Hacking the Boardroom - Tips and Tools to Make Your Board Survivable

Ralph's new book gathers the first-hand, best-practice "boardroom hacks" from around the world -- intelligence that boards must have now to do a better oversight job, with less time, less effort, and fewer legal dangers.

List of contents

Introduction 1. First hack... board meetings themselves 2. Unclogging your board info pipeline 3. Meeting prep - before you walk through those doors 4. Board meeting timesavers 5. Committees -where the real work happens 6. Hacks for new directors, new boards 7. Board presentations don't have to suck 8. Tech tools - more board savvy, smarter board use 9. Different strokes for different boards 10. Building your board career 11. Boosting board/staff chemistry 12. Better board talent - here's how 13. Board leadership lessons 14. Keeping out of governance danger 15. Sticky situations you'll face

About the author

Ralph Ward is an internationally recognized speaker, writer, and advisor on the role of boards of directors, how "benchmark" boards excel, setting personal boardroom goals, and the future of governance worldwide. Ward is publisher of the online newsletter Boardroom INSIDER, the worldwide source for practical, first-hand tips for better boards and directors (www.boardroominsider.com). He also edits The Corporate Board magazine (www.corporateboard.com) the nation's leading corporate governance journal, with subscribers who are directors and senior officers across the U.S. and in 27 foreign countries. He is author of six acclaimed books on board and governance for today's corporate boards, the challenges they face, and the answers they need to excel, these are Board Seeker Guidebook (2018), Boardroom Q&A (2011), The New Boardroom Leaders (2008), Saving the Corporate Board (2003), Improving Corporate Boards (2000), 21st Century Corporate Board (1997) Regarding promotion, I have over 4500 followers on LinkedIn, and a media mailing list of 3000 contacts. This circle includes members of corporate, nonprofit and governmental boards worldwide; many business media reporters and bloggers; corporate counsel, corporate secretaries, company administrative staff, and consultants and advisors on business.

Product details

• Authors: Ward Ralph
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032998312
• ISBN: 978-1-032-99831-2
• No. of pages: 246
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Governance, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Finance / Financial Risk Management, computer science, Public Administration, Management: leadership & motivation, business strategy, Management: leadership and motivation, Other manufacturing technologies, Computer security, Engineering: general, Legal aspects of IT, Production & quality control management, Hospitality and service industries, Network Management, Production and quality control management, Security Services, Digital and information technologies: Legal aspects