The Board Book: Making Your Corporate Board a Strategic Force in Your Company's Success
Author: Susan F. Shultz
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ISBN: 0814405495
Publisher: AMACOM (September, 2000)
Sales Rank: 39,245
Average Customer Rating: 5 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Why and How for the board
Shultz's work has been a great help to me as a new board chair.
The many examples with analysis are an effective method for helping me understand the whats and the whys of board selection and roles.
She does not seem to be afraid to refere to actual examples of poor practices.
This book is not for you if you are not open to the notion of a truly independent board.
The checklists and appendecies are also very useful for reviewing board performance and/or setting-up a board.
I highly recommend this work if you are a board member, contemplating being a board member, or are creating a board.
My interests are primarily in the privatly held company boards. The majority of examples are for publicly traded companies, however the principles seem to transend the "type of organization " issue.Joe McMullen
Rating: 5 out of 5
Actually...A Useful Business Book
As one who serves on several Boards of Directors and also one who reads a fair amount of corporate governance material, I found Susan Shultz's THE BOARD BOOK strongly on point. Sitting and "considering" directors as well as new and experienced CEO's will all benefit from reading the book.Besides being based on lots of her own personal experience and research, Shultz's approach to making the book highly anecdotal lends a real-world tone to what is sometimes a legalistic approach to writing about the duties and practices of both CEO's and Boards.
I suggest that time would be well spent reading this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Properly chosen boards create enormous advantages
In this well written, fast paced and content rich book, Shultz points out the importance of a good board. She makes anyone involved in corporate life aware that a board is a powerful capital asset. Proper selection is the key to success. The book describes in detail how to avoid the major pitfalls in the process. The work is based on in-depth interviews with many CEOs from Fortune 500s, to Startups and Pre-IPOs, from whom she gleans fascinating information. The Board Book will reward those looking to maximize opportunities Similar Products
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