Saving the Corporate Board – Why Boards Fail and How to Fix Them

Why Boards Fail and How to Fix Them

Paperback Engels 2015 9781119090915
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Ward reveals ten specific failings that are built into our boardroom model and provides real–world fixes to get boards back on track. Ward mixes tart, insightful analogies (what do boards have in common with volunteer fire departments, the U.S. electoral college . . . and Howard Hughes?) with proven nuts–and–bolts advice for putting any board back on track.

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ISBN13:9781119090915
Taal:Engels
Bindwijze:paperback
Aantal pagina's:244

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<p>Reason #10 The Data Disaster: Boards Receive Too Little, Too Much (or Just Plain Bad) Information 1</p>
<p>Reason #9 The Boardroom Leadership Gap: The Board Oversees (at the Same Time It Is Led by) the CEO 17</p>
<p>Reason #8 The Boardroom Amateurs Syndrome: Inadequate Time, Resources, and Expertise for the Job 45</p>
<p>Reason #7 Financials, Frauds, and Fumbles: Why "Audit Committee" Is an Oxymoron 71</p>
<p>Reason #6 So What Exactly Is the Board Supposed to Do?: Competing (If Not Conflicting) Governance Agendas 99</p>
<p>Reason #5 The Howard Hughes Syndrome: Directors Are Cut off from Staff, Shareholders, and Major Decisions 123</p>
<p>Reason #4 "Does Anyone Know Why We′re Here?": Poor Board Meetings and Logistics 145</p>
<p>Reason #3 We Don t Talk about That: Boards Do a Lousy Job of Handling Their Personal Issues 167</p>
<p>Reason #2 The Exploding Job Description: We Have No Idea How to Evaluate, Motivate, or Pay Directors 189</p>
<p>Reason #1 The Elephant in the Boardroom: Boards Don t Handle Bad News Well 207</p>
<p>Conclusion 223</p>
<p>Index 227</p>

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