It’s scary in the boardroom. Global board members now face punishing hand's-on oversight demands for risk, technology, liability, diversity and sustainability. Yet the "board of directors" system, our universal governance model, was never designed for such a demanding, tactical role. Board members urgently need solid tips, tools, and advice to make this exploding governance transition survivable.

Ralph’s new book gathers these first-hand, best-practice "boardroom hacks" from around the world -- intelligence that boards must have now to do a better oversight job, with less time, less effort, and fewer legal dangers. These are “how to” insights from front-line board members, CEOs, corporate staffers, top consultants and legal advisors. Such intelligence is learned the hard way, through trial and error in most boardrooms. Now, readers can discover this valuable boardsmanship insight, collected in a single volume. Topics include…What are the hottest new demands on boards (tech oversight, risk, ESG, etc.), and how are boards managing them? How on earth does a director absorb the huge amount of data, reports and research required for governance now? How board committees are taking on the heavy lifting of oversight, and blueprints for committee management. How smart boards and staff are turning technology, online board portals and meetings, and AI into practical tools to shake up meetings. What sticky “behind boardroom doors” leadership, liability, personal and process flashpoints bring the most danger, and how are directors resolving them?

Ralph Ward is an internationally recognized speaker, writer, and advisor on the role of boards of directors, how “benchmark” boards excel, setting personal boardroom goals, and the future of governance worldwide. Ward is publisher of the online newsletter Boardroom INSIDER, the worldwide source for practical, first-hand tips for better boards and directors (www.boardroominsider.com). He also edits The Corporate Board magazine (www.corporateboard.com) the nation's leading corporate governance journal, with subscribers who are directors and senior officers across the U.S. and in 27 foreign countries. He is author of six acclaimed books on board and governance for today’s corporate boards, the challenges they face, and the answers they need to excel, these are Board Seeker Guidebook (2018), Boardroom Q&A (2011), The New Boardroom Leaders (2008), Saving the Corporate Board (2003), Improving Corporate Boards (2000), 21st Century Corporate Board (1997) Regarding promotion, I have over 4500 followers on LinkedIn, and a media mailing list of 3000 contacts. This circle includes members of corporate, nonprofit and governmental boards worldwide; many business media reporters and bloggers; corporate counsel, corporate secretaries, company administrative staff, and consultants and advisors on business.