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July 27, 2006
Successful Board Meetings
by Sridhar Ramanathan
Getting skewered and scorched in a board meeting seems almost a badge of honor for entrepreneurs/executives especially here in Silicon Valley. I’ve certainly learned the hard way myself on what works and what doesn’t. Perhaps some lessons are best learned that way but I sure wish I had these two fantastic resources back in b-school.
Guy Kawaski’s The Art of the Board Meeting
Brad Feld’s Board of Directors; The Agenda
The top ten takeaways for me were:
1. Publish a well written agenda beforehand
2. Avoid surprises and pre-sell the board members in advance
3. Meet in the morning
4. Allot time for important topics
5. Pay attention to the detail-- all of them
6. Admit it when you don’t know and get back to them
7. Focus on just a few issues/topics
8. Let the CEO run the show
9. Present solutions, not questions
10. Use the board members
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