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The handbook of board governance : a comprehensive guide for public, private, and not-for-profit board members / Richard Leblanc, Ph.D., editor.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boards of directors.
- Corporate governance.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (lviii, 1413 pages) : color illustrations
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2020.
- Contents:
- Part I. The handbook of board governance : an introduction and overview
- The board's first responsibility : the right CEO
- CEO succession planning trends and forecast
- CEO succession planning
- CEO succession : lessons from the trenches for directors
- Appendix 1: Model CEO succession planning charter
- Appendix 2: Model CEO position description
- Part II. The board's second responsibility : the right board chair
- The nonexecutive chairman : toward a shareholder value maximization role
- Great boards don't exist without great chairs
- What's in a name? The lead director role at U.S. public companies
- Appendix 3: Model board chair position description
- Part III. Who is at the board table? Board composition, dynamics, and decision-making
- Director independence, competency, and behavior
- Board behaviors : how women directors influence decision outcomes
- The state of gender diversity in boardrooms
- Every seat matters
- The art of asking questions as a director
- Board succession, evaluation, and recruitment : a global perspective
- Appendix 4: Model individual director position description
- Appendix 5: Model conflict of interest policy for directors
- Part IV. The work of the board
- Climate change and directors' duties closing the gap between legal obligation and enforcement practice
- Board oversight and climate change : what directors need to know
- Responsible boards for a sustainable future
- Corporate governance to advance business and society
- Technology and the corporate board 2020 and beyond
- Responsive governance in a digital world : the need to up-skill
- The impact of blockchain technology for corporate governance
- Blockchain : an introduction for boards of directors
- Reflections of a board chair on the Christchurch Massacre : governing social media
- Financial literacy and audit committees : a primer for directors and audit committee members
- Corporate governance in an age of populism
- A call to action for geopolitical governance
- Governing boards, risk management, and deliberative thinking
- Lawyers' advice to directors on overseeing executive pay
- Accountant's advice to company directors : directors' obligations to detect top-10 frauds
- Ten tell-tale signs of possible fraud : a director's primer
- 100 questions directors should ask when assessing the effectiveness of risk systems
- Risk oversight for directors : a practical guide
- Risk governance : leading practice and demographic impacts
- Agile governance
- The three dilemmas for creating a long-term board
- Strategic blindspots in the boardroom
- Winter is coming : the approaching human capital management storm
- The effective compensation committee
- Compensation governance and performance-based executive compensation
- Measuring and improving pay for performance : board oversight of executive pay
- Designing performance for long-term value : aligning business strategy, management structure, and incentive design
- Mind the gap : how human resources can become more integral to the corporate boardroom agenda
- Board risk and responsibility under regulatory and criminal law
- Riding between cars : the position of the corporate secretary
- Ensuring good governance and business successes in international subsidiaries
- Part V. Shareholder engagement and board accountability
- The rise of investor stewardship
- Director/shareholder meetings
- Dual-class share firms in developed market economies
- For directors : the long-term relationship between directors, companies, and institutional investors
- Proxy scorecards will empower investors
- Part VI. Not-for-profit governance
- Charitable and not-for-profit organization governance
- The best of boards, the worst of boards : the not-for-profit experience
- Fundraising best practices for not-for-profit boards of directors
- Part VII. Small and medium company governance
- Governance of small and medium-sized entities
- Private versus public company governance : top-13 questions for board members to consider
- Cannabis governance : advice for current and prospective directors in this emerging industry
- Part VIII. Global corporate governance
- Cross-border corporate governance
- Corporate governance in Asia-Pacific
- Boards of directors of Chinese companies
- The Russian corporate governance story
- CARICOM (Caribbean Community) governance
- King IV : taking corporate governance to the next level.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 20, 2020).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Print version: The handbook of board governance
- ISBN:
- 9781119537120
- 1119536995
- 9781119536994
- 1119537126
- Publisher Number:
- 99995361441
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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