OPERATOR’S MANUAL

Why the Hell Does My Board Act Like That?

The tension between CEOs and their boards is real, but it doesn’t have to be fatal

Jerry Colonna
Marker
Published in
4 min readJan 20, 2020

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Photo: Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images

The phone rang at the appointed hour. My client, a software company CEO, was calling for his regular session. I picked up the phone:

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Jerry Colonna
Marker

CEO of coaching firm Reboot.io and the author of REBOOT: Leadership and the Art of Growing Up. https://www.reboot.io/book