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The Imperfect Board Member: Discovering the Seven Disciplines of Governance Excellence
Jim Brown

Jossey-Bass, 2006 - 224 pages

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Praise for The Imperfect Board Member

"Finally! A book about boards that isn't boring!"
--Patrick Lencioni, author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

"Everyone wins with good governance--countries, corporations, and community groups. In a compelling style like no one before him, Jim Brown helps leaders understand the keys for boardroom excellence. The Imperfect Board Member ought to be required reading for people on every type of board. The great thing is that it won't need to be required--it's such a fun book, every leader will want to read it."
--Jim Balsillie, chairman and co-CEO, Research in Motion; chair, Centre for International Governance Innovation

"I know no board members, myself included, who won't learn valuable lessons from Jim Brown's book The Imperfect Board Member. Don't miss it!"
--Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One-Minute Manager and The Secret

"Thanks to Sarbanes-Oxley, boards have become active. The Imperfect Board Member clarifies sharply the lines of what boards need to do and what management needs to do. The time has come for the two groups to work together and yet keep independent."
--Ram Charan, coauthor, Execution, and author, Boards That Deliver

"The Imperfect Board Member by Jim Brown is a highly perceptive, eminently readable, engagingly human book on how boards and directors can improve their performance. In a breezy conversational style that uses dialogue invitingly and often, the author explores with sensitivity and a light touch not only the standard ingredients but also the more subtle nuances of excellence in both corporate and not-for-profit governance."
--William A. Dimma, author, Tougher Boards for Tougher Times; chairman, Home Capital Group Inc.


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Moving Board Members From Meddling to Monitoring

Jim Brown nails it. With big print, mind-grabbing graphics and a story line in the tradition of Ken Blanchard and Patrick Lencioni books, you'll value the author's seven disciplines in this leadership fable about business boards, nonprofit boards and faith-based boards.

Example: "The best boards keep their noses in the business and their fingers out!" Brown warns, "The only way a board can responsibly do its job without meddling is by monitoring very well." Buy a bunch and give a copy to each board member and senior executive on your team.


Engaging and Educational

I have read more than 50 books on board governance and this one, starting with a fictional story with many embedded principles, held my interest and attention more than any in recent years. The author presents a "model" that is easily digested and practical. This should be of interest to both board members (in all sectors) and senior administrators who want to improve the way their governing boards work.


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The Imperfect Board Member

This book was an interesting way of educating the reader on how a good board should function. Since most board members are also consumers of the product and or service provided by the company of which we are board members, we all wear mulitple hats and have our own personal opinions on how the company should operate. This book shows how to rise above those opinions and look at the higher level vision of the company and not the day-to-day operations. I am also reading John Carver's 'Boards That Make a Difference' and firmly believe that the Board must stay out of the operations unless the CEO is extremely weak. These two books together give great ideas of how a good board should operate and how individuals within those boards should consider more than just their one view-point.


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