David a H Brown

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 themIt's okay to feel stressed when something changesHope is often closer than you expectJoin 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

Governing in Scary Times is your boardroom roadmap to navigating extreme challenges in your business.

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.

This is not just a book "about governance", it tells you how to "do governance".Authors David A. H. Brown and Dr. Debra L. Brown deliver: Proven Governance Solutions: It is a single source--the ultimate guide--for solving your governance problems. Access: It includes almost 70 governance concepts and tools that are unique only to this book. Competence and Confidence: It covers the broad spectrum of governance issues from governance structure and process, through boardroom leadership, culture and behaviour. Answers It tells you not only what works, but as importantly what does not work in governance. This is the ultimate guide for board members and executives regardless of sector-private, public and not-for-profit. Whatever the jurisdiction in the world, this guide remains a highly relevant resource. Designed to build both competence and confidence, its principle-based approach allows any reader interested in governance to benefit from its solutions and tools. Practical and comprehensive, everything you need to succeed in the boardroom can be found in this one place. There are principles, tools, and clear explanations of the board's role for all five levels of governance: strategy, risk, policy, people, and resources. And it includes profound insights into, and tools for, boardroom culture and behaviour--those less tangible but substantial aspects of effective governance, oversight and leadership. This ultimate guide will deepen the governance understanding of even the most seasoned leader. Readers will understand the depth and breadth of how to add value and provide strategic oversight to any organization. From the role of the board in strategy and risk oversight, effective policy setting and compliance reporting, successfully navigating the board's relationship with the CEO, succession planning, and protecting and stewarding the company's financial and other resources, to governance systems, committee structures and meeting processes, this book has solutions designed to help you succeed and excel.

This is not just a book "about governance", it tells you how to "do governance".Authors David A. H. Brown and Dr. Debra L. Brown deliver: Proven Governance Solutions: It is a single source--the ultimate guide--for solving your governance problems. Access: It includes almost 70 governance concepts and tools that are unique only to this book. Competence and Confidence: It covers the broad spectrum of governance issues from governance structure and process, through boardroom leadership, culture and behaviour. Answers It tells you not only what works, but as importantly what does not work in governance. This is the ultimate guide for board members and executives regardless of sector-private, public and not-for-profit. Whatever the jurisdiction in the world, this guide remains a highly relevant resource. Designed to build both competence and confidence, its principle-based approach allows any reader interested in governance to benefit from its solutions and tools. Practical and comprehensive, everything you need to succeed in the boardroom can be found in this one place. There are principles, tools, and clear explanations of the board's role for all five levels of governance: strategy, risk, policy, people, and resources. And it includes profound insights into, and tools for, boardroom culture and behaviour--those less tangible but substantial aspects of effective governance, oversight and leadership. This ultimate guide will deepen the governance understanding of even the most seasoned leader. Readers will understand the depth and breadth of how to add value and provide strategic oversight to any organization. From the role of the board in strategy and risk oversight, effective policy setting and compliance reporting, successfully navigating the board's relationship with the CEO, succession planning, and protecting and stewarding the company's financial and other resources, to governance systems, committee structures and meeting processes, this book has solutions designed to help you succeed and excel.