Corporate Directors

Content List: Introduction to Corporate Governance The Framework of Corporate Governance Roles and Responsibilities Corporate Governance Codes and Standards Risk Management in Corporate Governance Ethical Considerations The Role of Auditors Corporate Governance in Different Contexts Emerging Trends in Corporate Governance Case Studies in Corporate Governance Future of Corporate Governance Conclusion and Key Takeaways

A new edition of the number one book in the human computer interaction field! This book seeks to chart the technology-fueled changes taking place in the field of corporate governance and describes the impact these changes are having on boards and the enterprises they govern. It also describes what the future could look like once companies truly embrace the power of technology to change governance. Additionally, this book will provide a set of "suggested action steps" for companies and their boards focused on ways they can leverage technology tools to enhance governance immediately.

In Landing a Corporate Board Position, Carla’s invaluable guide to landing a board role offers the encouragement, candor, and trustworthy insights you would expect from your closest friend—provided that friend happens to be an expert on how to realize your dream of becoming a director. She writes with the wisdom and clarity acquired en route to securing her corporate board role. Along the way, Carla dispels the myths surrounding this elusive process that might otherwise baffle and discourage aspiring directors and unravels the mysteries of how to enhance every facet of your board ...

Major Larry Randall has been called to Pluto to retrieve Dr. Aaron Mikelson. Mikelson, no longer human after a horrific accident, is now melded to an AI. His enhanced senses have detected an alien artifact on Pluto’s surface, and he’s not leaving without it. Transferred to the research vessel studying Pluto, Randall and the other scientists are stumped as to the artifact’s purpose and origin. Looking for similar signs of aliens they make their way to Pluto’s moon, Charon, where, buried deep under its icy surface, something stirs―and wakes.

A New York Times bestselling author and veteran board member offers an insider's view of corporate boards, their struggles, and why they must adapt to survive. Corporate boards are under great pressure. Scandals and malpractice at companies like Theranos, WeWork, Uber, and Wells Fargo have...

Boards don’t fail because they lack information. They fail because they lose energy - and with it, momentum. Most boards begin the year with urgency. Then the plot changes. By mid-year, meetings turn into “status updates.” Risk becomes something to be “noted.” Strategy becomes something to “revisit.” And by Q4, the board sprints—making late decisions under pressure, paying a premium in attention, trust, and options. That pattern has a shape: the Board Activity U-Curve. The Boardroom Story is a practical governance method for breaking that curve—without pretending you can ...

Women on corporate boards is strictly a business issue. Independent research studies demonstrate that public companies with women on their boards are more profitable, more productive, and their workforce is better engaged. Even more compelling, shareholders large and small have the best chance for positive returns on their investments when women are on the boards.

The Board Game presents the undeniable case for having more women corporate directors at the decision-making tables of America's public companies. Fifty-eight women directors tell how they won their first board seats. From her executive-search perspective, author Betsy Berkhemer-Credaire gives valuable advice to women at all career stages - so YOU, your sisters, your mothers, and your daughters will have a chance to win The Board Game.

🔥 One kiss at a Coldplay concert. Twenty-three seconds that went viral. A scandal that became a love story for the ages. Camille Hart has always played by the rules. As Chief People Officer at one of Manhattan's hottest tech startups, she knows better than anyone that mixing business with pleasure is career suicide. Especially when the pleasure involves her devastatingly attractive CEO—who happens to be married. But Ethan Blake isn't just her boss. He's dangerously magnetic, brilliantly ruthless, and completely off-limits. Until his wife backs out of a corporate-sponsored Coldplay ...

Learn the 25 keys to the role of the Board of Directors and the important points in helping to guide the Board's policy and strategy. The Board of Directors is part of the New York Times Pocket MBA Series, a 12-volume reference tool for all businesspersons.

Melissa Wycroft is FemTech’s new shrink director. Her job: match high-level executives with shrunken playthings to ward off job fatigue. Taylor Jackson is the first exec to try the service. Her first toys: Adam and Emily!