The ugly truth about board relations: SOX isn't the biggest problem, it's the interpersonal relationships. Here is a way to move your board from dysfunctional to optimal.(COMMUNITY BANK MANAGEMENT) From: ABA Banking Journal | Date: February 1, 2008| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2008 Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Although he was wearing a forced smile, the bank's CEO left the board meeting with a number of negative emotions running through his head: anger, disgust, and most of all, frustration. More than anything, he wondered how he could ever get through to the #*@x*! board on the really important issues....

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Despite all that has transpired regarding boards of directors and executive management teams since Enron and WorldCom and Sarbanes-Oxley came to pass, the primary preoccupation by executive management and board members continues to ...

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