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U.S. Banker August 2006 Karen Krebsbach	Exit Strategy One-third of banks surveyed by the ABA don't have a formal workable succession strategy. Boards' and CEOs' reluctance to anoint successors worries shareholders and jeopardizes long-term profits. What are they waiting for?
U.S. Banker April 2010 Michael Sisk	Boardroom Burdens Bank directors must be more hands-on than ever, exercising tighter control over management and setting strategic direction. Here are five issues that need attention now.
IndustryWeek February 17, 2010 Jill Jusko	Keep It Inside Internal candidates make better CEOs than outsiders, study finds.
BusinessWeek February 3, 2011 John Helyar	The Recession Is Gone, and the CEO Could Be Next More boards are cleaning out the corner office, looking for different kinds of leadership
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2009 Deborah Scally	Toughing It Out in 2009 The results of the Bank Director/Grant Thornton LLP 16th Bank Executive Survey show that bankers are determined to shore up their foundations and capitalize on strengths to survive the year ahead.
HBS Working Knowledge November 14, 2007 Sean Silverthorne	Growing CEOs from the Inside Effective succession planning is a hallmark of many top-performing companies, but most firms pay little attention to the process.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 John R. Engen	Back in the Saddle Former FDIC chairman Bill Isaac has taken the reins as the new chairman of Fifth Third Bancorp. Here, he talks about his career, growing the bank, and why, in his view, Dodd-Frank is an unmitigated disaster.
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Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	Sidhu's View The impending recession is bound to make 2009 a year that will test the mettle of all financial institution boards. Even so, says banking iconoclast Jay Sidhu, there's opportunity ahead.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2011 John Engen	Eat or Be Eaten Banks that have strong balance sheets, excellent credit quality and first-rate regulatory compliance skills will thrive in today's challenging operating environment. Banks that lack those characteristics may be forced to sell out.
U.S. Banker February 2011 Marissa Fajt	Talent Shortage Ahead As bank CEOs start to retire, some foresee a lack of suitable replacements. Expect a revival of training programs -- and a lot of mergers.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2010 John R. Engen	Welcome to the Great Unknown The ink is dry on Dodd-Frank, and now bank executives and board members are cracking open the 2,300-page rulebook to try to discern what it all means for the industry going forward.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 John R. Engen	M&A in 2010: The Year of the No-frill Deal There are pockets of opportunity everywhere this year, as most analysts and dealmakers agree. But you won't find anyone more risk averse than bankers these days.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	The Market for M&A in 2009: What Happens Next? With billions in government-spawned capital poised to funnel through the financial industry pipelines, many deal watchers are wondering whether such financing will pop the cork on a flood of deals -- or stall potential transactions until the outlook is clearer.
Bank Director 4th Quarter 2009 John R. Engen	Navigating Compensation Risk Reform and regulation are changing the executive pay landscape and directors are finding the once-solid concept of pay for performance beginning to crack under pressure.
CFO March 1, 2010 Kate O'Sullivan	Lords of the Brass Ring The time may be right for financial chiefs to ascend to the CEO post.
CFO July 1, 2006 Laura DeMars	Heavy Vetting Boards of directors now want to talk to would-be CFOs -- and vice versa.
BusinessWeek April 25, 2005 Henry et al.	The Boss on the Sidelines Auditors, directors, and lawyers are asserting their new-age power, and the reason for their defiance is no great mystery. The watchdogs are finally facing genuine liability for their failures.
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U.S. Banker November 2004	Banking's Big Leaguers In banking, as in baseball, there's a story behind every great player. USB's third annual All-Star Banking Team looks at the leaders behind the numbers.
CFO January 1, 2005 Roy Harris	Across the Board Spurred by regulatory change, directors and CFOs forge a new relationship.
Nursing Management August 2006 Bonczek & Woodard	Who'll Replace You When You're Gone? By planning for your successors, you can provide nurses attractive leadership development opportunities to seamlessly fill your shoes.
Financial Planning September 1, 2010 Daniel Seivert	The Nominees Are... It is common for executives of wealth management firms who are in the process of developing succession plans to become bogged down by all of the considerations that go into selecting a potential successor.
Bank Director 2nd Quarter 2011 Jack Milligan	Cautious Optimism: Returns to Bank M&A A gradual improvement in asset quality industry wide, along with unprecedented pressure from regulators, is helping to revive the bank M&A market after three lean years -- although prices might never return to their lofty highs of past cycles.
