A Chairman is not there to run the company
The Chairman's job is to run the board. The CEO's job is to run the company. The Chairman will be heavily involved in hiring/firing, appraising, setting success metrics and so on for the CEO. The Chairman almost never uses direct authority and in fact has little in terms of day to day running of the club - it's more a matter of influence.
For example, if there was a suspicion that NCFC's corporate comms wasn't entirely up to snuff - and I've said before that I don't think it is - the Chairman would not wade in with size elevens doing Alan Sugar impressions. Rather, he would ask the CEO to present on communication strategy and operation to the next board meeting, and make the CEO responsible for delivering objectives around communications. A rather less confrontational approach would be to involve the comms people directly in announcing his own appointment so he can get to know the people a bit and maybe suggest things on the way.
A good Chairman operates almost entirely by influence, not by direct authority. His job is to make sure that the board operates well, is well informed and advised, works through consensus, has its performance externally appraised every so often (every three years is standard in a plc), sets strategy for the organisation and so on.
Posted By: Old Man on December 28th 2015 at 11:42:56
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- Ed Balls having a press conference at 1130 (NCFC) - SCC 28, Dec 28, 11:13:19
- He's a Politician and they like to talk (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Dec 28, 11:22:34
- chief executives (NCFC) - letsbehavinyou, Dec 28, 12:01:20
- Another meaningless message (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Dec 28, 13:07:38
- Erm... (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Dec 28, 12:12:00
- A Chairman is not there to run the company (NCFC) - Old Man, Dec 28, 11:42:56
- Eggsactlee Old Man (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Dec 28, 11:54:47
- Looking forward to the Balls vs McNasty gay off. (n/m) (NCFC) - harry boulders, Dec 28, 11:49:31
- Bad cop, bad cop act. Probably get along famously (n/m) (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Dec 28, 12:06:02
- chief executives (NCFC) - letsbehavinyou, Dec 28, 12:01:20
- Carrow Road PR machine (NCFC) - trt354, Dec 28, 11:18:35
- It's on BBC Norfolk I think? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Dec 28, 11:17:51
- He's a Politician and they like to talk (NCFC) - emmaroyds, Dec 28, 11:22:34
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