Board games
Subtitle: straight talk for new directors and good governance
By: John T. Montford and Joseph Daniel McCool ; foreword by Herb Kelleher
Contributors: McCool, Joseph Daniel, author
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 188
ISBN-13: 9781440842528
Subjects: Boards of directors; Management; Corporate governance
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-180) and index.
Table of contents: title: How to get appointed to a board when you're not a household name : bring something the board wants but doesn't have --; title: Putting shareholders first...not last : the case for dividends and the role of independent directors --; title: The hide and seek game of corporate finance : understanding balance sheets and corporate economics --; title: When bad things happen to good boards : protecting shareholders and your reputation --; title: Meeting your fiduciary responsibility : your personal declaration of independence --; title: The CEO as board chair : how aligning or separating these roles frames the game --; title: Getting CEO search and succession right the first time : don't fumble the handoff --; title: The audit committee : the board's "fire department" --; title: The fantasyland of executive compensation : directors ought to know how much is too much --; title: Cybersecurity is every director's business : why cyberattacks are existential threats --; title: The leadership that boards need now : the most critical dynamics on today's boards are human ones.