Running board meetings : how to get the most from them /
Author Patrick Dunne shows a rare ability to imbue a dry subject - running board meetings - with warmth and humor. The author clearly knows his topic, and walks you through the process of planning and running board meetings step by step. He covers the what, where, when, why and how, all in engaging...
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London ; Sterling, VA :
Kogan Page,
2005
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| Edition: | 3rd ed |
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Table of Contents:
- Foreword / Baroness Hogg
- Before: 'The Preparation'
- Triangulation
- What's the point?
- Who?
- How often?
- How long?
- Where?
- What about the boardroom itself?
- Where to sit?
- What information beforehand?
- When should board members receive these papers?
- How does a board calibrate the information it is provided with?
- What pre-discussion should take place?
- What should be on the agenda?
- Who should set the agenda?
- What is allowable under 'any other business'?
- Away days
- Board calendars
- How is the right atmosphere created?
- Some international comparisons
- Training
- rough guide to Higgs
- During: 'Managing the Meeting'
- What's the role of the chairman?
- So what about the chairman's role at the board meetings themselves?
- What about the chief executive or the managing director?
- What's the role of the finance director?
- What's the role of the company secretary?
- silent seether and other personae
- Presentations to the board
- Do Bono's hats
- Subcommittees
- the common ones, the relevant ones
- Dealing with disharmony
- After: 'The Follow-Up'
- What should be in the minutes?
- How should the board communicate its decisions?
- Board review
- Appendix I CHEMCO Case Study
- Appendix II. Convo Case Study
- Appendix III. Menu Style Appointment Letter for an Independent Director
- Appendix IV. rough guide to Hampel
- Appendix V. rough guide to Greenbury.