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Visibility for the Board. Treat Your Board of Directors as a Business Unit

With boards of directors under increased scrutiny by regulators and other entities, CIOs should consider creating a digital dashboard that gives them a view into the key performance indicators of the business.

A tad tired of those demanding Sarbanes-Oxley and other compliance implementations? Want to dramatically raise your profile with your CEO, CFO and corporate counsel? Do high-impact professional risks intrigue you?

Then consider making an offer your company’s board of directors may dare not refuse. Create a "digital dashboard" and database that puts all the information a nonexecutive director might need right at his fingertips: compensation levels, capital spending histories, changes in accounting rules and so on. Treat the board like a business unit. Support directors as if they were C-level peers. Turn them into valued customers and clients for your IT shop. Learn from them. And yes, give them tech support if they ask.

BY MICHAEL SCHRAGE

Full Story: http://www.cio.com/archive/071506/schrage.html?source=darwinobserver

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