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Creating a Culture of Openness and Transparency at Board Meetings

Creating a Culture of Openness and Transparency at Board Meetings

Board meetings can be an excellent way to boost the energy of everyone and to generate fresh insights from members with diverse backgrounds. To keep the momentum going, it takes more than getting everyone in the same room.

Board members need to feel that they can trust one another enough to be honest and ask tough questions. This can only happen through an openness and transparency culture. This is why it’s crucial to establish a board environment that values the importance of board meetings and strives to make them as productive as possible.

The agenda of the board should clearly state what directors will need to accomplish to reach their objectives. It should also be able to accommodate unexpected items or the need to re-order items if needed. The board should also be given a chance to discuss new business items.

A good chairperson for the board will board meetings not make reports when discussing new business. Instead, they should encourage discussion with the whole group. This will not only help you save time, but also help create a positive environment in which the board can be able to ask difficult questions to the management.

Another way to encourage discussion is to include a parking lot on the agenda. This will allow small, random topics to be discussed, but won’t distract from the more important issues in the room. Distractions from irrelevant discussions can eat up meeting time and prevent board members from taking action.

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