Skip to Main Content
Boards That Excel
book

Boards That Excel

by B. Joseph White
August 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
272 pages
6h 18m
English
Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Content preview from Boards That Excel

CHAPTER 1

High Aspirations and Strong Results

The Bookends of Great Governance

What is great governance? This is a question that boards seldom ask. Perhaps directors assume the answer is obvious and everyone is on the same page. I don’t think that’s the case.

In this chapter, I offer my answer to that question. I make the case that the bookends, or starting and ending points, of great governance are high aspirations for and great results by the company or organization the board is overseeing.

Directors are sometimes like the stone mason who, when asked what he is doing, replies that he is constructing a wall. Less often, they are like the mason who explains that he is building a cathedral.

It’s easy to get absorbed in the work of governance—attending ...

Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Start your free trial

You might also like

Excel Annoyances

Excel Annoyances

Curtis D. Frye
Microsoft® PowerPivot for Excel® 2010

Microsoft® PowerPivot for Excel® 2010

Marco Russo, Alberto Ferrari

Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9781626562226