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The post pandemic board: a new collaborative endeavour
12 attributes
considered by chairs as increasingly
important in their board members
A sense of levity and joint endeavour. Good
judgement. Sound common sense. I value the
latter more than anything.
1. Strategic
2. Understands the board member role
3. Willing to make connections and introductions that benefit the organisation
4. Can cope with nuanced, ambiguous or underlying themes and messages
5. Personally flexible
6. Gets governance
7. Embraces the notion of personal and collective accountability
8. Sound interpersonal skills
9. Common sense
10. Willing to share personal experiences but is not defined by them in the
boardroom
11. Can handle confidentiality
12. Signs up to the joint endeavour