{"id":2046,"date":"2017-11-13T17:31:24","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T06:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/?p=2046"},"modified":"2019-04-04T13:47:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T02:47:29","slug":"dissent-is-not-a-dirty-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/dissent-is-not-a-dirty-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Dissent v Consensus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Setting up for success really does start in the board room. Otherwise, chances are the entity will flounder at least, and founder at worst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More than that, a great board needs to be a great team. Achieving that is no mean feat and often calls for disagreement on complex issues &#8211; although, we hasten to add, that dissent should be expressed respectfully and collegiately among consenting adults!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since you can&#8217;t really make progress without making a few waves here the role of the chair comes into its own. &nbsp;There are lots of things that a chair can do, but one that she or he must do: build the board into a highly functional team that is effective in setting direction for the enterprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our experience, this is best and most enduringly based not on homogeneity, &#8220;recruiting by cloning&#8221;, and expecting or demanding unthinking acquiescence, but on seeking diversity, sound information, and mature debate, supported by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the normal right for individuals to dissent, but here also duly based on principle and evidence rather than conjecture, prejudice, or uninformed opinion; and<\/li><li>the obligation &#8211; again moral, but for boards sometimes legal as well &#8211; of individuals to express dissent in an appropriate manner.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/ThinkEvans-on-Embracing-dissent.pdf\"><strong>short paper<\/strong><\/a>, we highlight the role of dissent in great board performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Setting up for success really does start in the board room. Otherwise, chances are the entity will flounder at least, and founder at worst. More than that, a great board needs to be a great team. Achieving that is no mean feat and often calls for disagreement on complex issues &#8211; although, we hasten to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[11,60,20],"class_list":["post-2046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-thinking","tag-board-duties","tag-dissent","tag-governance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2046"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2806,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2046\/revisions\/2806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thinkevans.com.au\/WordPress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}