Sat.Jul 06, 2019

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Don’t Be a Boardroom Mushroom

Aaron Allen & Associates

They say the best way to grow mushrooms is to keep them in the dark and feed them manure. Some restaurant boards are relegated to the same regimen. While it is essential for the restaurant board of directors and executive management teams to nurture a harmonious and balanced relationship — and this is how it works in most of the best-run businesses — there are also instances of an organizational culture where board members become complacent in being treated like mushrooms (kept in the dark and f