“Do You Really Know Your Company?”
Asks NACD DirectLine Digest

Gary W. Patterson Poised to Speak on Governance,
Incentives & Strategic Planning

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Rosemary Brutico
Quintessence Communication
rbrutico@quintcomm.com 781-538-6238

February 1, 2008 – Boston, Mass. – President & CEO of FiscalDoctor™ Gary W. Patterson furthers his expertise on governance, particularly corporate board governance, issues as the popularity of his self-evaluation quiz “What Is Your Board’s Embarrassment IQ?” has been extracted by the National Association of Corporate Directors in NACD Direct Line: January 2008 issue www.nacdonline.org. The NACD digest has also been blogged on www.retiredirector.blogspot.com.

Patterson administers the self-quiz as an effective tool to get board members to examine the quality, accuracy, and the timeliness of the information they receive as it relates to their ability to make sound strategic decisions. Questions run the gamut from “Are the financial reports and summaries easy to understand?” to “Are you receiving hand outs while the meeting is in progress?” Depending on their answers, board members will rank themselves on a scale ranging from “I sleep well at night” to “I must take immediate action.”

You can take the quiz by going to Entrepreneur.com in its resource section http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/170973028.html (NB. The article was originally published in Directors & Boards, December 2007, a journal dedicated to topics of leadership and corporate governance.)