Filling the CEO's Chair

Creating and Implementing CEO Succession Strategies

Expectations placed on directors have moved beyond selecting the CEO; they must now wrestle with the larger issues of redefining the board’s role, culture and operations—of preserving and increasing value on behalf of the company’s stakeholders.

Filling the CEO's Chair offers a summary and analysis of the major findings of A.T. Kearney’s 2004 Corporate Governance Effectiveness survey of S&P 500 independent directors. It also examines changes boards have made either in the past 12 months or since our 2002 survey—and, in some cases, changes boards have not made despite external pressures. Finally, it explores how corporate boards can work better and smarter.