Description: Joining a board of directors is a great honour, but it involves responsibilities and risks; where regulation and litigation are concerned, ignorance is no excuse. The New Directors Handbook is a practical guide that addresses the mindset, skills and identity challenges faced by real directors and includes practical tools to help you in your career.
Brief description: Richard Winfield is the founder and principal consultant of Brefi Group. His talent is in bringing structure and clarity to people's thinking, identifying core issues and making complex ideas simple. For more than 30 years he has specialised in the development of individuals and teams in organisations and is now an international facilitator working at board level. His practical experience working with boards of companies in different countries, combined with his long term study of the development of corporate governance codes and practice provide the basis for this practical guide to becoming an effective director.
Review Quotes: "This could become the definitive guide; a must read for new boards, new listings, small and medium companies. I shall certainly use it - of that there is no doubt - for my companies." - Nigel Payne, Chairman of AIM listed company "We do need to reassure/inspire individuals to become NED's and this book does just that. A reliable read that de-mystifies the role." - Jerry Blackett, Chief Executive, Birmingham Chamber of Commerce