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Article: Why Is Preparing for Speaking at the Board Meeting Such an Agony?(Company overview)
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- Telecommunications Weekly
- Article date:
- October 21, 2009
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Why is the stress of putting together the board presentation so intense?
"What makes board presentations so challenging to prepare for is not the deluge of data that gets assembled for discussion," says Anett D. Grant, president of Executive Speaking, Inc., a global speaking coaching company founded in 1979 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. "Executives at this level are masters of data analysis and synthesis."
"The real challenge," says Grant, "is addressing all the agendas that are woven into each board meeting."
One agenda is the board members' need to demonstrate their own added value. Because of the emergence of board member performance ...