{"product_id":"the-governance-revolution-von-deborah-hicks-midanek","title":"The Governance Revolution","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e Boards of directors are sitting ducks. Shareholders complain and even attack, management manipulates, and individual board members have little power, able to act only as part of the board as a whole. Governance issues are front and center, yet there is often little understanding, even among board members, of the key role that they play. \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                         Written in an accessible and human voice, \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eThe Governance Revolution: What Every Board Member Needs to Know, NOW!\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         provides information and context essential to anyone seeking to understand how corporations and their stewards—the board of directors—can and should function in the volatile world we inhabit. \n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                                 \n                \n                \u003cp\u003e Deborah Hicks Midanek offers useful insight into what board members of corporations actually do, the current standards for board members and why they exist. 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