When you get the opportunity of being a board member, you realize how boardroom politics is the number one killer of businesses. The most ineffective Boards are NGOs and public entities. These organizations have board members just for window dressing. They want to project a picture of being ‘well governed’ to access funds or financing. The biggest joke is the fact that most CEOs handpick most board members. Big perks If you are a Board member in some organization, it is likely that the managing director invited you to sit on the Board. Although these positions attract no salary i.e.…