"The Jossey-Bass business & management series"--P. [v].

Includes bibliographical references (p. 469-500) and index.

Introduction : Leveraging your board's leadership capability / Jay A. Conger -- Leadership : the key to effective boards / Jay W. Lorsch -- Why your board needs a non-executive chair / Jay A. Conger and Edward E. Lawler III -- The joint CEO/chairperson leadership issue in sharp relief / Dan R. Dalton -- First among equals : leading your fellow directors as a board chair / Katharina Pick -- Appraising your board's performance / Jay A. Conger and Edward E. Lawler III -- Getting the right directors on your board / Richard Leblanc -- Women directors in the boardroom : adding value, making a difference / Sarah Smith Orr -- Your board's crucial role in aligning CEO pay and performance / Roger W. Raber -- Managing the CEO's succession : the challenge facing your board / Joseph L. Bower -- Beyond best practices : revisiting the board's role in CEO succession / Mark B. Nadler -- Ending the CEO succession crisis / Ram Charan -- How your board can leverage team practices for better performance / Elise Walton -- What your board needs to know : early warning signs that provide insight to what is really going on in companies / Sydney Finkelstein -- Globalizing the company board : lessons from China's Lenovo / Michael Useem and Neng Liang -- Conventional wisdom, conventional mythology, and the true character of board governance / Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld and Andrew Ward.