How to make your Corporate Board a Strategic Force in Your CompanyÕs Success. A practical handbook for directors, officers and all those who care about boards of directors. The most practical, reader friendly guide available to recruiting and managing on-track, top-notch boards Ð the kind that serve as pivotal success factors for all companies, large and small, public and private. Learn how to avoid the 10 most common mistakes, The authorÕs guidance is backed up by massive research and hundreds of interviews, examples and anecdotes. Great boards mean great companies.