Ram Charan 
Boards That Deliver [EPUB ebook] 
Advancing Corporate Governance From Compliance to Competitive Advantage

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 governanceâ??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
judgmentsâ??and explains clearly and succinctly how boards can
solve those problems. These battle-tested solutions help boards
achieve what rules and regulations alone cannotâ??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.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Advancing the Practice of Corporate Governance.

Part One: Boards in Transition.

1. The Three Phases of a Board’s Evolution.

2. What Makes a Board Progressive.

Part Two: The Three Building Blocks of Progressive
Boards.

3. Group Dynamics.

4. Information Architecture.

5. Focus on Substantive Issues.

Part Three: Contributions That Count.

6. The Right CEO and Succession.

7. CEO Compensation.

8. The Right Strategy.

9. The Leadership Gene Pool.

10. Monitoring Health, Performance, and Risk.

Part Four: Maintaining Momentum.

11. Board Operations.

12. Working with Investors.

Conclusion: Leveraging the Board for Competitive Advantage.

Appendix A: Sample Strategy Blueprint.

Appendix B: The Research Agenda.

Acknowledgments.

About the Author.

Index.

Über den Autor

The Author

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, Du Pont, 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.