What Boards Need Now.

1. Question 1. Is the Composition of the Board Right for the Challenge?

2. Question 2. How Are We Addressing the Risks that Could Put Our Company over the Cliff?

3. Question 3. Are We Prepared to Do Our Job Well When a Crisis Erupts?

4. Question 4. Are We Well Enough Prepared to Name Our Next CEO?

5. Question 5. How Well Does the Board Own the Strategy?

6. Question 6. How Can We Get the Information We Need to Govern Well?

7. Question 7. How Can Our Board Get CEO Compensation Right?

8. Question 8. Why Do We Need a Lead Director Anyway?

9. Question 9. Is Our governance committee Best of Breed?

10. Question 10. How Do We Get the Most Value out of Our Limited Time?

11. Question 11. How Can Executive Sessions Improve the Ownership Function of the Board?

12. Question 12. How Can Our Board Self-Evaluation Improve Our Functioning and Our Output?

13. Question 13. How Do We Stop from Micromanaging?

14. Question 14. How Well Prepared Are We to Work with Activist Shareholders and Their Proxies?

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