Building a Board of Advisers


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Who Administers Your Board?

By Ralph Ward |  Jan 1, 1999

If a good board is important to your company, why leave its administration a part-time afterthought? More companies are aiming for boardroom excellence wi...  Read more

The Start-Up Board

By Ralph Ward |  Jan 1, 1999

Randal Walti, head of Oaktree Consulting in Rancho Palos Verde, Calif., specializes in CEO coaching, but he's also been a director of more start-up compan...  Read more

Let Some Outsiders Govern the Family Business

By Ralph Ward |  Jan 1, 1999

A productive, tough-minded, independent board of directors is just the ticket for many family-owned businesses -- but unfortunately few ever get one. "It'...  Read more

Turn Your Directors into Floor Walkers

By Ralph Ward |  Jan 1, 1999

Directors walk the walk if they're on the board of Atlanta-based handyman giant Home Depot. The HD board sets itself a formal requirement that ea...  Read more

Tips for Board Benchmarking

By Ralph Ward |  Jan 1, 1999

Benchmarking is making its way out of corporate TQM programs and into the boardroom where it can help you develop your own best practices in corporate gov...  Read more

Shopping for Board Members

By Stephanie L Gruner |  Aug 1, 1997

When Steve Joyce, one of four founders at two-year-old Ganymede Software, in Morrisville, N.C., wentshopping for advisory- and formal-board members, he di...  Read more

In Practice: Boardroom Confessions

By Stephanie L. Gruner |  Aug 1, 1997

Ever wondered what goes on behind boardroom doors? Below, CEOS share the secrets of the care--and feeding--of boards: What if my board memb...  Read more

Boards That Are Not Bored

By Bradley Feld |  Feb 1, 1997

Every large public company has a board of directors. The news is filled with stories about prominent people joiningboards, about boards kicking out presid...  Read more