What is the guiding principle board members should use to govern well? The best board members practice stewardship: the careful and responsible management of something entrusted to one’s care.

It’s a great question. In the early days you really don’t need a board. In fact, we coach our founders to avoid having a formal board for as long as they can. Having more degrees of freedom is better ...

Civility and respect are no longer automatic commodities of basic board practice. Recent experience reflects a subtle decline in the decorum that once was a staple of effective governance, with a ...

The modern estate-planning practice has significantly evolved over the years. We asked three of our esteemed board members, Jonathan G. Blattmachr, Marvin E. Blum and Avi Z. Kestenbaum, to share their ...