Ralph Ward
CPD certified trainer
MI, USRalph Ward is an internationally-recognized speaker, writer, and advisor on the role of boards of directors, how "benchmark" boards excel, effective board leadership, making online board meetings work, setting personal boardroom goals, and the future of governance worldwide.
Ward is publisher of the online newsletter Boardroom INSIDER, the worldwide source for practical, first-hand advice on better boards and directors. He also edits The Corporate Board magazine, the nation's leading corporate governance journal. He is author of six acclaimed books for today's corporate boards: • Board Seeker Guidebook (2018) • Boardroom Q&A (2011) • The New Boardroom Leaders (2008) • Saving the Corporate Board (2003) • Improving Corporate Boards (2000) • 21st Century Corporate Board (1997).
Ralph Ward is an internationally-recognized speaker, writer, and advisor on the role of boards of directors, how "benchmark" boards excel, effective board leadership, making online board meetings work, setting personal boardroom goals, and the future of governance worldwide.
Ward is publisher of the online newsletter Boardroom INSIDER, the worldwide source for practical, first-hand advice on better boards and directors. He also edits The Corporate Board magazine, the nation's leading corporate governance journal. He is author of six acclaimed books for today's corporate boards: • Board Seeker Guidebook (2018) • Boardroom Q&A (2011) • The New Boardroom Leaders (2008) • Saving the Corporate Board (2003) • Improving Corporate Boards (2000) • 21st Century Corporate Board (1997).
The Best Practice Boardroom
Here are the best-practice tips (meetings, info, agendas, committees, structure, etc.) that boards around the world use to do a better job, in less time.
Building Your New Board
Young companies gain a powerful head start on success by shaping a board of directors with best practice corporate governance in its DNA. Here's how to start right with smart structure, talent, meetings and information.
The Effective Boardroom Leader
The governance of any enterprise is only as good as its board of directors... and that board is only as effective as its chairman. Here are the secrets of the world's best boardroom leaders.
Career Tips for the "Board Wannabe."
Gaining that first seat on a board of directors is the ultimate career topper - but also a frustrating, confusing process. Make yourself more "boardable," learn how board searches really work, and shape your onboarding campaign.
Welcome to the Boardroom!
You've been elected to a board or directors! Congratulations -- but now what? Before that first board meeting, here is a blueprint to help you learn what you must know before walking through the boardroom door.
Evaluating Your Board of Directors
"You can't improve what you can't measure" applies to boards of directors. Here is a step-by-step plan for evaluating your board and its members -- and then putting the results to work for improvement.
Board Risk Oversight Tools
From financial crises, to corporate scandals, to "black swan" dangers, the past decade has seen too many of the world's boards shocked by risks and exposures. How can your board build effective risk management oversight into its skills?
Resolving Boardroom Battles
Competing boardroom blocs... family business disputes... the "know it all" director... founder squabbles. What are the biggest drivers of boardroom conflict -- and what tools work best to resolve them?
Virtual Board Meetings
Virtual/Webinar Boardroom Training
ESG and Your Board
