... them. Design/methodology/approach The author offers a five‐point process for effectively engaging a board of directors on strategy that he developed working together with corporate leaders. Findings When the CEO thinks through this process and engages the directors, the board...

... it easier for stakeholders to address the problem and take action and for boards to select the right candidates for leadership roles, a critical board responsibility. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Leadership Boards of Directors Stakeholder analysis Over the past few years...

... performance monitoring and for adapting strategy to unanticipated changes during strategy execution. Boards of Directors Recruitment Education Corporate strategy Decision making In their McKinsey Quarterly article “Shaping strategy from the boardroom,” Dennis Carney and Michael...

... and mergers Boards of Directors Mergers between nonprofits are increasing – spurred to a degree by the potential for increased organizational effectiveness and the ongoing financial pressures faced by nonprofit organizations. This trend, coupled with the increased public scrutiny of nonprofit boards...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Boards of directors Leadership Governance In Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World (Harvard Business School Press, 2004), Colin B. Carter and Jay W. Lorsch, contend that the root cause of failure...

... development is called the “strategic choice process”; it has six steps, with the CEO and his/her team leading the way. Chief executives Boards of directors Corporate governance Corporate strategy There is, however, a middle position, one that we call value‐added engagement. In this approach...

... be developed? Which factors most motivate or deter directors? What most affects a director's individual performance? The authors describe six factors that can enhance the performance of board members and augment company performance as a whole. Keywords: Boards of directors, Corporate governance...