If the global pandemic taught us anything, it's that all organizations need a strategy to manage in a crisis. In Governing in Scary Times, authors Dr. Debra L. Brown, David A.H. Brown, and Rob DeRooy offer a step-by-step plan to prepare your board to provide direction for your company and reinforce your stakeholders' confidence.

With a combined 75 years of experience governing companies and boards, the authors guide you through a process that will prepare you to answer key questions:

• Where are we headed?
• What obstacles and opportunities might we face along the way?
• Who will do what?
• What are the boundaries and guidelines?
• How will we resource our efforts?

Governing in Scary Times is your boardroom roadmap to navigating extreme challenges in your business. From developing a strategic plan to assessing risks and policies to getting and keeping the right people in place, the authors provide practical and proven advice that will equip your company to survive scary times-and come out stronger on the other side.

Another crisis is (always) coming.

Use the strategies in Governing in Scary Times, to ensure your organization is prepared.

Every day is a new beginning.

Some weeks don't go the way we want them to. This is true for kids-and dogs-too. Jasper enjoys his routine, but how does he cope when something changes?

Jasper the Corgi's Scary Week is a great tool to teach kids:

• How to rely on others when someone has upset them
• It's okay to feel stressed when something changes
• Hope is often closer than you expect

Join authors Dr. Debra L. Brown and David A. H. Brown as they share Jasper's relatable story. Let it open the door to more conversations about feelings and emotions.

It's time to normalize childhood feelings, starting today!

Are You Board Ready?

That question was easier to answer a generation ago when board members found replacements among their like-minded colleagues and business leaders. If you were in the right network, you simply were board-ready.

But these days, and for good reasons, the process to vet and select board members is far more complicated. Organizations are seeking a wider variety of skills, backgrounds and perspectives as they replace outgoing board members. In Board Ready, Dr. Debra L. Brown and David A. H. Brown detail those big changes and simplify what it means for you, the prospective board member.

Discover how to:

Uncover and understand what boards really want and need.Network your way into the boardroom.Make an impression and connection.Ace the interview to win that coveted board seat.

Become Board Ready starting today!

If the global pandemic taught us anything, it's that all organizations need a strategy to manage in a crisis. In Governing in Scary Times, authors Dr. Debra L. Brown, David A.H. Brown, and Rob DeRooy offer a step-by-step plan to prepare your board to provide direction for your company and reinforce your stakeholders' confidence.

With a combined 75 years of experience governing companies and boards, the authors guide you through a process that will prepare you to answer key questions:

• Where are we headed?
• What obstacles and opportunities might we face along the way?
• Who will do what?
• What are the boundaries and guidelines?
• How will we resource our efforts?

Governing in Scary Times is your boardroom roadmap to navigating extreme challenges in your business. From developing a strategic plan to assessing risks and policies to getting and keeping the right people in place, the authors provide practical and proven advice that will equip your company to survive scary times-and come out stronger on the other side.

Another crisis is (always) coming.

Use the strategies in Governing in Scary Times, to ensure your organization is prepared.

Are You Board Ready?

That question was easier to answer a generation ago when board members found replacements among their like-minded colleagues and business leaders. If you were in the right network, you simply were board-ready.

But these days, and for good reasons, the process to vet and select board members is far more complicated. Organizations are seeking a wider variety of skills, backgrounds and perspectives as they replace outgoing board members. In Board Ready, Dr. Debra L. Brown and David A. H. Brown detail those big changes and simplify what it means for you, the prospective board member.

Discover how to:

Uncover and understand what boards really want and need.Network your way into the boardroom.Make an impression and connection.Ace the interview to win that coveted board seat.

Become Board Ready starting today!

Recent global events have completely changed the way we view and do business-especially meetings. For some organizations, this adjustment was a welcomed change. For others, it is a painful nightmare that still hasn't ended. Living and leading through a global pandemic has taught us all a few things, including how to use technology to meet virtually. For many boards, virtual meetings will continue to be the norm; in fact, some may choose not to meet in person again as a matter of preference, efficiency, and cost savings. Whether you have already made that decision or are weighing the pros and cons of meeting online versus in person, Virtually There provides insights and practical tips on how to make the most of these important online gatherings.

Every day is a new beginning.

Some weeks don't go the way we want them to. This is true for kids-and dogs-too. Jasper enjoys his routine, but how does he cope when something changes?

Jasper the Corgi's Scary Week is a great tool to teach kids:

• How to rely on others when someone has upset them
• It's okay to feel stressed when something changes
• Hope is often closer than you expect

Join authors Dr. Debra L. Brown and David A. H. Brown as they share Jasper's relatable story. Let it open the door to more conversations about feelings and emotions.

It's time to normalize childhood feelings, starting today!