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The gritty stuff: heard this in your governance seminars?

Publication: Directors & Boards
Publication Date: 22-SEP-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: The gritty stuff: heard this in your governance seminars?(Viewpoint essay)

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I'VE SUCCESSFULLY SAT through several seminars for board members, and actually stayed awake through most. My public companies earned ISS points for my attendance (yeah, team). None of these seminars touched on the gritty stuff that makes a board work.

Here's what makes them not work:

1. Too Much Diversity: Getting an Asian, a woman, a professor, and other windowdressing board members slows down meetings--unless each has been a CEO. How can you advise if you've never experienced the relentless pressure of improving cash flow and earnings quarter after quarter? How about an Indian, a...

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