the corporate library

Sitting on a corporate board of directors has always been great work if you can get it, especially if it's with a company that's generous with board member compensation. These days, directors are feeling the heat to get some real work done.

The results of a new study by boardroom watchdog The Corporate Library might lead you to conclude that last year was a bad time to be the CEO of a U.S. company. After all, top corporate executives saw their pay fall sharply from a year earlier as the recession decimated profits and sent the stock...