According to the Harvard Business Review,

"We're challenged …. to make the board a more effective watchdog without undermining management's ability to run the business." March - April 1995, p. 153.

Purpose: Our research is designed to better understand the subtle, yet important interrelationships between CEOs, their boards, and senior management and then create new opportunities for organizational effectiveness.

The Invitation: Consider participating in this innovative research project. Executives who have participated in similar studies consistently report that they receive substantial value for their time invested, in part because the research uncovers critical issues that were previously hidden or un-discussed between themselves and relevant stakeholders.

If you participate, you will experience a powerful set of inquiry methods that establish an open environment to productively identify and explore critical issues underlying senior executive - board effectiveness, and then begin to create new solutions to these issues.

Selection Process: From the total pool of respondents, a representative group of senior executives and board members will be invited to participate in this research through one-on-one interviews. Participants will be selected to provide a cross-section of industries and organizational roles.

Value: In return for your participation in a confidential sixty-minute interview, you will benefit in the following areas:

1. New insights and knowledge into the hidden patterns that impede addressing many of your most pressing business issues with greater effectiveness between corporate boards and their CEO's, such as:
   
   
   • Breakdown in communications and trust between board members and management
   • Unclear, overlapping, or conflicting roles and responsibilities
   • Unspoken performance expectations
   • Unproductive organizational politicking
     
     
2. An executive summary describing the critical issues identified across all participants, previously hidden communication and organizational patterns that cause those issues, and effective approaches for new solutions. The executive summary will be written to ensure individual and business anonymity.

Next Steps: If you are a senior executive or board member and wish to participate in this research, please email us at: research@collaborativeaction.com expressing your interest with your name, title, organization. We will respond quickly to your request and, as appropriate, will follow-up to schedule the telephone interview at your convenience.