Leading the Board The Six Disciplines of

Being the chairman of a company isthetop job. Forget the hyperbole and hero-worship surrounding CEOs, it is the world's chairmen who call the real corporate shots. It is chairmen who hire and fire CEOs. Little wonder that some CEOs choose to neuter the chairman by combining the two roles. Leading the Boardprovides unique and powerful insights into what it takes to succeed as a chairman leading a modern organization. Based on global research, the leading business academics and consultants Andrew and Nada Kakabadse unveil the six disciplines of world class chairmen. As the chairman's role becomes increasingly recognized as the pre-eminent leadership role within organizations,Leading the Boardwill become the standard work of reference and inspiration for the world's chairmen and would-be chairmen, as well as those seeking to better understand boardroom dynamics.

ANDREW KAKABADSE is Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield University School of Management, UK, and a member of the Supervisory Board for EABiS. He has published 26 books, over 145 articles and 16 monographs.

NADA KAKABADSE is Professor in Management and Business Research at Northampton Business School in the UK. She is Editor of the Corporate Governance journal and co-editor of the Journal of Management Development. Nada has acted as consultant to numerous public and private sector organizations.

Together they have extensively researched and published in the areas of leadership, boards, governance and outsourcing. Previous publications include The Geopolitics of Governance, Smart Sourcing: International Best Practice, Essence of Leadership and Intimacy: An International Survey of the Sex Lives of People at Work.

List of figures	p. x
List of tables	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii
About the authors	p. xvi
Foreword	p. xvii
Our argument and research	p. xviii
About the book	p. xx
Introduction: The rise, fall, and rise of the chairman	p. 1
Who's in charge?	p. 2
The chair leader	p. 6
Birth of the firm	p. 8
Different models...same driver	p. 11
School for scandal	p. 13
The loneliest chair	p. 14
Key points	p. 16
Delineating boundaries	p. 18
Governance: chairman as soul provider	p. 20
The CEO mandate: what CEOs do	p. 21
Discretionary choice: shaping leadership	p. 24
Role duality: between schizophrenia and focus	p. 28
Role separation	p. 30
Visions, dreams, and strategies	p. 33
The board team: mix and match	p. 36
Key points	p. 45
Sense making	p. 47
Start with passion	p. 48
Acknowledge diversity	p. 49
Studying chemistry	p. 51
Delineate strategic responsibilities	p. 53
Canvass reality	p. 56
Review progress	p. 59
Encourage feedback	p. 60
Sense damaging	p. 61
Sullen silence	p. 65
Breaking the cycle	p. 66
Key points	p. 69
Interrogating the argument	p. 71
Breaking down the argument	p. 74
Positioning the argument	p. 78
Managing expectations	p. 79
Discussing the issues	p. 82
Reworking the argument	p. 85
Key points	p. 89
Influencing outcomes	p. 91
Surfacing sentiments	p. 93
Working through divisive emotions	p. 102
Oratory skills	p. 103
Focusing on the salient points	p. 106
Thinking several meetings ahead	p. 109
Not the darker side	p. 111
Key points	p. 111
Living the values	p. 113
Actions speak louder	p. 115
Trust, truth, and Enron	p. 118
What you think of me	p. 121
Who cares what you think of me!	p. 123
Right and wrong	p. 124
Responsibility of the corporation	p. 128
Know your organization	p. 131
Know yourself	p. 134
Key points	p. 135
Developing the board	p. 137
Board assessment and review	p. 137
The power of profiling	p. 141
The ambitious but angry board	p. 145
Director development	p. 155
Development of the chairman	p. 156
Picking your guru	p. 161
The transition factor	p. 163
Growing the talent pool	p. 170
Key points	p. 172
On being world class The six disciplines at work	p. 174
Clarity of purpose	p. 175
Bringing balance to the board	p. 177
Beyond compliance: leading governance	p. 181
The bucks stop here: integrity checks	p. 185
Accountable today and tomorrow	p. 192
The new agenda	p. 196
Bad chairmen	p. 200
The ultimate test	p. 201
Notes	p. 203
Index	p. 209
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