Masters-Rudnick | Governance Specialists http://mastersrudnick.com Corporate Governance Wed, 16 May 2012 18:35:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Ya-hoyvey http://mastersrudnick.com/ya-hoyvey http://mastersrudnick.com/ya-hoyvey#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 18:35:28 +0000 Jon Masters http://mastersrudnick.com/?p=1169 Some thoughts about Yahoo…  Maybe they should rename the company “Ya-hoyvey.”   After all, not vetting the resumes of CEO candidates – one of the board’s basic and most important functions – suggests a corporate parallel to the Keystone Cops.  It’s… Read more

]]> http://mastersrudnick.com/ya-hoyvey/feed 0 The Chesapeake Board – case study of an ineffectual board http://mastersrudnick.com/the-chesapeake-board-case-study-of-an-ineffectual-board http://mastersrudnick.com/the-chesapeake-board-case-study-of-an-ineffectual-board#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 15:28:40 +0000 Jon Masters http://mastersrudnick.com/?p=1165 As corporate governance consultants, providing counsel to boards on how to be more effective, we are fascinated by what is going on at Chesapeake Energy. 

The current saga has all the elements that suggest an ineffectual board:

  •  Dominant CEO/Chairman
  • Independence compromised by

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