If the global pandemic taught us anything, it’s that all organizations need a strategy to manage in a crisis. In Governing in Scary Times, authors Dr. Debra L. Brown, David A.H. Brown, and Rob De Rooy offer a step-by-step plan to prepare your board to provide direction for your company and reinforce your stakeholders’ confidence.
With a combined 75 years of experience governing companies and boards, the authors guide you through a process that will prepare you to answer key questions:
- Where are we headed?
- What obstacles and opportunities might we face along the way?
- Who will do what?
- What are the boundaries and guidelines?
- How will we resource our efforts?
Governing in Scary Times is your boardroom roadmap to navigating extreme challenges in your business. From developing a strategic plan to assessing risks and policies to getting and keeping the right people in place, the authors provide practical and proven advice that will equip your company to survive scary times-and come out stronger on the other side.
Another crisis is (always) coming.
Use the strategies in Governing in Scary Times, to ensure your organization is prepared.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Strategic Planning in the New Economy
Key Questions for Strategic Planning in the New Economy
Chapter 2: Unwinding from the Crisis – The Risks and Opportunity
Key Questions for Unwinding from the Crisis – The Risks and the Opportunities
Chapter 3: Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees in the New Economy
Key Questions for Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees in the New Economy
Chapter 4: Catching Up with the New Reality – Reshaping Policies and Protocols
Key Questions for Catching Up with the New Reality – Reshaping Policies and Protocols
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Chapter 5: Refreshing the Financials and Projecting What Comes Next
Key Questions for Refreshing the Financials and Projecting What Comes Next
Chapter 6: Taking Stock – Monitoring the Financial Impacts
Key Questions for Taking Stock – Monitoring the Financial Impacts
Chapter 7: Compliance – How Well Did We Do and What Would We Do Differently in the Future?
Key Questions for Compliance – How Well Did We Do and What Would We Do Differently in the Future?
Chapter 8: Evaluating How We Did – Board and CEO Evaluations Post-Crisis
Key Questions for Evaluating How We Did – Board and CEO Evaluation Post-Crisis
Chapter 9: The New Corporate Performance Scorecard – Setting a New Standard
Key Questions for The New Corporate Performance Scorecard – Setting a New Standard
Chapter 10: Reinforcing Confidence with Your Stakeholders – Keep the Conversation Going
Key Questions for Reinforcing Confidence with Your Stakeholders – Keep the Conversation Going
Afterword
About the Authors
About Governance Solutions
Over de auteur
Dr. Debra L. Brown, David A. H. Brown and Rob De Rooy together have 75 years of direct and practical experience working with boards. Comfortable and confident with both boards and executives, they possess a mix of well-researched, experiential and conceptual insights that uniquely qualify them to advise organizations on governance. All have served as CEOs, reporting to boards, and been board members of varied organizations, including as Board and Governance Committee Chairs. They can see governance issues from both sides of the boardroom table. They know what works and even more importantly, what does not!