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This is the last in a series of five articles about Boards of Directors- about building a board, identifying what a Board should do, selecting board members and how to spot and stop dysfunction.
A recent piece of research I read had an interesting recommendation- cut down on Board members.
The research suggested that, the number of directors has a strong correlation to company performance.… Read more
As a member of Boards I often found that I was involved in turf wars between some Board members and some operational staff. It wasn’t pretty when old guys (like me) want to run the business on a day to day basis (not like me) and it takes both great mental strength and tact to steer them away from becoming the de facto commercial or operations person.… Read more
At some stage in your career, you will run companies, and inevitably these companies come with Boards of Directors.
In moving to run a company or to becoming a lead director in a subsidiary company, you would have made an impact in how you have managed the people who work for you and controlled the business well. But when you reach the dizzy heights of running a company, you have an added responsibility, that of managing the people for whom you work.… Read more
I am set to publish a 4 part series on managing boards of Directors over the next two weeks.
I hope that this is of use to those readers who are parts of Boards or who are about to either set up their own Board of Directors or Advisors, or joining similar Boards.
Being part of a Board is very different from being on a management team- different skills, different attitudes needed.… Read more
