{"product_id":"board-talk-18-crucial-conversations-that-count-inside-and-outside-the-boardroom-paperback","title":"Board Talk: 18 Crucial Conversations That Count Inside and Outside the Boardroom - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKathryn Bishop\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGillian Camm\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe crucial conversations every board should be having. Discover how as a board member, you can know what's really going on, and what you can do about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn accessible guide to the business of being a board director, through the lens of 18 crucial conversations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do you understand what is really going on in an organisation, so you can exercise the oversight that is required from you?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow do you overcome the information asymmetry problem, where the executive directors know more about the operation than you do?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow will you collaborate as a board to set the right strategic direction in a context that changes constantly?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow will you see the organisation through the eyes of your advisors, your employees and your key stakeholders?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow can you manage the risks you know about as well as the ones you don't?\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eYour best tool for all of this is conversation - about the right topics, with the right people, at the right time. This book shows you what these conversations need to cover and how to make them count. Whether you are a new director of a PLC, a long-standing Trustee of a charity, or a governor of an educational institution, this book will help you and your colleagues become the board your organisation needs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathryn Bishop and Gillian Camm\u003c\/strong\u003e each have many decades operating at board level in listed and private companies, charities, government boards, professional services firms and educational establishments. They have blended this with their experience of selecting, developing, and teaching non-executives, and underpinned it with a carefully curated selection of the most relevant and usable board research together with their own research insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKathryn Bishop CBE has served on boards in England and Wales in the public and charity sectors, including at the UK Intellectual Property Office, the Border Agency and Welsh Government as well as in schools and at university level. As an Associate Fellow at the Said Business School at the University of Oxford, she works with boards of global organisations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGillian Camm has extensive experience on boards in the private and public sector, as a director, non-executive and chair. She has worked with investors, regulators and consumer groups and on reviewing and re-developing systems of governance, including the Camm Review of university governance in Wales and the GMC following the Shipman Inquiry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51779388080416,"sku":"9781788604147","price":31.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/30e2e9acd42a983e2335f102bef3d5e7_ae06ae33-f982-43de-b49c-24560317032f.webp?v=1780516388","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/board-talk-18-crucial-conversations-that-count-inside-and-outside-the-boardroom-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}