The Calm Board™
A governance book on role clarity, oversight, accountability, and collective judgment under pressure. The forthcoming book sets out the ways a board can hold complexity without losing its centre.
The book is in development. Publication details, ISBN, and retailer links will be shared with the KalmCompass list first.
What the book offers
A practical governance book, not governance theory.
The Calm Board is written for directors, chairs, CEOs, and governance leaders who have felt the weight of the question not yet asked. It moves from the smoothness of good process to the hidden drift beneath it, then explores how boards can return to clearer authority, better questions, and steadier accountability under pressure.
Where it sits
Part of a body of work.
The Calm Board and The Calm Edge™ are two parallel leadership disciplines published under the KalmCompass™ imprint. They share an authorial voice and a brand family but are deliberately distinct: The Calm Edge develops the individual leader; The Calm Board develops the room.
Publication details
Title: The Calm Board™
Subtitle: A Governance Book for Boards Under Pressure
Author: Idalin McKenzie, MBA, CPA
Imprint: KalmCompass™, an imprint of KalmGlobal Press · Toronto
Status: Forthcoming · first edition · ISBN to be assigned
"For every director, chair, CEO, and governance leader who has felt the weight of the question not yet asked — and chose, or is learning to choose, clarity in service of trust." — Dedication, The Calm Board™
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