Spencer Stuart: Onboarding First-Time Board Directors

With first-time directors representing a significant portion of newly appointed directors, it’s important to the success and productiveness of a board for these newcomers to feel comfortable in their first board meetings and know what is expected. After speaking with board directors all over the world, Spencer Stuart has compiled a list of the top five questions most first-time directors have when going into their first board meeting. In this article, Spencer Stuart provides insight for new director onboarding, as well as suggestions to first-time directors, based off the concerns of these five areas.

The identified five areas of concern for first-time directors are:

• How do I know what’s the right board to join? Should I say yes to the first board invitation?
• What do I need to do to prepare for my first board?
• How much should I speak up during the early board meetings?
• How can I have an impact for the board and company?
• What if I have concerns? How do I disagree or raise questions when I’m new?

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