What will you learn from this book
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Strategic Oversight: Emphasizes the board's role in providing strategic guidance and oversight to ensure alignment between corporate strategies and business objectives.
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Board Composition: Discusses the importance of board diversity, expertise, and independence in decision-making processes and governance.
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Leadership and CEO Succession: Explores the board's role in CEO selection, succession planning, and evaluating top leadership performance.
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Risk Management: Highlights the board's responsibility in overseeing and managing risks, including financial, operational, and reputational risks.
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Financial Accountability: Discusses the board's role in financial stewardship, ensuring transparency, and accountability in financial reporting.
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Corporate Culture and Ethics: Emphasizes the board's role in fostering a corporate culture of ethics, integrity, and responsible conduct throughout the organization.
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Performance Evaluation: Discusses methodologies for board evaluation, assessment, and continuous improvement in board effectiveness.
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Innovation and Adaptability: Explores how boards can promote innovation, drive change, and adapt to emerging trends and market dynamics.
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Stakeholder Engagement: Addresses the importance of board engagement with shareholders, stakeholders, and the community for long-term sustainability.
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Strategic Partnerships and M&A: Discusses how boards evaluate and oversee strategic partnerships, alliances, and mergers and acquisitions to create value.
| Language | English |
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| ISBN-10 | 8126520442 |
| ISBN-13 | 9788126520442 |
| No of pages | 304 |
| Font Size | Medium |
| Book Publisher | Wiley India Pvt Ltd |
| Published Date | 27 Mar 2008 |
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Unleash one of your company′s greatest competitive weapons.
Ram Charan is a wise counselor and keen observer on the front lines of the American board revolution. Boards At Work is a rare blAnd of candid stories of casualties, of victories, and of sound ideas for change illustrated with real–world examples of how to adopt them.
––William Adams, director, Bell Atlantic and other boards
Unleash one of your company′s greatest competitive weapons. In this timely new work, ace consultant Ram Charan takes an eye–opening look at how many boards are transcAnding tradition by becoming dynamic partners in corporate governance. He also shows CEOs how they can go about tapping the vast storehouse of experience and wisdom a board′s membership represents. Filled with specific instructions and strategies, Fortune 500 examples, and real–time tools for initiating board transformations, Boards At Work takes readers to the front lines of the American board revolution.