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Succession in family businesses
- Oct 2021
- Paul Golden
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Creating a succession plan
- May 2020
- Mark Blayney Stuart
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How long should a CEO stay in place?
- Dec 2019
- Iain Wright
Short-term changes at the top do not result in long-term or sustained success.
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CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Temperature check on corporate governance as new Code comes into effect
- Dec 2018
- Sarah Bell
The UK is witnessing a battle to restore trust in business. Governance is more in the spotlight than at any time since the ‘Maxwell years’ which immediately preceded the 1992 Cadbury report.
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Board nomination committees
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- 2020
- Andrew Chambers
- Bloomsbury Professional
- Corporate Governance Handbook
Practical guidance to assist nomination committees with their responsibilities.
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Board committees
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- 2020
- Andrew Chambers
- Bloomsbury Professional
- Corporate Governance Handbook
Practical guidance on the effectiveness of audit, risk, remuneration and nomination board committees.
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Boards that lead
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- 01 Jan 2016
- John R.S. Fraser
- John Wiley & Son
- Handbook of Board Governance
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.
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CEO Succession planning
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- 01 Jan 2016
- David F Larcker, James Irvin Miller, Brian Tayan
- John Wiley & Son
- Handbook of Board Governance
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.
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CEO Succession: An owner's guide for directors
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- 01 Jan 2016
- Mark B Nadler
- John Wiley & Son
- Handbook of Board Governance
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.
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Maintaining an effective board
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- 01 Jul 2017
- ICSA Publishing
- ICSA Publishing
- The ICSA Corporate Governance Handbook
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.
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Model terms of reference for a nomination committee
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- 03 Mar 2008
- Alan Calder
- Kogan Page
- Corporate Governance - A Practical Guide to Legal Frameworks
An introduction to governance for directors and executives. Appendix 5 contains Model terms of reference for a nomination committee
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The board structure and its committees
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- 01 Jul 2017
- ICSA Publishing
- ICSA Publishing
- The ICSA Corporate Governance Handbook
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.
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The nomination committee
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- 01 Jan 2016
- Brian Coyle
- ICSA Publishing
- Non-Executive Directors Handbook
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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From board seat to c-suite
- Jul 2018
- Carrie Pryor, Ted Pyor
- National Association of Corporate Directors
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.
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Set a high bar for successors
- Jul 2018
- Ira S. Rosenbloom
- Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
A collection of practical tips for finding and introducing an effective successor for your accounting firm.
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A review of the CEO succession literature
- May 2017
- Kristin V.D Berns | Patricia Klarner
- Academy of Management
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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Succession at every level
- May 2017
- Sean McCabe
- SourceMedia
Appointing your own successor is not sufficient. This article discusses the importance of having a broader succession plan, particularly for small and medium-sized firms. It also describes the key elements of any good succession plan.
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UK Corporate Governance Code
- January 2024
- Financial Reporting Council
UK Corporate Governance Code 2024 (for accounting periods on or after 1 January 2025). Section 3: Composition, succession and evaluation
UK Corporate Governance Code 2018. Section 3: Composition, succession and evaluation
Corporate Governance Review
- 2023
- Grant Thornton
Grant Thornton's review of the annual reports of 252 of the UK’s FTSE 350 companies. 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.
Board diversity and efffectiveness in FT350 companies
- July 2021
- Financial Reporting Council
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
Nomination committee terms of reference
- January 2020
- ICSA The Governance Institute
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)'.
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