You Call that a Board Pack?
I’d just heard of a Board pack of hundreds and hundreds of pages and was stunned. Surely that cannot be true. But surprisingly on enquiry of others it is not so uncommon.
It got me thinking of those directors faced with having to discharge their responsibilities when there is that much information to deal with prior and during a Board meeting.
Is More Better?
From my many decades on being on commercial and NFP Boards, it did not seem proper. So, I copied what Robin Williams did in “Dead Poets Society” and imagined myself jumping up on a Board of Director table to see what may be proper.
During and continuing after COVID, the role of being a Board Director is not getting easier, instead for many it is getting more challenging.
Impact on Board Work
From recent experiences and continuing research, many Boards are presently faced with the challenge of how to become more strategic in what they do.
Every Board has various common roles. Those roles need to be discharged effectively during the limited opportunities that Directors come together to attend to their governance responsibilities more formally.
Bringing Balance to the Table –
Risks & Opportunities
So often a Board is faced with the need to find the appropriate balance when faced with the myriad competing ideas, solutions, or options that regularly surface during a Board meeting. This is no better highlighted t