Tasting Menu - Boutique Selection
Boardroom Reserve
A boutique route for directors and executives: what durable outperformance looks like, how to govern goals transparently, and the cautionary case every safeguard failed.
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Good to GreatJim CollinsWrite your Hedgehog - best-in-world claim, economic denominator, passion - one page, board-debated annually.
Measure What MattersJohn DoerrPilot OKRs in two functions with public scoring before any company-wide rollout.
The Smartest Guys in the RoomBethany McLean and Peter ElkindAdopt the plain-language rule: material transactions get a one-page explanation any director can repeat.
Dear ChairmanJeff GrammRun an annual 'activist screen' on your own company - balance sheet efficiency, segment valuation, pay-for-performance - and present it to the board.
Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough & John HelyarAudit your perquisite and related-party policies against the Johnson chapters - then ask what your shareholders would read in a leak.
How the Mighty FallJim CollinsAdd a five-stages review to the board calendar annually: score the company against each stage's markers, in writing.