Making Boards Work - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0075528347 ISBN 13: 9780075528340

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Making extensive use of Canadian case studies drawn from their own experiences, authors David Leighton and Donald Thain illustrate the many challenges facing those involved in governance and offer practical solutions. Making Boards Work will help directors and shareholders alike to:

better understand the challenges and potential rewards of governance
evaluate a board's strengths and improvement needs
establish guidelines for an effective chairman and director's code of conduct
manage dissent among directors to make it constructive
understand why boards fail
turn around a weak board

The book also serves as an "insider's look at boards for those who have not had first-hand experience and
need an introduction to how boards work.

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David Leighton is Nabisco Brands Professor Emeritus at Ivey Business School. He has an MBA and DBA from Harvard, LLD degrees from Windsor and Queen's. He has served as Chairman of Nabisco Brands Ltd., and as a board member of numerous corporations, including Gulf Canada, Rio Algom, Telemedia, Montreal Trust, GSW, Scott's Hospitality, GW Utilities, Camco, INC., and Cambridge Shopping Centres. He was president and CEO of the Banff Centre for 13 years. Donald Thain is Magna International Professor Emeritus at Ivey Business School. He has an MBA and DBA from Harvard Business School and is a prolific author, lecturer and consultant. He has served as board chairman of Lawson and Jones Ltd., and as a director of a number of Canadian publicly-listed companies, including Cooper Canada, Goodyear Canada, Lawson and Jones Ltd., and as director of a number of Canadian publicly-listed companies, including Cooper Canada, Goodyear Canada, Lawson Mardon Group, Silcorp, Denison Mines, and GW Utilities. He has also served on the boards of several privately-owned companies.

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"This book is a significant contributor to the evolution of better corporate governance in Canada."
- Purdy Crawford, Q.C., Chairman, Imasco Limited

"A tremendous book... I wish I'd had this book when I started out as a director."
-J.Allyn Taylor, O.C., Former Chairman, Canada Trust Company

"I strongly commend this book to anyone interested in the way our corporations are governed. It should be "must" reading for board members, shareholders, managers, politicians, and government officials interested in making the capitalist system in Canada work better."
-Arden R. Haynes, O.C., Former chairman, CEO, and president of Imperial Oil Limited

"Making Boards Work should be on the shelf of every corporate library in Canada."
-James Gillies, Ph.D., LL.B., Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Business, York University

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• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0075528347
• ISBN 13: 9780075528340
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