Thin On Top: Why Corporate Governance Matters and How to Measure and Improve Board Performance: Why Corporate Governance Matters & How to Measure and Improve Board Performance - Hardcover

Garratt, Bob

9781857883190: Thin On Top: Why Corporate Governance Matters and How to Measure and Improve Board Performance: Why Corporate Governance Matters & How to Measure and Improve Board Performance

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857883195 ISBN 13: 9781857883190

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2003

Taking readers behind the boardroom door, Thin on Top issues a wake-up call to directors and executives, government regulators and lobbyists, owners and investors, about what it will take to break the cycle of corporate misdeeds, professionalise directing, reduce corruption and ensure a civil society. Garratt advocates a back-to-basics approach based on the centuries-old value of good governance - accountability, honesty and transparency to owners -whether public or private - as he demystifies the role of the CEO, debunks the three most widely-held organizational myths about the limits of openness and personal power and details a system of metrics to measure and manage a new set of competencies for the board, its directors, and the company as a whole. Rigorous application of these alone will prevent most of the directoral disasters we read about in our daily newspapers.

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Review:

"Garratt does not mince his words...does exactly what it says on the cover and should be on every director’s desk." -- Carol Kennedy, Director, May 2003

"If you are serious about leading your business on to a healthy and robust future, get hold of a copy right away." -- Stefan Stern, Business Voice, May 2003

About the Author:

Bob Garratt advises corporate leaders on director development and strategic thinking as head of his own consulting firm, Board Performance. An associate of the Judge Institute of Management at Cambridge, he is also a visiting professor of the Management School at Imperial College. He is Chairman of Media Projects International in London and of Organization Development Ltd in Hong Kong. His previous books include The Learning Organization, Learning to Lead, Developing Strategic Thought and The Fish Rots from the Head.

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