Board Players
How Chairs, Independent Directors and CEOs make their boards effective.
The characteristics, attributes and behaviours of board members and the chemistry between them, alongside the information they work with, determine the effectiveness of a board. We have seen these roles performed with great distinction. Where that has not been the case, it has usually been an issue of understanding rather than capability. People have either misunderstood the true nature of the board’s link in the corporate value chain or they have held a misguided view about the purpose of the board role they occupy. Once identified, these matters are easily resolved but it is obviously better not to get there in the first place.