In a previous life when I was learning the ropes in ad sales, my earliest impression of board meetings was one of abject terror. While I happily did not have the misfortune of attending myself, I have vivid memories of management grasping their hard copy presentations and death-marching their way single-file across to the boardroom. Regardless of company performance, the team always emerged shell-shocked, having taken a customary beating from the board. Those were the days when boardrooms were battlegrounds – a chance for company owners to thrash the executives – when a dose of the hairdryer was seen as…

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