Across The Board: The Modern Architecture Behind an Effective Board of Directors

by Mark A. Pfister, Michael Lorelli (Foreword)

"E = mc2 was a powerful equation that brought order to the interrelationship of mass and energy. It took one stroke from a genius to bring a higher-order perception of the relationship to practical terms - this after centuries of understanding the individual factors, but without a repeatable formula, or `architecture,' to bring predictability. Boards are no different. We all understand the importance in the individual factors of our Board existence... good governance oversight, challenging and endorsing strategy, CEO selection, and the like. Now, in `Across The Board,' Mark A. Pfister decodes the underlying architecture and ties the foundational elements into a futuristic equation that can be effectively applied to create, or reinvigorate, tomorrow's Boards." - Michael K. Lorelli

232 pages, Kindle Edition

Published March 11, 2018

Reviews

[Mark]

The fact that boards are generally not well understood is a bad thing: bad for the organizations they are responsible for overseeing, bad for the various stakeholders of those companies, and bad for the boards themselves. For better governance, transparency, and accountability, how an effective board should and must work needs to be clear, not mysterious. Mark Pfister's ACROSS THE BOARD is simple, smart, pragmatic, thoughtful, and authoritative on the proper construction and operation of boards, whether public, private, or not-for-profit. As my consulting practice has shifted from merely engaging with boards to assisting them, assessing them, and even helping re-design them, I find ACROSS THE BOARD a frequently-referenced and frequently-recommended resource.