Book description
Distinguished 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.
Dr. Richard Leblanc is an award-winning teacher
and researcher, certified management consultant, professional speaker,
professor, lawyer and specialist on boards of directors. He is an
Assistant Professor of Corporate Governance, Law & Ethics at the
Atkinson Faculty of Liberal and Professional Studies, York
University.
Professor Leblanc's research has been of interest to
boards of directors, institutional shareholders, government,
regulators, the media and professional service advisers to boards,
including law, accounting, consulting and director search firms. He
provides advisory assistance to boards of directors and has advised
directors, executives and academics from the US, UK, Australia, New
Zealand, Europe, Russia, and China. He has assessed the effectiveness
of boards of directors, audit, compensation, nominating and governance
committees, chairs of boards, chairs of board committees and CEOs,
together with offering recommendations for improvement. Dr. Leblanc
may be reached by email at rleblanc@yorku. ca or rleblanc@boardexpert. com.
Dr. James Gillies is Professor Emeritus of Policy and founding
Dean of the Schulich School of Business at York University. Before
joining York, he spent fifteen years as a member of the faculty of the
School of Business at UCLA. Professor Gillies has also served as a
Member of Parliament and senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister
of Canada, and is a member of the Order of Canada.
During his
career, Dr. Gillies has been a member of more than thirty public,
private and not-for-profit boards throughout Canada and the United
States. He is the author, co-author or editor of thirteen books,
including Boardroom Renaissance: Power, Morality and Performance in
the Modern Corporation, and more than 100 articles on business
and government activities. Professor Gillies is currently Chair of the
Canada-Russia Corporate Governance Program at the Schulich School of
Business. Email: jgillies@schulich. yorku. ca.
