{"id":5253,"date":"2026-01-08T02:15:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/how-to-handle-a-difficult-board-member\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T02:15:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T18:15:20","slug":"how-to-handle-a-difficult-board-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moresourcing.com\/ru\/how-to-handle-a-difficult-board-member\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Handle a Difficult Board Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"DekBylineContainer_dek-byline-container__fr_dQ DekBylineContainer_premium__Y5cte\">\n<p class=\"DekBylineContainer_dek-byline-content__jety2 DekBylineContainer_premium__Y5cte\"><span class=\"Dek_dek__7kUre\">The HBR Executive Playbook on protecting governance, repairing trust, and keeping the work on track.<\/span><span class=\"Byline_byline__Fsu0D\"> <!-- -->\u043d\u0430<!-- --> <a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/search?term=Rachel DuRose\" class=\"Byline_author__SdVEf\">Rachel DuRose<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"PublicationDate_non-magazine-date___Oz7L\">January 7, 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_text__yGFNO hbr-executive Paragraph_hbr-executive__PiQ_x\" data-first-paragraph=\"true\"><span class=\"LeadIn_lead-in__xiKdI\">The job of a corporate <\/span><span class=\"LeadIn_lead-in-large__tE9w8\">board is <\/span>to scrutinize management\u2019s assumptions, stress-test strategies, and protect the interests of shareholders.\u00a0A\u00a0healthy tension between company leaders and the board is to be\u00a0expected;\u00a0however,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0not uncommon\u00a0to\u00a0encounter\u00a0a board member whose skepticism or criticism\u00a0feels\u00a0disruptive,\u00a0adversarial, personal, or even\u00a0hostile.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async=\"\" defer=\"\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v19.2&amp;appId=1761258887507575&amp;xfbml=false&amp;status=true\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>#Handle #Difficult #Board #Member<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The HBR Executive Playbook on protecting governance, repairing trust, and keeping the work on track. by Rachel DuRose January 7, 2026 The job of a corporate board is to scrutinize management\u2019s assumptions, stress-test strategies, and protect the interests of shareholders.\u00a0A\u00a0healthy tension between company leaders and the board is to be\u00a0expected;\u00a0however,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0not uncommon\u00a0to\u00a0encounter\u00a0a board member whose skepticism [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.7.1 (Yoast SEO v25.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Handle a Difficult Board Member - MORE SOURCING LTD<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senior leaders often have to navigate relationships with difficult, skeptical, or even adversarial board members. 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