Building Better Boards

How to lead and succeed in a changing world

Seamus Gillen

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Bloomsbury Business
05 October 2022

Business strategy; Management & management techniques; Corporate governance & responsibilities

An examination of the true role of governance and compliance as drivers of quality decision-making, which can help an organization and its board achieve their strategic objectives more efficiently and effectively.

Most of the existing literature approaches the subject of corporate governance from a compliance perspective, which, it’s increasingly apparent, is the wrong way to think about it. When boards complain that “we're spending too much time on governance”, what they're actually referring to is ‘compliance’. A compliance focus leads to an emphasis on regulation and Code guidance, and endless discussion of policies, processes and systems – useful for those who want to study the subject, but of limited practical value to directors and senior management.

Seamus Gillen believes that governance is a commercial discipline, a fundamental underpinning to the process of value creation and value preservation. Governance is a driver of the quality of decision-making that helps an organisation achieve its strategic objectives more efficiently and effectively. High standards of governance drive competitive advantage, a concept as applicable to not-for-profits and public sector bodies as to commercial entities. For organisations pursuing this approach, governance becomes a liberating theology, and a key business discipline that helps align stakeholder interests.

Building Better Boards resonates with professionals operating across international jurisdictions, and is inclusive rather than exclusive. The book also reflects the fact that governance is a live issue, an ongoing priority area of organisational focus, with developments occurring around the world on, literally, a daily basis. It identifies where there are differences across sectors and across geographies, but also comes with an extra level of credibility as a result of having been written from within the ‘home of governance’ – the UK.

By: Seamus Gillen
Imprint: Bloomsbury Business
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781399400954
ISBN 10: 1399400959
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 05 October 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

After a career working as a Chartered Secretary, a company secretary and company director, and as Policy Director of ICSA, the Chartered Governance Institute, Seamus Gillen has spent the past 15 years advising clients around the UK, and internationally, on their governance journeys. He is the founder of Value Alpha, a resource network for those working in the field of corporate governance.