Often there is a stigma attached to stress and many employees are reluctant to utilize existing programs. So more are more people are reporting that they are emotionally exhausted and frazzled at work. The effort to balance work and family. Heavier workloads on leaner staffs. None of these are unknown to the SoHo citizen.
Different things work for different people, but some methods have universal appeal.
Writing down those tolerations, becoming aware of and articulating them, will naturally cause you to start handling, eliminating, fixing, growing through and resolving those tolerations. While they won't have to be rocket scientists, directors will be more competent in understanding technology and its implications than is the case today. As boards meet less frequently, board committees will do more work and become more powerful. There will be a complete passing from the scene of the director who sits on 10 or more boards. When companies get into trouble, 21st century social and regulatory pressures will cause Japan-style resignations by disgraced board members.