Inside the Boardroom: How Boards Really Work and the Coming Revolution in Corporate GovernanceDistinguished governance experts offer cures for what ails our boards of directors In light of corporate malfeasance in recent years, the governance of corporations has been receiving great attention from regulators, researchers, shareholders, and directors themselves. Based on Richard Leblanc's in-depth five-year study of 39 boards of directors of both for- and not-for-profit organizations, Building a Better Board goes behind the scenes to reveal the inner workings of boards of directors, including how they make decisions. Recently chosen as one of Canada's "Top 40 Under 40"(TM), Dr Richard Leblanc is an award-winning teacher and researcher, certified management consultant, professional speaker, professor, lawyer and specialist on boards of directors. He can be reached at rleblanc@yorku.ca. James Gillies, PhD (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), is Professor Emeritus at the Schulich School of Business, York University, where he serves as Chair of the Canada-Russia Corporate Governance Program. |
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... Develop and recommend to the board of directors strategies that are intended to result in the maximization of shareholder value • Develop and recommend to the board of directors the business plans , operational requirements ...
... develop mutual respect ; because they respect one another they develop trust ; because they trust one another , they share difficult information ; because they all have the same , reasonably complete information , they can challenge one ...
... develop a variety of options . . . . It sounds as if ... What I think I heard you say ... Let me try to confirm my ... developed with the evolution of parliamentary democ- racy . The leading minister in the cabinet eventually became ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Boards of Directors Have Failed and We Dont Know Why | 5 |
The Many Forms of the Modern Corporation | 31 |
Copyright | |
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