Key Finding Listing - The Conference Board

Key Findings

Aimed at time-challenged senior executives and the C-suite, Key Findings are fast, readable summaries of the major findings and key business implications of recent Conference Board research.

	Top Executive Compensation in 2008 - Key Findings This piece summarizes the Top Executive Compensation Report - an annual report which provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2008. Dec. 2008
	Directors' Compensation and Board Practices in 2008 This annual report analyzes board structure and director compensation information regarding U.S-based public companies. Dec. 2008
	Meeting the Challenges of a Dispersed Workforce: Managing Across Language, Culture, Time and Location This Working Group Report discusses issues like payoff from effective distance management, and selecting and developing employees for distance work. Nov. 2008
	Hedge Fund Activism: Recommendations for Corporations and Investors A report of recommendations to corporate directors, executives, and investment professionals regarding the activist role hedge fund managers have been making. Sept. 2008
	Are They Really Ready To Work? This report defines workforce readiness by examining survey results and interviews with Human Resource and other senior executives. May 2008
	Weights & Measures: What Employers Should Know about Obesity — Key Findings This report shines a spotlight on obesity, and offers some solutions, and the potential rewards and risks of taking action. May 2008
	The 2007 Top Executive Compensation Report - Key Findings This piece summarizes the Top Executive Compensation Report - an annual report which provides and analyzes compensation data for the top five executives as reported in proxy tables based on the new SEC requirements of 2006. Apr. 2008
	Ready to Innovate: Are Educators and Executives Aligned on the Creative Readiness of the U.S. Workforce? This report provides the results of surveyed public school superintendents and American business executives (employers) asked to identify and compare their views surrounding creativity. Mar. 2008
	Gray Skies, Silver Linings How Companies Are Forecasting, Managing, and Recruiting a Mature Workforce Executives in need of frank, bottom-line answers to the questions raised by boomer retirements will find them in this report. Dec. 2007