board meeting

“The other thing I've found that works incredibly well, and maybe they're just indulging me on it, but I have found that it works well is that I just, again, in my later discipline years, I'm trying to get better at this, is Is to just keep, instead of having, …”

“Length does not equal quality. Like a high quality conversation ah, and again, bearing in mind that the board kind of by definition can't weigh in on everything because the board doesn't have the knowledge and it isn't the board's job to tell management what t…”

“There are some of them that the entire time is spent giving an update on the business, and then there's very little time at the end for the board to actually give feedback and talk about bigger issues. There are some that materials are sent in advance, we read…”

“Board meetings can go awry if somebody wants to hear themselves talk, and so you need to know that you don't always have to say something. So I think that's, and I always tell people when they're new on a board, do a lot of listening.”

“I hate when I have to dial into a, to a board call, and I hate when people are on the phone. I just think it, You know, we all know they're only half paying attention. We all know that, you know, it's hard for them to hear, and papers are shuffling and whateve…”

“The biggest sign of a bad board meeting is one where there's, there are a lot of surprises. Like, if you've got bad news to share, for example, you want to share it ahead of time, and you want to make sure that you know, bad news should travel faster than good…”

“I find the best meetings are those which are very succinct around mundane, And leave lots of time for the meaty subjects.”

“Because it's like with every board I'm on after a period of time, I try to convince the CEO that it's a good idea because the first, like when I first walk in, It's normally like, what? You're gonna be talking about me, like, when I'm not here? But the implied…”