What The Best Boards Do

A board can spend an hour debating solutions without ever agreeing on the problem. That is not just inefficient. It can send the organization in the wrong direction with greater confidence. Strong governance sometimes requires slowing the conversation down before moving it forward:

What decision are we actually being asked to make?

Which facts do we know, and which assumptions are shaping the discussion?

Are we solving the underlying issue, or the version that is easiest to address?

I shared one perspective in a Forbes Coaches Council panel on what separates effective boards from dysfunctional ones. The other contributors offer a useful range of insights into candor, accountability, curiosity and productive disagreement.

Read the article here: https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbescoachescouncil/2026/07/07/effective-versus-dysfunctional-what-the-best-boards-do/