Back to the Drawing Board: Designing Corporate Boards for a Complex World

This timely book argues that boards are being pressed to perform unrealistic duties given their traditional structure, processes, and membership. Carter and Lorsch propose a strategic redesign of boards-making them better attuned to their oversight, decision-making, and advisory roles-to enable directors to successfully meet twenty-first century challenges.

Based on the authors’ deep expertise and longtime experience working with boards around the world, and on a probing … [ Read more ]