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NEW FROM RALPH WARD AND BOARDROOM INSIDER! The New Boardroom Leaders Publication Date: 10/30/2008 - Prager Publishers List Price: $44.95 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95) U.S. boards must now meet without management, key committees have tough new independence rules, and all board members now face an unavoidable legal responsibility to provide truly independent oversight. The result is an urgent demand that corporate boards for the first time develop their own leaders from within. The new book The New Boardroom Leaders explains how. What should a lead director's job description include? When is a "separate" chair not an "independent" chair? How do you shape an agenda for meetings of independent directors? How do CEOs and the new board leaders divide their roles? How much power should a separate board leader really have? The New Boardroom Leaders offers the first inside look at how board leaders actually do their jobs, based on extensive interviews and research. This is practical advice from real board leaders on what works in their boardrooms, what doesn't, and what they expect in the future. ISBN: 0-313-35300-X ISBN-13: 978-0-313-35300-0 For ordering or review copies of The New Boardroom Leaders, click here.  Also from Ralph Ward... Saving the Corporate Board In Saving the Corporate Board, Ralph Ward mixes tart, insightful analogies (what do boards have in common with volunteer fire departments, Goofus and Gallant, the U.S. Electoral College... and Howard Hughes?) with proven nuts-and-bolts advice for putting any board back on track (what are the "10 reasons why corporate boards suck"?). In Saving the Corporate Board, Ralph Ward rolls up his sleeves and offers compelling, fresh ideas for solid corporate governance. 2003 - John Wiley & Sons - $34.95 CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW! IMPROVING CORPORATE BOARDS the Boardroom INSIDER Guidebook From Boardroom INSIDER, the hot online newsletter for better boards and better directors, comes Improving Corporate Boards, packed with real-world advice from the people who make our most effective corporate boards succeed.  PLUS: An exclusive CD of interactive Boardroom INSIDER Checklists you can use to shape your own "best practice" board. 2000 - John Wiley & Sons - $39.95  CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW!   21st CENTURY CORPORATE BOARD The first major book to put the worldwide boardroom revolution in perspective! 21st Century Corporate Board has won applause for turning the history -- and future -- of US top management into a fascinating, insightful tale. A must for any new director or corporate observer. 1997, John Wiley & Sons - $39.95   CLICK HERE TO ORDER NOW!