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A rebuttal to Terence Corcoran’s “OSFI and the bureaucratization of corporate governance”

Terence Corcoran launched a scathing attack against recent regulatory announcements by the Office of Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) and the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) on assessing and interviewing directors, and strengthening gender diversity, respectively. OSFI announced, in a draft …



Richard Leblanc: Ten Corporate Governance Trends for 2014

1.         Active owners focused on performance. Expect pressure by activists and institutions for boards to control under-performing management to continue unabated. Boards incapable or unwilling to rein in inefficiencies, improper capital allocation, asset mismanagement, or operational improvements will be targets. …



Social media trends and listening for boards

I was asked to give brief talks on social media trends and the board’s role in “listening” at an NACD conference. Here are my notes, as well as a reading list, if group members are interested: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79214614/NACD%20Richard%20LeblancNACDDiscussNotes14Oct13.docx https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79214614/NACD%20SM%20lab%20possible%20readingsv2.docx