Preface

We build too many walls and not enough bridges.

—Isaac Newton

Leadership is not a person or position. It’s a complex moral relationship between people based on trust, obligation, commitment, emotion and a shared vision of a good.

—Joanne Ciulla

In a business environment that is more disruptive than ever, the board’s role is not just to avoid scandals and comply with regulations: it is to shape strategy for the company, and support and challenge the management. As a result, boards will increasingly have more intense interactions with the executive board.

If boards want to head consciously into this more active role, they will have to invest more time in their performance and functioning as a team and in how they interact with the CEO and ...

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