{"product_id":"owning-up-the-14-questions-every-board-member-needs-to-ask","title":"Owning Up: The 14 Questions Every Board Member Needs to Ask","description":"\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe subprime mortgage caught many financial service giants unaware and reached far beyond trading desks all the way to their boardrooms. Indeed, despite their best efforts to govern properly, boards of directors throughout almost an entire industry missed a critical issue and compounded that problem by not having robust succession planning to stem the crisis. Can boards do better? This books answers with an emphatic \"Yes\", Some boards are already doing all the right things. Leadership guru Charan describes the best emerging practices for boards, with real examples of how some of the best in the business solve today's thorniest boardroom problems. Charan helps readers determine whether their boards are owning up to governance by asking the most vital questions, including:\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDoes our board act with the understanding that shareholders, analysts and the media will look to it (and not just the CEO) if performance is sub-par?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIs this board more effective than the competitors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAre we behaving as if we own the business to make money for the long haul?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow do we deal with imminent threats to the business?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDo we know who our next CEO will be?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAre we paying for the performance we're getting?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHow do we keep the board evergreen?\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTable of Contents:\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eForeword by Jack Krol\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Boards Need Now\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion is the Composition of the Board Right for the Challenge?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Are We Addressing the Risks that Could Put Our Company over the Cliff?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion Are We Prepared to Do Our Job Well When a Crisis Erupts?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion Are We Well Enough Prepared to Name Our Next CEO?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Well Does the Board Own the Strategy?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Can We Get the Information We Need to Govern Well?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Can Our Board Get CEO Compensation Right?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion Why Do We Need a Lead Director Anyway?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion is Our governance committee Best of Breed?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Do We Get the Most Value out of Our Limited Time?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Can Executive Sessions Improve the Ownership Function of the Board?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Can Our Board Self-Evaluation Improve Our Functioning and Our Output?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Do We Stop from Micromanaging?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eQuestion How Well Prepared Are We to Work with Activist Shareholders and Their Proxies?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Best of Used books","offers":[{"title":"Used","offer_id":44276763885825,"sku":"2CBJBH682-Used","price":199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/4299\/0495\/products\/OwningUp.jpg?v=1627237116","url":"https:\/\/bestofusedbooks.com\/products\/owning-up-the-14-questions-every-board-member-needs-to-ask","provider":"Best Of Used Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}