The new boardroom leaders : how today's corporate boards are taking charge / Ralph D. Ward.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Bit of History: The Board Leaders Who Didnt -- 2. Courts, Regulators, and Shareholders Ask Whos in Charge Here? -- 3. How SOX Put the Board in Charge -- 4. Demanding New Disclosures from the Board -- 5. Inventing the Independent Board Leader -- 6. Three Models, Three Philosophies, of Leadership -- 7. Leaders Role: When Independent Directors Meet Behind Closed Doors -- 8. Leaders Role: Evaluation of the Board and Its Governance -- 9. Leaders Role: Shaping Logistics the Board Actually Needs -- 10. Leaders Role: Liaison With the Board, and With the CEO -- 11. Leaders Role: Conducting the Board Meetings -- 12. Leaders Role: Board and Director Education -- 13. Boardroom Reality Check -- 14. Independent Board Chair: In Search of Role Models -- 15. Independent Board Chair: Less Than Meets the Eye -- 16. Independent Board Chair: Taking the Lead -- 17. Combined CEO/Chairman: Coping With New Realities -- 18. Lead/Presiding Directors: Giving the Board Its Own Voice -- 19. Leading the Boards Committees: Where the Action Is -- 20. Governance/Nominating Committees: Teaching the Board to Govern Board -- 21. Audit Committees: Swearing by the Numbers -- 22. Compensation Committees: Managing the CEOs Paydays -- 23. Board Leadership Pitfalls, Or, How Hewlett-Packard Fixed Its Leaks -- 24. Boardroom Leaderships Unanswered Questions -- 25. Tomorrows Board Leaders.