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LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
June 2016, 188pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
Print: 978-1-4408-4252-8
$37.00, £29.00, €34.00
eBook: 978-1-4408-4253-5
JOHN T. MONTFORD is president
and chief executive officer of JTM
Consulting, LLC.
JOSEPH DANIEL MCCOOL is
principal of The McCool Group, a
global advisory firm.
September 2016, 133pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4
Print: 978-1-4408-4416-4
$37.00, £29.00, €34.00
eBook: 978-1-4408-4417-1
CHRISTOPHER I. MAXWELL, PhD, is
Senior Fellow, Center for Leadership
and Change Management, The
Wharton School of the University of
Pennsylvania.
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Board Games
Straight Talk for New Directors and Good Governance
JOHN T. MONTFORD AND JOSEPH DANIEL MCCOOL
FOREWORD BY HERB KELLEHER
“ today’s boards. I will keep this book in my library and refer to it often. ”
This is a how-to book designed to support the can-do posture required of
—Thomas W. Gilligan, Tad and Dianne Taube Director, Hoover Institution,
Stanford University, March 22, 2016
Board Games: Straight Talk for New Directors and Good Governance is an essential
resource for any current or aspiring board director. It identifies the issues directors
are most likely to face in today’s rapidly changing, potentially hazardous business
environments, offering candid, well-informed insights that address emerging issues,
potential conflicts, and real-board situations. Readers will learn how to be more effective,
more informed, and more diligent directors committed to the shareholders’ best
interests—even if that mindset challenges the interests of current management.
FEATURES
• Supplies frank advice and straight talk for current board directors and future directors
that warn of the various kinds of troubling developments that can arise in and outside
the boardroom
• Breaks down the core requirements, expectations, and commitments directors must
make to protect shareholders based on the coauthors’ deep and varied board and
executive leadership experience
Lead Like a Guide
How World-Class Mountain Guides
Inspire Us to Be Better Leaders
CHRISTOPHER I. MAXWELL, PHD
“ leader, whether with peers or in the boardroom. ”
Lead Like a Guide will inspire and engage the reader to be a better
—John Kanengieter, Director for Leadership, National Outdoor Leadership School,
March 8, 2016
This intriguing approach to business and personal success introduces six leadership
strengths of world-class mountain guides: demonstrating social intelligence; adopting
a flexible leadership style; empowering others; facilitating the development of trust;
managing risk in an environment of uncertainty; and seeing the big picture. The premise is
that these same strengths provide a valuable model in the workplace and other networks,
whether one is already in a leadership position or aspiring to get there.
FEATURES
• Teaches key leadership lessons gained from a decade spent traveling with world-class
mountain guides and more than 200 top business school participants
• Shares insights drawn from challenging experiences that will be inspiring and
meaningful to readers
• Provides action steps for readers drawn from current research in the fields of
management and positive psychology