Corporate managers who anticipate problems, operate efficiently, and plan for future contingencies should be admired, cheered, compensated generously, and monitored lightly. Recently, removing CEO's, who failed to manage the practical and public relations effects of change, has resulted in short-term dramatic increases in share prices.
Directors are reluctant to communicate independently with shareholders.
Both are inhibited by the fear of technical and inadvertent securities law violations, that were created in a different era to remedy other problems. Previously, shareholders, and those board members that cared about Shareholder-Value, became less effective and more unpopular with management. This article will be presented as a practical organizational manual. Shareholders should establish appropriate periodic schedules for reviewing the actions and Shareholder-Value achievements of each of the companies in which they've invested. Shareholders, observing a company's continuing operational difficulties, may inform other shareholders of their concerns, and encourage them to independently have discussions with management.