The subprime mortgage crisis caught many financial service giants unaware, and reached far beyond trading desks all the way to their boardrooms. Indeed, despite their best efforts to govern properly, boards of directors throughout almost an entire industry missed a critical issue, and compounded that problem by not having robust succession planning to stem the crisis. Can boards do better? Owning Up author Ram Charan answers with an emphatic, "Yes!" Some boards are already doing all the right things. Leadership guru Charan describes the best emerging practices for boards with real examples of…mehr
The subprime mortgage crisis caught many financial service giants unaware, and reached far beyond trading desks all the way to their boardrooms. Indeed, despite their best efforts to govern properly, boards of directors throughout almost an entire industry missed a critical issue, and compounded that problem by not having robust succession planning to stem the crisis. Can boards do better? Owning Up author Ram Charan answers with an emphatic, "Yes!" Some boards are already doing all the right things. Leadership guru Charan describes the best emerging practices for boards with real examples of how some of the best in the business solve today s thorniest boardroom problems and helps readers determine whether their boards are owning up to governance by asking the most vital questions. Ram Charan (Dallas, TX) is coauthor (with Larry Bossidy) of 2002 s runaway bestseller Execution (978 0 609 61057 2) and author of The Leadership Pipeline (978 0 7879 5172 6) and Boards That Deliver (978 0 7879 7139 7). Charan is also a highly sought after advisor to corporations, boards, CEOs, and senior executives.
Ram Charan is a trusted advisor for some of the world's top executives. His real-world solutions, shared with millions through his books and articles in top business publica- tions, have been praised for being practical, relevant, and highly actionable - the kind of advice you can use Monday morning. Jack Welch, former Chairman of GE said, "He has the rare ability to distill meaning- ful from meaningless and transfer it to others in a quiet, effective way."
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Foreword by Jack Krol. What Boards Need Now. 1. Question 1. Is the Composition of the Board Right for the Challenge? 2. Question 2. How Are We Addressing the Risks that Could Put Our Company over the Cliff? 3. Question 3. Are We Prepared to Do Our Job Well When a Crisis Erupts? 4. Question 4. Are We Well Enough Prepared to Name Our Next CEO? 5. Question 5. How Well Does the Board Own the Strategy? 6. Question 6. How Can We Get the Information We Need to Govern Well? 7. Question 7. How Can Our Board Get CEO Compensation Right? 8. Question 8. Why Do We Need a Lead Director Anyway? 9. Question 9. Is Our governance committee Best of Breed? 10. Question 10. How Do We Get the Most Value out of Our Limited Time? 11. Question 11. How Can Executive Sessions Improve the Ownership Function of the Board? 12. Question 12. How Can Our Board Self-Evaluation Improve Our Functioning and Our Output? 13. Question 13. How Do We Stop from Micromanaging? 14. Question 14. How Well Prepared Are We to Work with Activist Shareholders and Their Proxies? About the Author. Index.
Foreword by Jack Krol. What Boards Need Now. 1. Question 1. Is the Composition of the Board Right for the Challenge? 2. Question 2. How Are We Addressing the Risks that Could Put Our Company over the Cliff? 3. Question 3. Are We Prepared to Do Our Job Well When a Crisis Erupts? 4. Question 4. Are We Well Enough Prepared to Name Our Next CEO? 5. Question 5. How Well Does the Board Own the Strategy? 6. Question 6. How Can We Get the Information We Need to Govern Well? 7. Question 7. How Can Our Board Get CEO Compensation Right? 8. Question 8. Why Do We Need a Lead Director Anyway? 9. Question 9. Is Our governance committee Best of Breed? 10. Question 10. How Do We Get the Most Value out of Our Limited Time? 11. Question 11. How Can Executive Sessions Improve the Ownership Function of the Board? 12. Question 12. How Can Our Board Self-Evaluation Improve Our Functioning and Our Output? 13. Question 13. How Do We Stop from Micromanaging? 14. Question 14. How Well Prepared Are We to Work with Activist Shareholders and Their Proxies? About the Author. Index.
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