CHAPTER eight
Behind Closed Doors
“I feel that I can only ask two or three tough questions before I start to feel that I am being a nuisance.”
—NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
“I will disagree with a director, but I’m always very careful about how I do it, and I only do it if asked my opinion.”
—SENIOR EXECUTIVE
MOST OF THE WORK DONE BY A BOARD TAKES PLACE in the privacy of the boardroom. That is where directors discuss matters among themselves and with management, offer advice, assess proposals, and make decisions. Rarely, if ever, does any information on how the members contribute as individuals or work together as a group escape to the world outside.
The same is true about the more limited interactions among board members and with managers outside ...
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