Boards

How Boards Can Innovate

Top management should be reinventing, not just monitoring, your company’s goals.

by

Michael Useem,
Dennis Carey,

and

Ram Charan

by

Michael Useem,
Dennis Carey,

and

Ram Charan

May 21, 2014

Governing boards might seem like the last place for innovation. They are, after all, the company’s steadfast guidance system, charged with keeping an even keel in rough waters. Corporate directors are the flywheel, the keeper of the flame, the preserver of tradition.

Michael Useem is faculty director of the Wharton Leadership Center and McNulty Leadership Program at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the co-author of Boards That Lead: When to Take Charge, When to Partner, and When to Stay Out of the Way.
Dennis Carey is vice chairman of KornFerry and co-founder of ONYX, an invitation-only community for current and former CEOs of the world’s most influential corporations. He has recruited directors and CEOs for many of the most prestigious companies in America, served on several boards, taught corporate governance at the Wharton School, and co-authored seven books on strategy, talent, and risk. He founded the CEO Academy and ThePrium, both of which are best in class forums for corporate leaders. He has held post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard and Princeton.
Ram Charan serves on seven private and public boards across the globe and is author or coauthor of 36 books and several HBR articles on corporate governance. He is the co-author of Boards That Lead: When to Take Charge, When to Partner, and When to Stay Out of the Way.

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