Book description
Finally, a book that brings the vision of truly good governance down to
earth. Ram Charan, expert in corporate governance and best-selling
author, packs this book with useful tools and techniques to take boards
and their companies to a higher level of performance. Charan puts his
finger on a growing problem for boards: the disconnect between
directors' efforts and their results. The added time and attention
boards invest is not translating into better governance???that is,
governance that adds value to the business.
Boards That Deliver gets beyond the rhetoric of corporate
governance reform. It captures the tried-and-true practices used by
high-performance boards. In contrast to experts who base prescriptions
on number-crunching exercises, Charan identifies the real problems
that drain directors' time and suppress their best judgments???and
explains clearly and succinctly how boards can solve those problems.
These battle-tested solutions help boards achieve what rules and
regulations alone cannot???to get succession right, refine a winning
strategy, and design a rational CEO compensation package.
Good governance requires leadership. Boards That Deliver is
the no-nonsense guide for directors and CEOs who are rising to the
leadership challenge to make their boards a competitive advantage.
Ram Charan is the go-to adviser for corporate
directors and CEOs. Highly sought for his unique insights and
practical wisdom, Charan has counseled some of the world's most
successful and prominent business leaders at companies including
General Electric, DuPont, Verizon, and EMC. His expertise in corporate
governance stems from first-hand experiences helping boards with
strategy sessions, successions, self-evaluations, and CEO
compensation. Charan is co-host of the Fortune Boardroom Forums, has
served on the NACD's Blue Ribbon Commission on Corporate Governance,
and is director of the Six Sigma Academy and of Austin Industries in
Dallas. He is the coauthor of two best-sellers-Execution and
Confronting Reality-and has been published by Fortune and Harvard
Business Review. Charan is the author of the 1998 book Boards at Work.
He has an MBA with high distinction and a doctoral degree with boards
of directors as a field of study from the Harvard Business School.
