Excellence in the Boardroom: Best Practices in Corporate Directorship

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Summary: Packed with Knowledge!
Review: That creaking sound you hear is Bill Dimma closing the barn door after Enron already got out. Dimma sounds a late, but nevertheless critical, wakeup call for U.S. corporations: They must institute policies of sound corporate governance at the board of directors level if they are to succeed and survive. About 80% of Fortune 500 companies combine the roles of chairman of the board and CEO, violating Dimma's rule number one - separate powers. We from getAbstract recommend that the management and directors of every one of these companies read Dimma's book and implement the measures that he prescribes.

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Summary: Practical, Relevant and Topical.
Review: With the recent and ongoing exposure of companies intent on deceiving their shareholders, the focus again turns on the practices of the Corporate Directorship. While in the current limelight, the role of Boards, their attentiveness and effectiveness in representing shareholder interests has been debated over many years. 'Excellence in the Boardroom' is a well-written book providing the practical and well founded opinions of William Dimma who draws on his actual experience serving on the Boards of over 50 companies. His experience provides such interesting insights which are way and above beyond the reach of the profusion of Academic articles suddenly appearing. The book is a valuable size-up of the criteria which make for active and involved Boards of Directors who truly represent the interests of the shareholders. Mr Dimma augments his board experiences with his practical knowledge of actually leading a number of businesses as the CEO.