This just happened. Ground Rules Hannaford has a split management. Management is supposed to do and the board is supposed to advise. Everyone does their homework beforehand, and the chairman runs the meetings. Any gung-ho director who starts saying how he would run the company is severely out of line.
Directors sit closest to the CEO and chairman.
Talking Stick Protocols are important because you have very busy people who need to get in and out of a place very quickly - we raise our hands and wait to be recognized. Yet it's a very feisty board and we don't feel constrained. We say what we have to say. Lobster is a favorite. To plan the company's future strategy and find something to get paranoid about.