The Savvy Director Blog
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Where you stand depends on where you sit
This blog explores how directors’ perspectives are shaped by their backgrounds and experiences. It highlights how diversity improves board discussions and decisions.
A recent email from one of our Savvy Director™ readers got me thinking about how diversity of experience actually influences the opinions and viewpoints that we bring to board discussions, as well as the decisions that we end up making.
It’s taken for granted these days that diversity at the board table is a good thing and that ...
The Board Director's Balancing Act
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Directors must think independently, but also work as a team. This article explains how to find the balance between critical thinking and collegiality.
We are fortunate at DirectorPrep to have a group of engaged fellow board directors who seem to be quite willing to act as guinea pigs and to provide feedback on our ideas.
The inspiration for today’s blog arose from just that kind of feedback. As we tested out a framework for the essential behaviors of a savvy director, one director wrote “...
Scott Baldwin, ICD.D
Co-founder | Director
Scott has served on boards and provided governance advisory services to boards since 2001. Private company, nonprofit and government agency boards have been his focus. He is now leveraging that expertise with his own director work while helping directors prepare for their board role so they can collaborate, contribute and influence decisions.
