From good to great boards
The ideal board is one that continually evolves.
LAST week's article ("Assembling a good board", Nov 21) examined how to go about constructing a good board, a job that may possibly be the most mission critical factor in the long-term success or failure of a company.
But that should only be the start. How the board functions and works, and how individual board members adjust to board culture, are equally important for it to be a truly good board. Every board, even good ones, should work towards becoming great. In that sense, great boards are always a work-in-progress. Among the measures that great boards continually work on are:
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