1.  A non-executive chairman can act more effectively as a lead independent director when it comes to such tricky matters as dropping an underperforming chief executive or picking his successor.

2.  Corporate circles are not comfortable with the idea of a lead director.

3.  Instead, directors proposed a lead director.

4.  It is a mechanism that is really better than a lead director.

5.  Larry Cavolina and Mark Wolff will be the lead game director and producer, respectively.

6.  Q. You can now define the role of lead director, as you did for a separate chairman.

7.  The concept of the lead director is designed for occasions that are serious.

8.  The idea of the lead director is to designate someone who will act as a focal point for the board.

9.  Lee Unkrich and David Silverman share co-directing credit.