Board members form judgments about executive teams before a meeting even begins. It starts with the pre-reading materials and includes how executives show up in the boardroom.
Get it right, and the board extends trust to the management tea and gives them the benefit of the doubt. Get it wrong, and skepticism can be hard to shift, regardless of how strong performance actually is.
In the past decade, there has been a reset in what boards want to see from executives. Dense slides and exhaustive detail used to be the mark of thorough preparation. Today, they often work against you.
“Great” now means a concise, focused perspective, a clear point of view, and the ability to lead a genuine discussion.
In this session, board effectiveness advisor and author Beverly Behan shows executives how to be effective across three areas: the materials they prepare, how they present in the room, and how they engage in discussion with directors.
This isn’t a presentation or writing skills workshop. It’s a practical session on operating differently in the boardroom – and meeting sophisticated directors at the level they now expect.
