To take the metaphor of negotiation or combat as a game even further, if possible one should not only change the game board, but change the game.
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For the first time in the company's history, shareholders at General Motors' annual meeting ignored a recommendation from the board and voted for two proposals that change the way board members are elected (the current directors easily won re-election).
You realize that as your business changes, your needs change, and therefore, the people on your board should change.
If someone is facing a chess master, change the game board to Go, or checkers.
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"The change reflects the Board's extreme concern to maintain the club's Premier League status, " it added.
In the face of criticisms from both sides, and Fiorina unwilling to change, the board moved on her.
The ZCU is to hold its AGM next month, where re-elections could see the composition of the board change.
Hudson Square Research analyst Dan Ernst suggested a change by the board away from Mason could be positive for the company.
Icahn, well-known for taking activist roles at companies in which he invests in order to effect change or gain board representation, has kept his Netflix views close to the vest.
In a move that could be described as "totally unsurprising, " Palm shareholders have approved the much-discussed partial sale of the company to a private equity firm called Elevation Partners (of which Bono is a member), and also a change in the board of director's makeup.
But Plaid Cymru councillor Pete Hughes Griffiths urged Health Minister Lesley Griffiths to force the health board to change course.
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He typically takes a minority stake and agitates for change, often getting board representation, as was the case at Motorola and ImClone.
The stark division has led to a flurry of lawsuits and petitions, and New York State has intervened, blocking the sale of a public school building to a Jewish congregation and warning the board to change the way it uses public special education money for private schools.
Increasingly, legendary activist investor Daniel Loeb, founder of New York-based hedge fund Third Point LLC, has long locked-in his reputation in the investing world largely by stirring media controversy through his very public shareholder letters that boldly highlight his aggressive attempts to push for change and replenish company board seats.
Current accounting rules allow retailers that sign certain long-term leases to omit the leased property from their balance sheets. (The basic rule is that omission is acceptable if the lease term is less than 75% of the useful life of the building.) But the Financial Accounting Standards Board may change that next year.
The ruling will only change the way that Peekaboo board members will be removed.
Icahn even unsuccessfully tried to win a seat on the company's board to prompt change.
Hywel Dda Health Board wants to change accident and emergency care at Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli.
For him, a change of mind on the board's part is quite crucial.
Another concern raised by the board was the change in healthcare provider leading to increased stress and "higher than usual staff turnover and sickness".
We did insist on major change in management and the board of directors, and then we have very consciously stepped back, we have not intervened in these companies.
As a result of technology-driven IT management, the Corporate Executive Board predicts a change in IT roles in 2013, where more work will be done within the company, but outside of IT.
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Pascarella hit the road, called on Visa's board members in person and lobbied them to change. (Visa is governed by a 15-person board made up of executives from member banks).
You can apply this to anything: a new job, board service, career change, house renovation, investing.
Another effective change would be to have a board membership that is dominated by strong, independent directors.
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The President had an opportunity to talk to the chairman of the board yesterday about their change in leadership.
And I think what you saw a year ago is that the board decided that a change was in order.
We should note two facts that may help explain this change in the attitude of the board of the Chicago fund.
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