Mr.Ralph Ward

Area Of Expertise : Corporate boards and governance
35 Years Of Experience
Training Industry : Multi Industry

Ralph Ward is an internationally-recognized speaker, writer, and advisor on the role of boards of directors, how “benchmark” boards excel, personal boardroom careers, and the future of governance.  He speaks on board topics, and offers Boardroom Masterclass programs

Ward is publisher of the online newsletter Boardroom INSIDER, the worldwide source for practical, first-hand advice on better boards and directors. He also edits The Corporate Board magazine, the nation's leading corporate governance journal. 

He is author of seven acclaimed books for today’s corporate boards: 

  • Hacking the Boardroom (2025)  
  • Board Seeker Guidebook  
  • Boardroom Q&A 
  • The New Boardroom Leaders 
  • Saving the Corporate Board 
  • Improving Corporate Boards 
  • 21st Century Corporate Board

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Board-Friendly Risk and Controls Oversight

The corporate board of directors is a group of well-meaning, part time amateurs, trying to monitor, control and assure the work of the full-time professional managers who actually run the corporation. That means at best, your board will be several steps behind ...

  • Intermediate
  • 60 Mins
  • Nov 21, 2025