Posted by Dave Lorenzo - Business Coach

I received a great question at AskDaveLorenzo.com. Richard said:

“I would be very interested to read more about your experiences on the board of directors at your condo. For many people, serving in such a capacity is the only “management” they will be doing in their career at that time and your insights on how to make a difference when you have no power, live with those you are working “for” and have to deal with unrealistic expectations would be very interesting to read.”

Richard is referring to my post a couple of weeks ago about my condo board.

So far things have been moving forward with each board member assigned to different tasks.   Whenever we have to make a serious decision I continuously force those decisions to be made on the basis of facts and not based upon emotion.  If someone raises an issue I ask to see evidence.  If someone wants an immediate decision, I ask how informed we are on the topic and then I ask how informed we could be.  If there is a gap, I recommend that we table the decision until we have the facts.

There is some tension among the board members.  There is a great deal of emotion in the room whenever we meet.  I view my job as keeping us on an even keel and helping us make the best decisions possible.

Thanks for the comment, Richard.  I’ll share whatever information I can that may be helpful.

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