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Jay W. Lorsch
Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School. He is editor of The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century (2012) He is the author of over a dozen books, the most recent of which are Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Boards for a Complex World (with Colin B. Carter, 2003), Aligning the Stars: How to...
Jay W. Lorsch
Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School. He is editor of View Details
- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue will not go away. Directors are... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
higher pay, putting even greater pressure on compensation committees. — Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at HBS and an expert in corporate... View Details
- 29 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services
new strategic initiative without the buy-in of the senior stars who will have to lead and fund the effort.— Jay W. Lorsch and Thomas J. Tierney Finally, there's the important... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’
with better defining the board's role is also linked to their views on board involvement in shaping company strategy. Both questions turn on another matter: how well the board understands the company. Reprinted by permission of Harvard Business Review Press. Excerpted... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch
- 09 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Catching Up With Boards--Jay Lorsch
performance and succession, corporate strategy, and executive compensation. In a recent interview at Harvard Business School, governance expert Jay Lorsch, the School's Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations, offered his insights.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 20 Oct 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Seven Things That Surprise New CEOs
released On Competition, Porter collects his most influential articles from HBR, and adds new work on health care, philanthropy, social responsibility, and leadership. This excerpt, coauthored with Harvard Business School professors Jay... View Details
- 13 May 2002
- Op-Ed
A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures
efficient and cheaper methods that undermine quality audits. The audit committee must have the leadership, independence and information to oversee the auditors and their relationship with the management.— Jay View Details
- 31 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
The New CEO’s Wrong Message
Bearing full responsibility for a company's success or failure, but being unable to control most of what will determine it. Having more authority than anyone else in the organization, but being unable to wield it without unhappy consequences. Sound like a tough job? It... View Details
- 18 Apr 2022
- Video
Professor Jay Lorsch: Listening
- 22 Apr 2022
- News
Professor Jay Lorsch: Listening
- 09 Sep 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Perspectives from the Boardroom--2009
- Article
A Conversation with Jay Lorsch: Is the Minority Yelling Too Loud?
By: Jay W. Lorsch and William J. Holstein
Keywords: Groups and Teams
- December 2006
- Teaching Note
A Fall before Rising: The Story of Jai Jaikumar (TN) (A) and (B)
- Awards
National Association of Corporate Directors. Directorship Corporate Governance Hall of Fame
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Jay W. Lorsch was elected to Directorship magazine's Corporate Governance Hall of Fame in 2009. Hall of Fame members are a select number of exemplary individuals who have so uniquely contributed to the shape of modern corporate governance that they deserve special... View Details
- October 1993
- Supplement
United Way of America: Governance in the Nonprofit Sector (B), Kenneth W. Dam Becomes Interim President
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Analyzes the measures taken by the United Way of America (UWA) and its board of governors in response to the 1992 Washington Post reports that lead to the UWA scandal. View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
board members current, and the behaviors that lead to successful teamwork at the board level. HBS Working Knowledge's Martha Lagace recently talked with Lorsch about his findings. Martha Lagace: Tell us why the design element of corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Future of Boards
In discussions that continue to swirl in the aftermath of the financial crisis, the question of corporate governance's role is often front and center. In The Future of Boards: Meeting the Governance Challenges of the Twenty-First Century, Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 11 Jul 2012
- News