HBS Working Knowledge September 15, 2011 Martha Lagace	High Ambition Leadership Harvard Business School's Michael Beer in his new book, Higher Ambition: How Great Leaders Create Economic and Social Value, examines how CEOs from major companies made a positive difference for society while not neglecting profits.
HBS Working Knowledge February 27, 2006 Cohn, Khurana & Reeves	Take Responsibility for Rising Stars Many executives believe that leadership development is a job for the HR department. This may be the single biggest misconception they can have.
CFO November 1, 2002 Andrew Osterland	Board Games Boards are supposed to monitor top executives, but too often give them carte blanche. That's why regulators are writing stricter rules for the corporate-governance game.
Real Estate Portfolio Nov/Dec 2002 Steve Bergsman	Direct Effect As the focus on corporate governance issues intensifies, real estate companies will need to ensure that board composition and practices keep pace with rapid changes at all publicly traded companies.
HBS Working Knowledge April 4, 2005 Manda Salls	Why Nonprofits Have a Board Problem Plenty of distinguished people serve on nonprofit boards, but for some reason these directors shrink from leadership, argues Harvard professor Richard Chait. In this Q&A, Chait discusses "Governance as Leadership," his new book on how boards can transform into powerful forces of leadership.
HBS Working Knowledge December 22, 2003 Martha Lagace	How to Build a Better Board Boards need to work smarter and with a design in mind, says Harvard Business School professor Jay Lorsch. Lorsch discusses his new book Back to the Drawing Board, co-written with Colin B. Carter.
Financial Planning December 1, 2011 Deena Katz	Replacing Yourself Who's going to sit in your chair and meet with your clients when you're no longer doing it? That question leaves many advisors speechless.
Inc. August 2006 Stephanie Clifford	The New Science of Hiring Care to dramatically enhance your chance of finding great employees? Trade in your gut instincts for a systematic approach to interviewing, testing, and evaluating job candidates.
Inc. May 2007 Jennifer Gill	Smart Questions: How to Vet a Board Member There's a lot of talk these days about the lack of independent directors on corporate boards. But it's not just a big-company issue. There should be at least one outsider on your board, too. Here's what to ask to get the right person in the chair.
Bank Director 1st Quarter 2010 Jack Milligan	Winds of Change These are truly challenging times for banks, and for bank directors. A weak U.S. economy has made it difficult for most institutions to find enough good lending opportunities to go around.
U.S. Banker August 2003 Michael Dumiak	Coast to Coast There are as many ways to mint money as grains of sand on the beach. In the mid-Atlantic, the WSFS team does it with savvy sales moves. In Michigan, Flagstar's moving mortgages. In the shadow of the Golden Gate, Westamerica is humming and looking to buy. They lead the USB 100 of mid-tier banks.
HBS Working Knowledge September 21, 2009 Roger Thompson	Excessive Executive Pay: What's the Solution? In the search for culprits in the global financial meltdown, bloated executive pay and the excessive risk-taking behavior it fueled stand out as prime suspects.
Bank Director 3rd Quarter 2009 Jack Milligan	In Banking, Judgment Counts Does an experienced banker necessarily make for a good bank director? Citigroup and Bank of America Corp. are about to find out, bowing to pressure from federal banking regulators to recruit veteran bankers and finance experts to serve as independent directors on their boards.
CFO November 1, 2007 Kate O'Sullivan	Who's Next? Succession planning should be a critical exercise in finance. Too bad so many companies avoid it.
HBS Working Knowledge December 21, 2009 Roger Thompson	Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government's Role as Fixer In his new book, Too Big to Save, HBS senior lecturer Robert Pozen tells us how to fix the system.
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IndustryWeek November 17, 2010	Board Member Today; CEO Tomorrow The number of Fortune 1000 directors who became the CEOs of the companies on whose boards they served more than doubled in the past year.
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CFO August 1, 2012 Andrew Sawers	More CEOs Go As CEO turnover rises, insider CFOs who take on the top spot may have a better chance of success than external hires.
CFO December 1, 2007 Lori Calabro	Look Who's Not Talking Both company directors and senior managers place a premium on strategic planning. So what keeps them from collaborating on it?
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Insurance & Technology May 3, 2006 Anthony O'Donnell	Getting Closer Insurance company CEOs might not yet know as much about technology as their technology officers might hope, but they know they need to be informed -- and so do the boards that evaluate their performance.
HBS Working Knowledge July 11, 2012 Julia Hanna	The Future of Boards In "The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century," Professor Jay Lorsch brings together experts to examine the state of boards today, what lies ahead, and what needs to change.