Below is an extended overview of the book purpose:

• Provides a complete overview of industrial committees from leaders at different types of committees. This book gives you perspective and insight when you are starting out as an amateur, or when you work as a seasoned professional and want to expand your horizon. Examining how committees may act as a defence mechanism from the frontline of an organisation to combat operational risks and to ensure that industry standards, regulations and norms are carried out and that trust is established and that safety and responsibility are promoted.
• Provides hands-on tools to make committees more efficient/effective. From defining remits and governance structures to fostering inclusive decision-making processes, leaders will learn how to leverage committee activities into operational excellence.
• Trains leaders in strategy for the use of industrial committees to drive the organisation towards performance and competitiveness.
• Drawing inspiration from this practical book, it focuses on the integration of committee goals not just with higher organisational objectives, but also with broader organisational aims, and how to improve cooperation between committees and how they might be planned and designed, as well as the establishment of a collaborative and creative community.
• Showcases examples of effective committees from other domains and offers evidence based on field studies. Leaders get motivated to elevate their own committees by highlighting successes and lessons learned.
• Equips leaders with the tools and frameworks to navigate and adapt to the complex business environment, as well to the changing landscape, deliver value contribution by committees resulting in sustainable value. Using insights from such experience and from the range of disciplines and perspectives to build on this, this book builds upon what thought leadership means for industrial governance and management.