Conger Boardroom Realities

Building Leaders Across Your Board
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-44260-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 544 Seiten, E-Book

Praise for Boardroom Realities
"Authored by a 'who's who' roster of governance experts,Boardroom Realities covers the latest trends in board leadershipand performance as well as talent management for the board and theC-suite--all critical topics for any director serious aboutboard service today."
--Kenneth Daly, president and CEO, National Association ofCorporate Directors
"If leadership and effectiveness in the boardroom were importantin a more benign environment, they're absolutely vital in today'stumultuous times. Boardroom Realities provides a modern anddetailed road map to help steer chairmen, CEOs, and boards throughthese uncharted governance waters."
--Peter Weinberg, partner, Perella Weinberg Partners
"Jay Conger's Boardroom Realities offers a unique perspective ongovernance through leadership, rather than compliance, and shouldcompel all directors to revisit the focus of board deliberations,especially at this time of unprecedented economic and financialturmoil."
--Alison A. Winter, cofounder, WomenCorporateDirectors, and acorporate director for Nordstrom, Inc.
"Boardroom Realities is a very comprehensive compilation ofuseful insights on key issues that boards must deal with every day.It's an excellent resource for board members as well as members ofmanagement who must work together to ensure good governance onbehalf of shareholders."
--Ronald D. Sugar, chairman of the board and CEO, NorthropGrumman Corporation
"Jay Conger has collected critical insights and the latestthinking on board leadership from many of today's foremostgovernance thinkers. Boardroom Realities is a must for your boardand for any comprehensive corporate governance library."
--Ralph D. Ward, publisher, Boardroom INSIDER, and author, TheNew Boardroom Leaders

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conger, Jay A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors.
Introduction: Leveraging Your Board's LeadershipCapability (Jay A. Conger).
PART ONE: LEADERSHIP IN YOUR BOARDROOM.
1. Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards (Jay W. Lorsch).
2. Why Your Board Needs a Non-Executive Chair (Jay A. Conger andEdward E. Lawler III).
3. The Joint CEO/Chairperson Leadership Issue in Sharp Relief(Dan R. Dalton and Catherine M. Dalton).
4. First Among Equals: Leading Your Fellow Directors as a BoardChair (Katharina Pick).
PART TWO: TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR YOUR BOARD.
5. Appraising Your Board's Performance (Jay A. Conger andEdward E. Lawler III).
6. Getting the Right Directors on Your Board (RichardLeblanc).
7. Women Directors in the Boardroom: Adding Value, Making aDifference (Sarah Smith Orr).
8. Your Board's Crucial Role in Aligning CEO Pay andPerformance (Roger W. Raber).
PART THREE: CEO SUCCESSION: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIESFACING YOUR BOARD.
9. Managing the CEO's Succession: The Challenge FacingYour Board (Joseph L. Bower).
10. Beyond Best Practices: Revisiting the Board's Role inCEO Succession (Mark B. Nadler).
11. Ending the CEO Succession Crisis (Ram Charan).
PART FOUR: IMPROVING YOUR BOARD'S PERFORMANCE ANDIMPACT.
12. How Your Board Can Leverage Team Practices for BetterPerformance (Elise Walton).
13. What Your Board Needs to Know: Early Warning Signs ThatProvide Insight to What Is Really Going on in Companies (SydneyFinkelstein).
14. Globalizing the Company Board: Lessons from China'sLenovo (Michael Useem and Neng Liang).
PART FIVE: CONCLUSION.
15. Conventional Wisdom, Conventional Mythology, and the TrueCharacter of Board Governance (Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld and AndrewWard).
Notes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Jay A. Conger holds the Kravis Research Chair in Leadership Studies at Claremont McKenna College. He is the coauthor of Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top, Building Leaders, and The Practice of Leadership as well as eleven other books on leadership.