I’ll be posting links here that I find interesting and relevant. Please e-mail me if you come across any you believe I should add.
Changing Business
“…Only 74 of the original 500 companies in the S&P Index were still on the list 40 years later – a mortality rate of more than 10 per year. The average life span of an S&P 500 company has steadily decreased from more than 50 years to fewer than 25…”
Risk
“A study conducted by executive recruiters Korn/Ferry International, found that 59 percent of executives believe that the recent increase in awareness on corporate reputation risk “will affect their Board’s view of reputation management and crisis preparedness.”
Succession Planning
“More than half of companies today cannot immediately name a successor to their CEO should the need arise, according to new research conducted by Heidrick & Struggles and Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University.”