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Ethics: My Board Chair’s Behavior Is Stressing Everyone. What Should I Say to Her?
What do you do when your board leader keeps having behavioral breakdowns?
EXPERT OPINION BY MINDA ZETLIN, AUTHOR OF 'CAREER SELF-CARE: FIND YOUR HAPPINESS, SUCCESS, AND FULFILLMENT AT WORK' @MINDAZETLIN
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A Reddit member writes: I’m the executive director for a young nonprofit, and [the board chair] has been self-inflicting angst and taking it out on other board members (and me) since she started four months ago. We really need her expertise, but it is hard for me to deal with behavioral breakdowns every three to six weeks.
Yesterday, we had a board meeting. Before the facilitator (also a board........