Compliance & Conviction: The Evolution of Enlightened Corporate Governance [Hardcover]

Curtis J. Crawford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 22, 2006

Dr. Curtis J. Crawford’s book Compliance and Conviction, addresses how challenges affecting corporate directors also impacts investors and other stakeholders.

Why, and whom, should care about corporate governance is researched and discussed. Providing a historical perspective, this book focuses on topics including succession planning, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) supervision, executive compensation, and director independence. The influence of institutional investor pressure and differences between traditional, standard and enlightened boards, are examined.

Included is a set of measurement tools available to assist directors in determining what type of board they are and aspire to be.

Editorial Reviews

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... Based on his 30 years of corporate experience, including two decades in the boardroom, his persuasive message is the foundation for building long-term shareowner value. --Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Chairman & CEO, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co.

This thoughtful, well-written book is an indispensable resource for participants in the current debate over corporate governance.... fascinating. --Anne Fisher, Senior Writer, Fortune Magazine

Compliance & Conviction delivers a comprehensive, yet forward-looking, analysis of many of the significant issues challenging corporate directors ... the book is both provocative and encouraging. --Sidney Taurel, Chairman & CEO, Eli Lilly & Co.

About the Author

Dr. Curtis J. Crawford is President and CEO of XCEO, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in executive leadership and corporate governance. He is the author of Corporate Rise: The X-Principles of Extreme Personal Leadership (0976901900).

He began his career as a systems engineer at IBM Corp. During his fifteen years at IBM, he held a variety of executive positions including Vice President of Marketing. During a ten year tenure at AT&T Corp and Lucent Technologies, Inc., Dr. Crawford was Group President of the Microelectronics Group and President of the Intellectual Property division.

He served as Chairman of the Board of ON Semiconductor Corporation; Chairman, President and CEO of Zilog, Inc.; President, CEO and Board Member of Onix Microsystems, Inc., and Chairman of the Board of ISTAT Corporation. Dr. Crawford currently serves on the Board of Directors of E.I. duPont de Nemours Company, ITT Industries, Inc., ON Semiconductors, and Agilysys Corp. Also, he is a Trustee of DePaul University.

He previously served on the Board of Directors of Lyondell Petrochemical Company and The Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation. Dr. Crawford earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) in Organization and Management.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 278 pages
• Publisher: XCEO, Inc. (November 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0976901919
• ISBN-13: 978-0976901914
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,143,584 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Curtis J. Crawford is Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of XCEO, Inc. Based in Santa Clara, Calif., XCEO, offers Professional Mentoring and Personal Leadership Development Programs, as well as Corporate Governance and Board Leadership Development Programs, for high-aspiration individuals and forward-looking corporations.

Dr. Crawford currently serves on the Board of Directors of E. I. du Pont de Nemours, ITT Corporation, and ON Semiconductor. Also, he is a Trustee of DePaul University. He previously served on the Board of Directors of Agilysys, Lyondell Petrochemical and The Sisters of Mercy Health Corporation.

Prior to founding XCEO, he served as Chairman of the Board of ON Semiconductor; Chairman, President and CEO of Zilog; President, CEO and Director of Onix Microsystems, and Chairman of the Board of ISTAT Corp. He has also served as a special advisor to several start-up companies.

Dr. Crawford played a key role in leading ON Semiconductor Corporation to a successful initial public Offering (IPO) after separating this $2 billion division from Motorola Corporation in 1999.

From 1997 to 1998, Dr. Crawford was Group President of the Microelectronics Group and President of the Intellectual Property division of Lucent Technologies. From 1995 to 1997, he was the President of the Microelectronics Group. Under his leadership, the business designed, manufactured, and sold semiconductors, electronic components and power systems/supplies worldwide for applications in telecommunications, networked computing, multimedia, wireless and consumer electronics.

Prior to the formation of Lucent Technologies, Dr. Crawford was President of AT&T Microelectronics, a business unit of AT&T Corporation. He previously was Vice President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of AT&T Microelectronics. Before joining the Microelectronics division, Dr. Crawford was Vice President of Sales, Service and Support for AT&T Computer Systems.

Fifteen years at International Business Machines (IBM) preceded Dr. Crawford's tenure with AT&T. He began his career at IBM as a systems engineer and through the years held a variety of sales, marketing and executive management positions at various divisions of IBM. In his last IBM position, Vice President of Marketing, the National Distribution Division generated revenues in excess of $4.5 billion.

A graduate of Governors State University in University Park, Illinois, Dr. Crawford received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Computer Sciences and a Master of Arts degree. He received a Master of Business Administration degree from the Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University.

Dr. Crawford earned his Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Organization and Management from Capella University. In addition, Dr. Crawford has been awarded two Honorary Doctorate degrees. One was received from Governors State University in June of 1996 and one was received from the School of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Services (CTI) at DePaul University in June of 1999.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Helping the buisness world attain 'enlightenment', August 5, 2010

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Andrea Love "nanajlove" (Salt Lake City, UT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Compliance & Conviction: The Evolution of Enlightened Corporate Governance (Hardcover)

Not having read anything really business related for quite a few years, I was pleasantly surprised at how informative and easy to read this book was. Each chapter is concise and well referenced, and written with the busy professional in mind. I have loaned this book out to a few friends who are involved in small corporate boards and they were as 'enlightened' as I was about how corporate governance can work to serve the interests of shareholders, board members, and the CEO.

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid and insightful look at repercussions of headline-grabbing business scandals in modern-day business governance., June 8, 2007

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Compliance & Conviction: The Evolution of Enlightened Corporate Governance (Hardcover)

African-American business leader Curtis J. Crawford, Ph.D. (founder and CEO of consulting firm XCEO Inc.) presents Compliance & Conviction: The Evolution of Enlightened Corporate Governance, an insider's look at corporate failures of the twenty-first century - particularly the disasters precipitated by illegal business practices, though only a small number of business leaders have been convicted of such. Compliance & Conviction also examines the repercussions of those failures, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that renewed focus on corporate governance and what needs to be done to regain stakeholders' respect and confidence. Written in straightforward language for business leaders of all backgrounds, chapters discuss correlations between corporate governance and share value, executive compensation, director independence, evaluating board director performance, the impact of investor activism, and much more. A solid and insightful look at repercussions of headline-grabbing business scandals in modern-day business governance.