Boards That Deliver Av Ram (Dallas Texas) Charan

Finally, a book that brings the vision of truly good governance down to earth. Ram Charan, expert in corporate governance and best-selling author, packs this book with useful tools and techniques to take boards and their companies to a higher level of performance. Charan puts his finger on a growing problem for boards: the disconnect between directors'' efforts and their results. The added time and attention boards invest is not translating into better governance¿that is, governance that adds value to the business. <p><b>Boards That Deliver</b> gets beyond the rhetoric of corporate governance reform. It captures the tried-and-true practices used by high-performance boards. In contrast to experts who base prescriptions on number-crunching exercises, Charan identifies the real problems that drain directors'' time and suppress their best judgments¿and explains clearly and succinctly how boards can solve those problems. These battle-tested solutions help boards achieve what rules and regul