Essays On Governance: 36 Critical Essays To Drive Shareholder Value and Business Growth Hardcover – June 15, 2012

Andrew Sherman and his esteemed essayists give the reader terrific insights into corporate strategy and operations through a governance lens. They bring to light a broad array of issues and share perspectives on navigating an increasingly complex board role and set of responsibilities. This is well worth the time spent reading and recommending to executive management teams and board members. As leader of a firm providing executive and board services to corporations, ensuring that all on our team have a strong understanding and appreciation of governance challenges and responsibilities is essential, and this collection of essays will make us all the more equipped.

Andrew Sherman takes on one of the great challenges facing American business today: how to translate the governance of corporate boards into lasting value and business results for the companies. Boards everywhere are rethinking their role as the world accelerates, markets become more complex, and competition is increasingly fierce, demanding higher levels of scrutiny, confidence and strategic guidance than ever before. Sherman offers the reader a rich menu of insights and essays that can help board members and executives redefine how they can remain relevant and, even more important, leverage their role and the role of governance to achieve greater business success. It's a must read of any executive looking to understand and apply fresh thinking to this complex but utterly critical area of business.