The Imperfect Board Member

Seven memorable disciplines that transform how boards govern, now fully updated Now in its 20th Anniversary Edition, The Imperfect Board Member distills the fundamentals of board work into seven disciplines presented through a narrative approach that readers can absorb cover-to-cover in just a few hours.Written by Jim Brown, USA Today bestselling author of The Imperfect CEO, Founding Partner at OrgHealth, and a board consultant since 1995, this new edition updates the original fable while adding significant new content. New to this edition are a foreword by Patrick Lencioni, a deep-dive on Governance Excellence, and a chapter examining changes in board operations over twenty years based on Brown’s interviews with CEOs and chairs.The seven disciplines are designed as mnemonics, enabling directors to recall and apply them in real time. The author directly tackles, in compelling narrative form, the central challenge faced by all board members: managing the human relationships that make bo