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Article: Rules of engagement: improving communication between the board and CEO.(legalbriefs)
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- Utah Business
- Article date:
- May 1, 2005
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SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND THE BOARD NEED CLEAR communication to work effectively with one another. Too often, however, these groups repeat that famous scene from Steve McQueen's movie, Cool Hand Luke: "What we have here is a failure to communicate."
This need for open and effective communication may go without saying. But a corporation faces challenges when it appoints the same person as CEO and chairman of the board. This is true even when the decision was made to attain a unified vision and voice at the top.
The following suggestions will foster productive communication between the board and senior management when the unified structure is present:
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