Here are my thoughts on recent developments in corporate governance.

Thanks for subscribing!

Apr 21

Snapshots from the Carrier 2021 VSM

I attended the Carrier Global Corporation 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareowners on Monday, April 19 (vitual-only, audio-only).

0 comments

When Disclosure Is the Better Part of Valor: Lessons From the AT&T Regulation FD Enforcement Action

Doug Chia

Apr 19

When Disclosure Is the Better Part of Valor: Lessons From the AT&T Regulation FD Enforcement Action

The AT&T enforcement action shows the SEC continues to examine corporate strategies to influence securities analysts’ quarterly estimates.

0 comments

Supporting California AB 1192, the Uplifting Employers That Advance Job Quality Act

Doug Chia

Apr 15

Supporting California AB 1192, the Uplifting Employers That Advance Job Quality Act

Letter I submitted in support of California AB 1192, the Uplifting Employers That Advance Job Quality Act.

0 comments

When It's Your Turn to Speak, Here's What You Must Say

Doug Chia

Apr 13

When It's Your Turn to Speak, Here's What You Must Say

Stories about issuers’ placing strict substantive limits on presenting shareholder proposals at VSMs.

1 comment

Nell Minow Talks to Adam Bryant on "The CEO Test"

Doug Chia

Apr 1

Nell Minow Talks to Adam Bryant on "The CEO Test"

Re-post of an interview by Nell Minow with Adam Bryant on his book, "The CEO Test."

0 comments

Virtual Annual Meetings: 2021 Pre-Season Special!

Doug Chia

Mar 26

Virtual Annual Meetings: 2021 Pre-Season Special!

Here are reports from four VSMs I’ve attended to date: Visa, Apple, Disney, and AmerisourceBergen.

1 comment

Doug Chia

Jan 19

Defund the PACs!

Don't just press pause on corporate PACs. Defund them. Cancel them. No one will be worse off.

0 comments

Microsoft Corporation 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

Doug Chia

Dec 16, 2020

Microsoft Corporation 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

Microsoft leveraged technology and put the work in to produce a superb VSM.

0 comments

Doug Chia

Dec 8, 2020

Boards Beware: Accountability is Rising

Boards are facing new expectations and accountability as stakeholder capitalism gains steam.

0 comments

Notes from the Broadridge Financial Solutions 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

Doug Chia

Nov 19, 2020

Notes from the Broadridge Financial Solutions 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

Just as Al Gore didn’t invent the Internet, Broadridge didn’t invent the VSM, but they did create and develop the platform that became...

1 comment

Paper: "Back to the Future? Reclaiming Shareholder Democracy Through Virtual Annual Meetings"

Doug Chia

Oct 19, 2020

Paper: "Back to the Future? Reclaiming Shareholder Democracy Through Virtual Annual Meetings"

I'm honored to see my blog posts make it into academic literature!

0 comments

Doug Chia

Oct 16, 2020

The Challenge, Part II

Part II of the Challenge will really test how far your inner governance geek has traveled.

0 comments

The Procter & Gamble Company 2020 (Virtual) Annual Meeting

Doug Chia

Oct 14, 2020

The Procter & Gamble Company 2020 (Virtual) Annual Meeting

P&G's first VSM was “No sweat.”

0 comments

Doug Chia

Oct 8, 2020

The Soundboard Governance Challenge

How many of these 40 acronyms can you spell out? I'm willing to bet that no one can nail 40 out of 40.

0 comments

Doug Chia

Oct 6, 2020

Black Directors Matter

Boards Must Look, Listen and Seize the Moment of #BlackLivesMatter [This post was originally published on the Skytop Strategies Business...

0 comments

Preview of Procter & Gamble’s (Virtual) 2020 Annual Meeting

Doug Chia

Sep 3, 2020

Preview of Procter & Gamble’s (Virtual) 2020 Annual Meeting

After the unprecedented proxy season we just witnessed, it will be interesting to see how companies with fall meetings handle VoSM.

0 comments

Doug Chia

Jul 13, 2020

Rethinking Board Committees

If the board’s job is to look out for four key stakeholders, shouldn’t there be a board committee dedicated to each one?

0 comments

My new article in Corporate Board Member: "Three Ways for Boards to Rethink Governance"

Doug Chia

Jul 6, 2020

My new article in Corporate Board Member: "Three Ways for Boards to Rethink Governance"

Boards of directors should not let this moment go by without some rethinking of how it governs.

0 comments

Virtual-Only Annual Meetings – What Comes Next?

Doug Chia

Jun 18, 2020

Virtual-Only Annual Meetings – What Comes Next?

Built the right way, VSMs can result in better company communication, increased shareholder engagement, and more inclusiveness.

0 comments

Notes from the General Motors 2020 (Virtual) Annual Meeting

Doug Chia

Jun 16, 2020

Notes from the General Motors 2020 (Virtual) Annual Meeting

I was asked to cover one more virtual annual shareholders meeting for this season: General Motors Company.

0 comments

{"items":["60802037c85ca300578ca9ce","607d8f87c1f867001564fd1c","607780aa5db5230015aecafb","6074cb6cd87df400ffdadef5","60663366f842fa0015b5e53e","605dfede186cb70057c7db7d","600652aac7bbc0002e77fbd2","5fd930c22d7cf00017c9138b","5fce6ecd46cf6d0017147bbd","5fb672ea7e638e0017804464","5f8de1884eced40017a11746","5f879554da150900177e33f3","5f873aeee3cd210018d38c35","5f7f133e8ece7300177317d2","5f7b321cc3a07a001770bc20","5f51779d7ddc3700170f9baa","5f04a22f98399500174bb030","5f03ab2bc5d928001763935a","5eebcb480ac5b6002dbd53dc","5ee943f72bf2ab00181cb3eb"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":2,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"themeName":"color_18","value":"rgba(62,120,168,0.5)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}

2 3

reports from corporate governance land