Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top

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Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top
by Jay A. Conger, Edward E., III Lawler, David Finegold, III, Edward E. Lawler
from Jossey-Bass

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• A must read for board directors
  This is a must read for every board director. Newly-electeds will find a treasure trove of important material; experienced directors will find data to either support or challenge their beliefs on corporate governance.

  Bruce R. Ellig
  Corporate Vice President HR (retired)
  Pfizer, Inc.

• Best Source for Corporate Board Effectiveness
  In my role advising mid- and senior-level management of Fortune 100 companies, I found this book by Conger, Lawler and Finegold to be of immediate value.

  "Corporate Boards: New Strategies for Adding Value at the Top" is positioned towards people who are perhaps on boards or who are executives dealing with boards. The authors are extremely credible, having dealt with and advised senior leadership from nearly every Fortune 100 company.

  This book really brings together in one source all you need to know... more info

• Excellent resource for both CEOs and Board members
  Insightful and immediately useful. Having served in many of the roles that the book touches upon--CEO, Board Member, Chairman--I find that unlike other business strategy books, authors Conger, Lawler and Finegold provide a straightforward and powerful vision by which today's board can function much more effectively. If my own experience in using this resource within the boards I am involved in is any indication, any board that reads this book and implements its teachings will improve its effectiveness... more info

• Coporate Boards
  I am not a businessman, so I haven't read too many books on management, but I certainly am glad I read this one. I'm a scientist in the process of putting together a small biotech company. I have recently been turning to friends in the coporate wold as well as those still in B-school for advice about business structuring. When I asked about developing an effective board, one of them recommended this book by Conger, Lawler, and Finegold....what a education. The book deals with the basics of board structure,... more info

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