"Increased stakeholder activism, technological enhancements, and globalization are some of the developments that have made it even more essential that companies have clear and clearly-communicated priorities to determine their strategy and organization. This book is a compelling and practical guide to making value the top priority. This includes "the integration of value metrics into the human capital planning and compensation processes." But the author recognizes that not all divisions will be able to uphold this ideal all the time. The determination of value requires disciplines that include finance, law, ethics, risk assessment, governance, incentive compensation, and accounting. In a chapter about boards of directors, the author cites research that supports larger and more diverse boards (as long as meetings are optimally facilitated)."

Nell Minow, Editor, The Corporate Library and co-author of Corporate Governance