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This article is ostensibly about a bad board member, but in reality it is about a bad board. A bad board member is only one director out of many, and cannot, on
by Umalu 16y ago
This article is ostensibly about a bad board member, but in reality it is about a bad board. A bad board member is only one director out of many, and cannot, on his own, do much more than disrupt meetings. A good board will shut up a bad board member and not allow him to lead them astray. A bad board allows the bad board member to run amok and follows him there. A founder must manage the board and assume there will always be a rotten egg in the bunch. Herding cats isn't easy, but it must be done.
- j_baker 16y agoBut my experience is that groups tend to follow the person who is loudest, not the person who is best qualified to lead them. It is very much possible for one rotten egg to ruin the whole batch. I know nothing about managing a board, but how does one deal with this aside from being the loudest blowhard on the board?