1.9 Defining board dynamics

Question 1

Define board dynamics.

Answer 1

The interactions between board members individually and collectively, and how these inflence and are influenced by, their wider stakeholder system.

Question 2

What is a “group”?

Answer 2

Two or more people who interact with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have a sense of unity.

Question 3

What is a “team”?

Answer 3

A small group of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.

Question 4

What is a “high performing team”?

Answer 4

A team that possesses unique and expert level knowledge, skills and experience related to task performance and adapt, coordinate and cooperate as a team, thereby producing superior or at least near optimal levels of performance.

Question 5

What is “collective intelligence”?

Answer 5

Shared or group intelligence that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts and competitoon of many individuals and appears in concencus decision making.

Question 6

What is psychological safety?

Answer 6

Being able to show and employ one’s self without fear of negative consequences or self-image, status and career.

Question 7

What is cognitive bias?

Answer 7

A systematic pattern of deviation from norm or rationality in judgement.

Question 8

List the directions of the arrows on the 11Cs model.

Answer 8

• Technical (up) v Behavioural (down)

* Board (right) vs Individual (left)