CEO, chairman posts' division recommended
As expected, a prominent commission has recommended the separation of CEO from board chairman ccording to this Wall Street Journal story (subscription required):
A blue-ribbon panel's endorsement of separate board chairmen or powerful "lead" directors could weaken chief executive officers' once-solid grip on U.S. boardrooms, industry experts say
...The Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprise was created last year by the Conference Board, a New York business-research organization. The panel's report, released at a news conference here, offered a range of "best practices" to improve governance, shareholder relations and the accounting industry.