By John Pearson
At a debrief session with the board chair and the CEO, following a half-day board retreat, the board chair (gratefully) was elated:
“I don’t know how you did it, but one board member
engaged more deeply at this meeting—and spoke so insightfully—than
he’s done in a whole year of board meetings.”
To explain what happened, let me paint the picture with two scenarios:
Scenario #1:> Aggressiveness Wins—But the Board Loses
Scenario #2: Equal Opportunity Talkers
(Note: This is one of several “summer re-run” blogs. Click here for the entire blog posted on Dec. 30, 2013 to learn about the “2X2” approach. It works—and I’m using it again at a board retreat this weekend.)
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This article was originally posted on the “Governance of Christ-Centered Organizations” blog, hosted by ECFA.
John Pearson, a board governance consultant and author, was ECFA’s governance blogger from 2011 to 2020.
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