Given my personal history, and the fact that I have sat in several board meetings where mistakes have been made, I’d like to share some tips with first-time CEOs running their first board meeting.

Board meeting follow-up. Send a brief summary of action items discussed during the BoD meeting. Make it clear who is responsible for completing the tasks and by when.

Board meetings are often filled with numbing amounts of data. If you can end with a visual, a big win, an upcoming announcement or a customer endorsement that’s getting traction, do it!

A board of directors meeting may also include reports from the president or CEO, treasurer, managers and committees. Holding meetings about every four to six weeks allows members time to execute ...

Board meetings can change how your business operates if you prepare adequately for it well in advance. And creating a productive and efficient board meeting isn’t an uphill task.