Chairs & Tables: Corporate Governance for Directors of Small-to Mid-sized Companies

In the past five years, corporate governance has taken the spotlight as the essential safeguard for shareholders in companies and stakeholders in not-for-profit entities. Author Donald B. Hathaway, FCMC, ICD.D., highlights the links between management and governance, and between the day-to-day leaders and the oversight of the board. This is essential reading for those responsible for managing or supporting a board. Don presents complex governance issues in a clear and comprehensive way, and includes a useful array of tips, anecdotes and ideas.

In this his first book, Don sheds light on the governance issues faced by all companies and, in particular, those with limited means. Small- and mid-sized Canadian companies face all the demands of their larger counterparts, but without the same resources to work with. This book is dedicated to companies with $100 million or less in revenue, but the advice will strike a chord with every company and in many not-for-profit organizations too.

A seasoned corporate director and a leading expert on Canadian corporate governance, Don Hathaway’s career spans over 20 years at executive levels. Having served and chaired numerous boards himself, Don has accumulated an extensive reserve of knowledge on Canadian small- and mid-sized business boards.

Highly readable and peppered with personal wisdom and humour, Chairs and Tables balances substantial information with the invaluable lessons of experience. Don Hathaway will help small companies meet head on the issues of governance, compliance and disclosure in Canada, and his book will prove to be an invaluable resource for anyone navigating the world of corporate governance.