The Chair’s Interaction With the Executive Board
The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
—George Bernard Shaw
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
—Henry Winkler
Introduction
Interactions between the Chair and members of the executive board are a muddy area. The question is, how much direct communication between the Chair and the executive board should occur at all? Will the Chair have regular one-to-one with members of the executive board? What role has the Chair in helping executive board members learn and grow?
BM: A Chair should be more or less free to talk to anybody he likes, but in doing so, you have to respect the hierarchy and can’t undermine or blindside the CEO.
BM: ...
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