Publication Date: 2008 - Prager Publishers List Price: $44.95

U.S. boards must now meet without management, key committees have tough new independence rules, and all board members now face an unavoidable legal responsibility to provide truly independent oversight. The result is an urgent demand that corporate boards for the first time develop their own leaders from within. The New Boardroom Leaders explains how.

What should a lead director's job description include? When is a "separate" chair not an "independent" chair? How do CEOs and the new board leaders divide their roles? How much power should a separate board leader really have? The New Boardroom Leaders offers the first inside look at how board leaders actually do their jobs. This is practical advice from real board leaders on what works in their boardrooms, what doesn't, and what they expect in the future.

 

 

In Saving the Corporate Board, Ralph Ward mixes tart, insightful analogies (what do boards have in common with volunteer fire departments, Goofus and Gallant, the U.S. Electoral College... and Howard Hughes?) with proven nuts-and-bolts advice for putting any board back on track (what are the "10 reasons why corporate boards suck"?). Compelling, fresh ideas for solid corporate governance.
2003 - John Wiley & Sons - $34.95