The recent scrutiny of board practices has focused on compliance with legal standards, but that's only a small step toward creating effective boards. This book ... » 

The recent scrutiny of board practices has focused on compliance with legal standards, but that's only a small step toward creating effective boards. This book provides a blueprint for turning boards into high-performance teams which know how to balance the very different roles of Board and Management. Based on Mercer Delta's work with major global clients (including Xerox, PepsiCo, Bristol-Myers-Squibb, Merrill Lynch, Continental Airlines, Best Western, and Corning), an annual corporate director survey conducted jointly with USC's Center for Effective Organizations, and research from the National Association of Corporate Directors, the book provides unique access and insights into the real-world experiences of top boards. The book addresses the issues that have the greatest effect on a board's success: building a team, assessing strengths and weaknesses, determining roles and processes, accessing essential information, changing corporate culture, mapping strategies, CEO performance and succession, and more. Governance in Europe and Canada, along with the US, will be covered extensively. «