Claiming Your Place at the Boardroom Table

The quick-answer guide to your corporate governance questions

Claiming Your Place at the Boardroom Table serves as a go-to-resource for both seasoned and first time directors, providing a comprehensive guidebook to help boards achieve excellence in governance. It covers the duties of directors, board oversight, strategy and risk, board committees, and more. The book offers a solid review of foundational concepts and up-to-date best practices for successful directors.

Thomas Bakewell is an attorney and CPA who advises CEOs and boards on strategy, governance, and transformation. He is a faculty member at the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD).

James J. Darazsdi, CPA, CMA, Ph.D., was the past chairman of the NACD and past CEO of Rocco, Inc. He served on more than 25 boards, including Perdue Farms, Inc., and Interstate Resources, Inc.