{"id":585065,"date":"2017-01-07T14:49:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-07T19:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/?p=585065"},"modified":"2023-05-30T15:28:31","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T19:28:31","slug":"ep27-terrible-board-member-eileen-opatut","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/joangarry.com\/podcast\/ep27-terrible-board-member-eileen-opatut\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 27: Confessions of a Terrible Board Member (with Eileen Opatut)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What if a prospective board member looks great \u201con paper\u201d but doesn\u2019t pan out as the five-star board member you\u2019d expected?<\/p>\n

Is it their fault? Yours?<\/p>\n

Is it possible to anticipate when it just won\u2019t work?<\/p>\n

Eileen Opatut has been an unsuccessful member of several boards and can help shed light on the experience from the board member\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n

Today, Eileen and I try to answer some of these questions and tease out the subtle (and not so subtle) things that you can do to nurture and develop a board member with potential. We also discuss how to recognize when it was never going to work in the first place.<\/p>\n

About\u00a0Eileen Opatut<\/h2>\n

Eileen Opatut\u00a0is a TV programming executive turned realtor\/developer. She spent 8 years at the helm of The Food Network. Eileen is deeply passionate about a variety of causes and has served on several nonprofit boards. She\u2019s smart, strategic, generous, and takes initiative.<\/p>\n

Sounds like the perfect board member, right? And yet, Eileen has never once had a positive board experience.<\/p>\n

In this episode:<\/h2>\n