership centre - guidance and resources to help facilitate the skills and knowledge required by both nomination committee and remuneration committee members.
Published by the FRC in July 2018, the revised Guidance on board effectiveness looks at the role of the nomination committee in section 3 Composition, succession and evaluation.
ICSA / EY report from May 2016, structured into three main sections - Looking deeper into the company to identify and help to develop its future leaders; Casting the net wider to identify potential directors; Thinking further ahead than the immediate replacement of a retiring board member. Points for boards and nomination committees to consider are highlighted.
FRC discussion paper from October 2015 which focuses on board succession for executives and non-executives of those companies to which the Corporate Governance Code applies. It may also be relevant to other organisations. The aim of the paper is to look at key issues, make suggestions for best practice and to look at how the nomination committee can be most effective. Includes responses to discussion paper and the feedback statement.
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