The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is today.
—Chinese Proverb
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
—Reinhold Niebuhr
Boards Were Passive and Formal Institutions
Boards were traditionally considered to be formal and passive institutions (Mace 1971). The prevailing wisdom was to get along and not expose yourself (Sonnenfeld, Kusin, and Walton 2013). As one CEO describes the phenomenon: “In the boardroom, the thinking is: ‘You have to be equal. Don’t be overwhelming or dominant, don’t hurt feelings, and don’t take someone’s chair’” (Sonnenfeld et al. 2013). So, rather than playing ...
Get Navigating the Human Side of Boardroom Interactions now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
