In a boardroom crisis, your preparation trumps your position.
Which of these 5 dimensions do you need to work on when chairing a board meeting?
When investors demand immediate strategic changes…
When a contentious acquisition proposal splits your board…
When your CEO’s succession plan suddenly needs acceleration…
These are the moments that define your board chairing legacy.
At Praesta, we have 20 years of experience assessing and enhancing board meeting performance.
We have found that the difference between a chair who maintains control and one who loses the confidence of their board is practice of 5 critical dimensions:
1 Meeting Fundamentals
↳ Governance protocols and compliance requirements
↳ Board materials distributed with strategic context
↳ Committee structure optimised for oversight
2 Exercise Authority
↳ Clear agenda with time boundaries
↳ Exercising authority while fostering collegiality
↳ Balanced synthesis of competing board perspectives
3 Strategic Influence
↳ Building consensus among independent directors
↳ Managing delicate CEO-Board dynamics
↳ Balancing shareholder and stakeholder interests
4 Leadership Presence
↳ Facilitating robust strategic debate
↳ Navigating competing political interests
↳ Managing strong personalities and competing agendas
5 Results and Impact
↳ Ensuring sound governance decisions
↳ Measuring board performance and composition
↳ Balancing short-term results with long-term value
Your effectiveness as board chair isn’t measured by meeting efficiency.
It’s measured by your ability to drive sustainable value creation while ensuring proper oversight.
In our experience working with board chairs, even the most seasoned leaders need to improve on one of these dimensions.
What are your fundamentals for chairing a board meeting?
Share which of these 5 dimensions you’ve found most critical for board effectiveness.
Or, is there anything else you would add to this list?
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📌 When a boardroom crisis erupts, chairs tend to falter in one of these 5 dimensions.
Our 20 years of board assessments revealed this pattern consistently.
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