Research and Markets: Boardroom Realities - Creating a Healthier Balance of Power between the CEO and the Board

DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/03e2fc/boardroom_realitie) has
announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new report "Boardroom
Realities: Building Leaders Across Your Board" to their offering.

In recent years, new boardroom practices have emerged which aim to strengthen
the leadership role of directors. Their goal is simple - to create a healthier
balance of power between the CEO and the board. The critical question is whether
these practices really work. This book assembles the biggest names in the study
of board governance as well as corporate board members themselves to address the
critical questions that corporate boards face today. Contributors include
academics such as Joseph Bower, Jay Lorsch, Sydney Finkelstein, Ed Lawler,
Richard Leblanc, Charles Olsen, Dan Dalton, Michael Useem, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
and board consultants such as Mark Nadler, Elise Walton, and researchers such as
Kathrina Pick.

Key Topics Covered:

Introduction: Leveraging Your Board's Leadership Capability (Jay A. Conger).

PART ONE: LEADERSHIP IN YOUR BOARDROOM.

* Leadership: The Key to Effective Boards (Jay W. Lorsch).
* Why Your Board Needs a Non-Executive Chair (Jay A. Conger and Edward E. Lawler
III).
* The Joint CEO/Chairperson Leadership Issue in Sharp Relief (Dan R. Dalton and
Catherine M. Dalton).
* First Among Equals: Leading Your Fellow Directors as a Board Chair (Katharina
Pick).

PART TWO: TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR YOUR BOARD.

* Appraising Your Board's Performance (Jay A. Conger and Edward E. Lawler III).
* Getting the Right Directors on Your Board (Richard Leblanc).
* Women Directors in the Boardroom: Adding Value, Making a Difference (Sarah
Smith Orr).
* Your Board's Crucial Role in Aligning CEO Pay and Performance (Roger W.
Raber).

PART THREE: CEO SUCCESSION: THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FACING YOUR BOARD.

* Managing the CEO's Succession: The Challenge Facing Your Board (Joseph L.
Bower).
* Beyond Best Practices: Revisiting the Board's Role in CEO Succession (Mark B.
Nadler).
* Ending the CEO Succession Crisis (Ram Charan).

PART FOUR: IMPROVING YOUR BOARD'S PERFORMANCE AND IMPACT.

* How Your Board Can Leverage Team Practices for Better Performance (Elise
Walton).
* What Your Board Needs to Know: Early Warning Signs That Provide Insight to
What Is Really Going on in Companies (Sydney Finkelstein).
* Globalizing the Company Board: Lessons from China's Lenovo (Michael Useem and
Neng Liang).

PART FIVE: CONCLUSION.

* Conventional Wisdom, Conventional Mythology, and the True Character of Board
Governance (Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward).

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