What Makes a Board Meeting Effective? Managing Challenge and Disagreement

A board meeting can look quite straightforward from the outside. Directors sit around a table, management presents its reports, questions are asked, decisions are made and the meeting moves on to the next item. But a good board meeting is much more than a formal gathering to approve papers. It is where directors exercise their collective responsibility for the direction and control of the company. Strategy is tested, financial performance is examined, risks are considered and major decisions ...