Jumping Ship: How to Navigate Your Way to a More Satisfying Job or Career

Business & Money

Behan, Beverly

Job Hunting & Careers

Stoddart Pub.

Praise for Building Better Boards "Building Better Boards bridges the gap between talk and action. A must-read for board members, CEOs, governance experts - really for anyone who cares about the future of the corporation." ―Anne M. Mulcahy, chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation "Building Better Boards covers all the key issues facing boards in the post-Sarbanes-Oxley era. It provides practical advice based on the authors' wide-ranging experience with major companies that have built successful boards." ―Marty Lipton, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &amp; Katz "This important new book uses concepts gleaned from the collective wisdom of our Blue Ribbon Commission on Board Leadership and adds practical, real-world board examples. The section on crisis management is particularly helpful." ―Roger W. Raber, president and CEO, National Association of Corporate Directors "This book provides a comprehensive review and effective guide to making any board an effective team, and thus an asset, for their company." ―Richard H. Koppes of Counsel, Jones Day, and former general counsel, CalPERS "A balanced, insightful, thoughtful, and, above all, useful look at what can be done to create excellent boards." ―Edward E. Lawler III, director, Center for Effective Organizations, Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California "Improving board effectiveness is easier said than done. Building Better Boards lays out the how-tos in a clear and compelling way that is of practical value for directors and CEOs alike." ―Kenneth W. Freeman, former chairman and CEO, Quest Diagnostics Inc.

Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effective Governance

Nadler, David A.

Nadler, Mark

Management & Leadership

Jossey-Bass

Great Companies Deserve Great Boards is considered a governance classic. Boardrooms are filled with intelligent accomplished people - yet despite all the changes boards have undergone over the past two decades, many fail to achieve their full potential and add the kind of value for the CEO, executive team, and company stakeholders that most boards are capable of. This book offers no-nonsense insights that can take any board from mediocrity to the top of its game, providing workable approaches to tackle a variety of boardroom issues. It's filled with practical advice that any CEO, Board Chair, or board member can introduce at their very next meeting.

Great Companies Deserve Great Boards

Beverly Behan

Great Companies Deserve Great Boards is considered a governance classic.\nBoardrooms are filled with intelligent accomplished people – yet despite all the changes boards have undergone over the past two decades, many fail to achieve their full potential and add the kind of value for the CEO, executive team and company stakeholders that most boards are capable of. This book offers no-nonsense insights that can take any board from mediocrity to the top of its game, providing workable approaches to tackle a variety of boardroom issues. It’s filled with practical advice that any CEO, Board Chair or board member can introduce at their very next meeting.

Great Companies Deserve Great Boards: A CEO's Guide to the Boardroom

Board Advisor, LLC

Becoming a Boardroom Star is designed to offer practical advice and insights to directors who want to shine in the boardroom – earning the genuine esteem of their peers, the respect of senior management and, most importantly, adding real value for stakeholders. Not only is it brimming with terrific ideas to help you raise your boardroom game and avoid common pitfalls, it’s fun to read – a refreshing take on the sometimes stodgy world of governance.\nOver the past 25 years, Beverly Behan has worked with nearly 200 Boards of Directors across the United States and around the world - from recent IPOs to the Fortune 500. Much of her work involved board and director evaluations, where board members spoke to her in confidence about the capabilities and contributions of their peers. She’s interviewed more than a thousand directors about these issues. Becoming a Boardroom Star was developed from those discussions.\nFrom New Directors to the Chair of the Board, this book offers genuinely worthwhile insights for directors at any stage of their boardroom career –be that in the Fortune 500, a private company or a local charity. It can help any board member to achieve a truly noble objective, that of becoming a boardroom star.

Becoming a Boardroom Star

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