Whats the right relationship between the chair and CEO?
The two positions of chair and CEO are quite different. The CEO sees to it that the organization meets board expectations. The chair guides the board to meet its own expectations of itself. These jobs are not related by hierarchy. The CEO does not report to the chair, but to the board as a body. Similarly, the chair does not report to the CEO, but to the board as a body. Because the CEO works for the board, he or she is not accountable to the chair, not supervised by the chair, nor ever should be said to report to the board “through the chair.” Hence, the chair and the CEO are colleagues, in adjacent jobs. The chair and the CEO may decide to interact in an advisory fashion with each other or not.
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