Boards at Work by Ram Charan, Cedric Crocker (Editor)

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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.

Booknews

Charan, a consultant to clients such as GE, Bell Atlantic, and Citicorp, presents best practices for tapping the wealth of intellect, perspective, and insight that resides in most boards. He describes successful and unsuccessful processes used in actual companies, and offers an insider's account of how a small but growing number of exceptional boards are changing the face of corporate governance. Includes survey instruments. For CEOs, board members, human resource professionals, and investors. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

What People Are Saying

Jerome Meyer
In this book, Ran Charan confronts the critical issues faced by the boards of directors of publicity traded companies in a way only he can. His valuable views and opinions come from years of consulting with some of America's best-known and most successful chairmen and CEOs, who also share their direct insights on the most controversial of topics. More than a good book on management, this is a reference to be used over and over again.

William Conaty
Rich with insight and practical advice that only an insider could provide.

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