Ever since Enron's demise, the board room has had to deal with ever more increasing rules and regulations around corporate governance. Are your board charters and procedures still up to date? Are you getting the most out of the brain trust represented in the boardroom? How do you keep them balanced and on track? With his background as a former NYSE CEO and a board member of public and private companies, Michael Berthelot is ideally placed to help us through this. In addition, Michael is President of Corporate Governance Advisors, Inc. which is a company focused on helping companies verify that they are running the right corporate governance practices. Listen to this show to learn what you can start doing in order to improve your corporate governance.
LISTEN: SEGMENT ONE
Corporate governance has increasingly become more complex over the last 5 years. What is driving the complexity? How does it affect corporate directors? Listen to this segment to hear Mike's perspective on how these dynamics are making corporate governance more complex.
LISTEN: SEGMENT TWO
Mike shares with us as what he sees the top key issues are that drive corporate governance practices today, as well as who is behind brining those issue to the fore front. It will be no surprise that it includes say on pay, but that is not the only one.
LISTEN: SEGMENT THREE
At the end of the day, the primary role of a director is to deal with the key business issues of the company. Mike talks about what those issues are, but also how they need to be balanced within the corporate governance framework.
LISTEN: SEGMENT FOUR
More and more firms are taking a more frequent look to make sure that their corporate governance practices are in order. In this last segment, Mike highlights what a board of directors can learn from a corporate audit, and how it helps them to streamline their board operations.
