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  • Greens Piece Proxy by proxy

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 May 2010

    John M Green suggests it may not be the proxy advisory firms that are the problem, but some of the institutions that hire them. Proxy by proxy During each year’s annual general meeting season, directors come out blasting at corporate governance proxy advisory firms. It’s mostly d...

  • Greens Piece October 09

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Oct 2009

    John M Green suggests boards ditch the old short-termist penny-farthing corporate model. Penny-farthing companies Just as cyclist Lance Armstrong owes the industrial revolution for the penny-farthing, investors should thank it for the freely registrable limited liability corporation. Sin...

  • Greens Piece Small but not beautiful

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2009

    John M Green warns directors to watch out when a small division or subsidiary is making far more than they expect. Small but not beautiful How the mighty can topple over small, seemingly successful things. There’s a lesson in that from the downfall of American International Group (AIG), the...

  • Green s Piece Asleep at the wheel Sep 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Sep 2008

    John M Green praises the dumb question. Asleep at the wheel “The idiots were simply asleep at the wheel!” When a company lurches into crisis, as too many have lately, many critics pelt the drivers with similar invective. Caustic criticism is often warranted.Yet, it’s rare for those a...

  • Green s Piece Signs of bad health Jun 08

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Jun 2008

    John M Green argues that how a company – and especially its CEO – speaks about its people after they leave is a sign of its health. Signs of bad health You’re shocked when your CEO tells the board a top executive has quit. But he quickly calms you down with: “Don’t worry. She’s no...

  • Spoken Word

    Content Type: CDM Article

    01 Apr 2007

    John M. Green FAICD, formerly an executive director at Macquarie Bank, gives some valuable tips for directors whose companies might be on the receiving end of a private equity offer. Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Private equity Takeovers are a blood sport, but they are no novel phenomenon. What’s...