Boards That Lead - Charan, Ram; Carey, Dennis; Useem, Michael
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The role of the corporate board has changed, and the smartest CEOs are using these changes to their benefit. But increased board control and involvement also has its downsides. This book, from three leading experts in the field, serves as a guide to help take advantage of board oversight while avoiding the pitfalls.

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The role of the corporate board has changed, and the smartest CEOs are using these changes to their benefit. But increased board control and involvement also has its downsides. This book, from three leading experts in the field, serves as a guide to help take advantage of board oversight while avoiding the pitfalls.
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Autorenporträt
Ram Charan is a business adviser who has worked with executives and directors of many companies, including DuPont, GE, Novartis, Verizon, and RBS Group (Brazil). He has served on the Harvard Business School faculty, teaches in Wharton Executive Education, and serves on the board of Hindalco (India). He is the author of eighteen books. Dennis Carey is Vice Chairman of Korn/Ferry International. He has placed some of the most prominent chief executives and corporate directors in the United States, including those at 3M, American Express, Goldman Sachs, GSK, Humana, MCI, and Tyco International. This is his fourth book on CEO succession and corporate governance. Michael Useem is a professor of management and the director of the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. He offers courses on leadership and has authored books on leadership and corporate governance, including The Leadership Moment and Investor Capitalism.
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Directors & Boards magazine's Governance Book of the Year."

a must for anyone who sits on a major corporate boardor who wants to understand them. Their very helpful book provides lessons from their experiences, as well as practical advice to others going through the transformation." Wall Street Journal

The writers know their stuffthe authors know their audience." Financial Times

a compelling account of a new leadership model for the modern corporation" Directors & Boards magazine

The authors - Ram Charan, Dennis Carey, and Michael Useemeach an expert and practitioner in the field, throw a lot of insights on how companies can benefit from having boards that work rather than just exist." Financial Express (India)

a wise and comprehensive book." The Globe and Mail

The summarised action points at the end of each chapter allows busy readers to takeaway key thoughts to chew on at their own time of reflection." BusinessLeadershipManagement (BLM), The Executives Magazine

Leadership at the top is being redefined as boards take a more active role in decisions that once belonged solely to the CEO. Ram Charan, Dennis Carey and Michael Useem advocate a new governance model and reveal the emerging practices that are defining shared leadership of directors and executives. With a total of eighteen checklists that will transform board directors from monitors to leaders, Charan, Carey and Useem provide a smart and practical guide for business people everywhere - whether they occupy the boardroom or the C-suite." Strategic Management Bureau (UK)

ADVANCE PRAISE for Boards That Lead:

Alan Mulally, CEO and President, Ford Motor Company
Boards That Lead provides the essential road map for corporate leadership. With gripping accounts and compelling illustrations, Charan, Carey, and Useem show how directors can lead in strategic partnership with company executives. This is a game changer, required reading for all who seek to bring out the best in their boards."

Fred Hassan, Managing Director (Healthcare), Warburg Pincus; Chairman and director, Bausch + Lomb; former Chairman and CEO, Schering-Plough; former lead director, Avon Products; director, Time Warner
This book shows how, through leading, partnering, and delegating, boards are now starting to shape the architecture of the company in unprecedented ways. This book is rich with storiesthere is nothing like learning from three world-leading practitioners on advancing board capabilities to get the company to raise its game."

Roger W. Ferguson, Jr., President and CEO, TIAA-CREF
Boards That Lead offers an illuminating road map for how a board of directors can effectively engage and motivate its corporate management team to successfully navigate even the most complex of situations. This book should be on the must-read' list of every corporate board member and senior executive."

Ivan G. Seidenberg, former Chairman and CEO, Verizon Communications; former Chairman, Business Roundtable
This research, complete with compelling anecdotes and practical information, brilliantly explores how creative, flexible, and innovative processes provide the foundation for long-term, sustainable partnerships between the board and the companies they serve. This work captures the true innovation intended to guide the leadership mandate for any board."

Maggie Wilderotter, Chairman and CEO, Frontier Communications; director, Procter & Gamble and Xerox Corporation
Boards That Lead is chock full of real-world examples that directors can use to improve their leadership and decision makingan impressive one-stop shop outlining board member roles, responsibilities, and actions, including the boundaries that boards and companies often fail to recognize. The checklists for putting this advice into action are comprehensive and practical the best I have seen."
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