The Fish Rots from the Head: The Crisis in Our Boardrooms: Developing the Crucial Skills of the Competent Director

A companys success or failure depends much on the performance of its board, yet the vast majority of directors admit they have had no training for their role and are not sure what it entails. As boards activities are made increasingly transparent under national and international lawƒ??particularly following the recent corporate scandalsƒ??there is an urgent need for directors competencies to be developed. In this book Bob Garratt clarifies and integrates the roles and tasks of the director. He argues that directors must develop a broader mindset to deal with the uncertainty of higher-level issues such as policy formulation, strategy, supervision of management, and accountability. In doing so, Garratt provides a program of learning for all directors.