"The process of electing directors often favors incumbents," said Bruce A. Cholst, a Manhattan real estate lawyer.
Instead, he advocates aspirational targets, long-term monitoring and measures to open up the process of recruiting directors, including a requirement that nomination committees reveal the number of women on their shortlists.
And Jenny Willott MP, Minister for Women, will meet with headhunting firms next month to try to persuade them to reveal how many men and women are put forward at the various stages in the selection process of board directors.
Stephen Frears is no great fan of his inaugural effort, a 30-minute drama called The Burning, and likens the process of a director crafting his first film to a "baby playing with its own shit – you just hope to learn something".
To initialise the process, the board of directors of OUH had engaged a private consulting company with Lean experience.
San Francisco is not one of the country's "big five" orchestras, three of which are in the process of seeking music directors.
Calpers has shaken up what traditionally had been a perfunctory process of electing corporate directors by withholding votes for a variety of reasons.
For decades, the selection process for corporate boards of directors has had more in common with a Soviet-style system than with an American-style election.
Mr. Frazier's appointment, Mr. Clark said, was "the result of a long-term and thoughtful process that the board of directors and myself put in place".
He describes the process to his board of directors; they are, understandably, horrified and awed: "Here's the equation: three theatres, three shows in repertoire in each theatre.
