Charged Governance

Effective governance makes great businesses, but very few founders of private businesses truly
understand how to harness the value of corporate governance to help make their business
great.

In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Usuki deconstructs previously held notions of corporate
governance, and reveals transformative governance principles for private businesses.
He examines five key stakeholders of a private business: shareholders; directors; employees,
customers, and suppliers; creditors and acquirers; and legacy founders. With a focus on the
founders' perspective, he defines corporate governance as a system of checks and balances
that guides individuals within a private business to consistently make decisions in the best
interest of the business, and in compliance with business law.

Usuki accompanies the reader on a succinct journey to the heart of the matter: Great private
businesses have founders with self-awareness of their individual anxieties inside the business.
They work to change old approaches. They build and implement new solutions founded in best-in-breed governance practices, which ultimately alleviates the anxieties. With new solutions in
place, these businesses realize the full potential of their founders' authentic legacy and
a more powerful business valuation.

Andrew Usuki is the founder of Andrew Usuki Advisors, an integrated advisory firm that helps private business clients who want to achieve a more powerful valuation and a lasting business legacy. Andrew has advised businesses spanning five continents in his career as an investment banker, manufacturing executive, shareholder, and investor in multiple private businesses. Andrew currently serves as director on multiple boards.