boardroom insider
Ralph Ward is an internationally-recognized writer and commentator on the role
of boards of directors, the secrets of how benchmark boards excel, gaining a
board seat, and the future of governance worldwide. Ward is the publisher of the
online email newsletter Boardroom INSIDER, the worldwide source for practical,
first-hand advice on better boards and directors ( www.boardroominsider.com). He
is author of the books Board Seeker: Your Guidebook and Career Map into the
Corporate Boardroom (2018), Boardroom Q&A (2011), The New Boardroom Leaders
(2008), Saving the Corporate Board (2003), Improving Corporate Boards: The
Boardroom INSIDER Guidebook (2000), and 21st Century Corporate Board (1997).
Ward is a CPD-certified trainer, and speaks internationally on board and
governance topics, and presents a “Boardroom Masterclass” seminar worldwide,
with recent programs in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. His media appearances
including CNNfn, C-SPAN, Voice of America, Bloomberg Money Show, National Public
Radio, Marketplace, and CNBC (U.S. and U.K.). Ward has also edited The Corporate
Board magazine, the international journal of corporate governance, since 1990.
He writes and comments on boardroom matters for a number of other publications,
including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Across the
Board, Crains, Vital Speeches, the Detroit Free Press, Barrons and INC.com., and
serves on several advisory and non-profit boards. Boardroom INSIDER - Tips and
tools and training for better boards and directors