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Nor do they perform worse." ~ Katherine Klein, University of Pennsylvania Do you know how difficult my life might become for the above quote? I have observed that the best functioning boards are not dominated by one or two voices, that operate at the level of what a board should operate at, and challenge each other and management.
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