Best reads for directors and director candidates.

1. Top 10 Director Reads: 2nd
Quarter 2016
To compile a “best reads” list for corporate directors and director candidates is a challenge that keeps me on the
cutting edge. Feel free to just review the list, provide feedback on what you like and challenge what you feel is
not worthy of the list- maybe even make suggestions about what to read next.
1) Why investors may need to lower their sights
By Richard Dobbs, Tim Koller, Susan Lund, Sree Ramaswamy, Jon Harris, Mekala Krishnan, and Duncan
Kauffman
McKinsey Global Institute
2) Four Best Practices for Strategic Planning
By Nicolas Kachaner, Kermit King, and Sam Stewart
BCG Perspectives
3) How Corporate Boards Connect, in Charts
By Eelke Heemskerk
Harvard Business Review
4) Governance Goes Green
By Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
5) M&A: The One Thing You Need to Get Right
By Roger L. Martin
Harvard Business Review
6) The Ever-Evolving Culture of Boards
By Donovan Burba
Insigniam
7) The Audit Committee of the Future: What Skill Sets Will Committees Need?
By Center for Audit Quality
CAQ Insights
8) Grading Global Boards of Directors on Cybersecurity
By Kevin LaCroix
The D&O Dairy
9) Investors Board Performance Review
Panelist: Michael Garland, Sean Quinn and Ken Bertsch join TK Kerstetter in a new series.
Boardroom Resources, LLC
10) Activist Investors and Target Identification
By Damien Park, Matteo Tonello, The Conference Board
Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation Forum
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