Board Management

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name: Board Management
description: Run effective boards — great materials, no surprises, real decisions.
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# Board Management

A board meeting is not a status update; it is the highest-leverage governance
and strategy session you get. Run it badly and it becomes theater. This skill
turns boards into a useful instrument.

## The Golden Rule: No Surprises

Every material decision and every piece of bad news should reach board members
before the meeting, one-on-one. The meeting ratifies and debates; it never
ambushes. A surprised board member is a defensive board member.

## Board Materials

Send the deck 3-5 days ahead. Structure:

1. **CEO summary** (1 page): the three things that matter, the one thing you
   need help with, candid lowlights included.
2. **Metrics dashboard**: the same KPIs every meeting so trends are visible —
   revenue, growth, burn, runway, the north-star metric.… install to load the full skill