Reinventing Your Board (J-B Carver Board Governance Series)1 review John Carver, Miriam Carver Jossey-Bass, 2006 REINVENTION of Reinventing Your Board I have not yet completed reading this new edition so this is initial views only. I have closely read and noted changes in a couple of chapters. First impressions are that the language has got less formal and therefore the book is greatly more readable, and less formidable for the first time serious ...             Revolt in the Boardroom: The New Rules of Power in Corporate America2 reviews Alan Murray Collins Business, 2007 The New Rules of Power in Corporate America Although I have known about corruption and absolute power at the top of big companies this book reinforces what I have known. CEO's are there to regulate the board and the board protects the stockholders. That is what is supposed to be not, you wash my back and I'll wash yours.             Boards That Deliver: Advancing Corporate Governance From Compliance to Competitive Advantage5 reviews Ram Charan Jossey-Bass, 2005 Elevation + Read this to demystify the world of the Board + Insights on board development + Helpful guidance for boards that want to be more than rubber stamps for their CEO + Enlightened Corporate Governance             Corporate Governance Best Practices: Strategies for Public, Private, and Not-for-Profit Organizations1 review Frederick D. Lipman, L.Keith Lipman Wiley, 2006 A Very Informative Book I agree with the following endorsements: "A thorough and thoughtful guidebook on the governance lay of the land." -Professor Charles M. Elson, Woolard Chair in Corporate Governance and Director of Weinberg Center for Corporate Governance, University of Delaware "Frederick Lipman provides a ...             The Recurrent Crisis in Corporate Governance2 reviews Ira Millstein, Paul W. MacAvoy Stanford Business Books, 2004 Compelling! + Compliance and Conviction As difficult as it is to make an argument regarding the economic impact corporate governance policies and procedures may have, this book makes a compelling arguement that good governance results in more profit. The combination of real life experience provided by Ira Millstein with the academic ...             Boards That Make a Difference: A New Design for Leadership in Nonprofit and Public Organizations (J-B Carver ...6 reviews John Carver Jossey-Bass, 1997 Essential for public boards seeking to lead strategically + Very Helpful + A must-have for not-for-profits! + Accessible, Codified Common Sense             Corporate Governance4 reviews Robert A.G. Monks, Nell Minow Wiley, 2003 This fascinating governance "encyclopedia" has it all! + Compliance and Conviction + An academically oriented book. If you want a single-volume resource on the topic of corporate governance, I urge you to beg, borrow, steal--or better yet, in the spirit of free enterprise, buy with a click from Amazon--Corporate Governance, now heading for another printing due to popular demand. Monks, a former Labor Department ...             Guide to Nonprofit Corporate Governance in the Wake of Sarbanes-Oxley1 review ABA Coordinating Committee on Nonprofit Goverance American Bar Association, 2006 For Nonprofit Policy Wonks Clear, concise, and to the point. This little book is the word on how nonprofits can comply with SarBox.             Building Better Boards: A Blueprint for Effective Governance2 reviews David A. Nadler, Beverly Behan, ... Jossey-Bass, 2005 Must-Read for Today's Business Executive and Shareholders Alike + Thoughtful and timely With the increased scrutiny on company accounting practices, executive compensation, and the Board's role in setting strategy, this book on corporate governance is an extremely timely and important one. The authors thoughtfully detail the issues Boards face, how best to work with CEOs and plan for ...             What Is Corporate Governance? (The Mcgraw-Hill What Is) John L. Colley, Wallace Stettinius, ... McGraw-Hill, 2004 A comprehensive overview of one of today's most important and controversial topics The need for sound corporate governance is the #1 item on many people's agendas today, from corporate directors and decision makers to investors looking to shield themselves from the next Enron-type disaster. But what exactly constitutes sound governance? And what should directors and managers do to ensure ...             Corporate Governance at the Crossroads: A Book of Readings (Irwin Mcgraw Hill Series in Finance, Insurance ... Donald H. Chew, Stuart L. Gillan McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2004 Behind today�s startling global spate of corporate scandals lies an even more alarming breakdown in corporate. governance. Corporate Governance at the Crossroads features 40 articles by leading scholars and practitioners. that examine the role of directors, controversial compensation plans, accounting and reporting issues, and. more. Roundtable discussions highlight recent realities and ...             CarverGuide, Board Self-Assessment (J-B Carver Board Governance Series) John Carver Jossey-Bass, 1997 Offers a novel whole-systems approach to this primary task by outlining the guiding principles of successful self-assessment. Your board will learn how to craft a policy that will spell out its job description and plan its conduct. In addidtion, it will learn how it can best implement self-assessment to see if it is doing its job and acting as it had planned.             Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards4 reviews Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, ... Wiley, 2004 Governance as Leadership + Governance as Leadership. + Governance as Leadership + Governance as Leadership             Corporate Governance : The McGraw-Hill Executive MBA Series John L. Colley, Jacqueline L. Doyle, ... McGraw-Hill, 2003 Everyone from investors to employees to executives is asking what corporations can do to begin effectively governing themselves. Corporate Governance explores how directors must deal with internal events from strategy formulation to executive compensation, and external events from hostile takeover attempts to shareholder activism. Based on a course of the same name at the Darden School of ...             The Essays of Warren Buffett : Lessons for Corporate America93 reviews Warren E. Buffett The Cunningham Group, 2001 Best book to read if you want to learn from the master + There's only one Warren Buffett + A fantastic resource + Essays on Warren + Good             CarverGuide, Basic Principles of Policy Governance (J-B Carver Board Governance Series)2 reviews John Carver, Miriam Carver Jossey-Bass, 1996 Excellent overview of Carver's Policy Governance theory . + Carver guides are very god for the non profit board This first in a 12-part series of general guides on Policy Governance is a great introduction to author John Carver's new approach to nonprofit board development. Basically, this approach clearly separates the roles of board and staff as they go about their separate but related jobs of ...             The Imperfect Board Member: Discovering the Seven Disciplines of Governance Excellence3 reviews Jim Brown Jossey-Bass, 2006 Moving Board Members From Meddling to Monitoring + The Imperfect Board Member + Engaging and Educational Jim Brown nails it. With big print, mind-grabbing graphics and a story line in the tradition of Ken Blanchard and Patrick Lencioni books, you'll value the author's seven disciplines in this leadership fable about business boards, nonprofit boards and faith-based boards. Example: "The best ...             The Perfect Board5 reviews Calvin K. Clemons Synergy Books, 2005 Well Written and Informative + Whew! I needed this book! + The Perfect Guide for the Perfect Board Member + The Perfect Board is a 'Perfect Resource' + All you ever need to know about serving on a Board of Directors             Corporate Governance (2nd Edition)1 review Kenneth A Kim, John R. Nofsinger Prentice Hall, 2006 Excellent introductory book on CG This is an easy to read, well laid out book that is very straightforward and practical. It covers most of the crucial areas of corporate governance in 90 pages. I'm using this book for my undergraduate course on Corporate Governance course. The best part of the books is a number of examples from ...             Political Power and Corporate Control: The New Global Politics of Corporate Governance3 reviews Peter A. Gourevitch, James Shinn Princeton University Press, 2005 Groundbreaking Guide on the Direction of Corporate Governance and Society + Highly Innovative and Enlightening Comparison of Corporate Governance Systems + Unveiling the links. According to Gourevitch and Shinn, "corporate governance - the authority structure of a firm - lies at the heart of the most important issues of society"... such as "who has claim to the cash flow of the firm, who has a say in its strategy and its allocation of resources." The corporate ...