Board of Directors – The Musings of the Big Red Car

McDonalds CEO And His Consensual Romantic Relationship

Big Red Car — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:10:45 +0000

This guy, this divorced Steve Easterbrook guy, was the Chief Executive Officer of McDonalds, by all accounts a good one. So, he admits to having a “consensual romantic relationship” with an employee who is below him in the food chain at McDonalds. [Get it. The food chain. At McDonalds.] Everybody is below the CEO in […]

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Board of Directors

Big Red Car — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 14:22:50 +0000

Big Red Car here waiting for Saturday and the Final Four contests. OK, but I am getting a lot of questions about all things pertinent to a Board of Directors and how to run board meetings and how to deal with board members. We’ve talked about this before, so let me give you some frames […]

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Board Meeting Agenda

Big Red Car — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:55:24 +0000

Board Meeting Agenda? What is that Big Red Car? Big Red Car here in the sunny ATX with the sun beaming down and making it hot, very hot. Like Gen Wm Tecumseh Sherman (America’s first home grown war criminal) said, “If I owned Hell and Texas, I’d live in Hell and rent out Texas!” So, today, […]

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Decision Memorandum

Big Red Car — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 17:24:52 +0000

Decision Memorandum, Big Red Car? Big Red Car here in the Olympic heat of Texas’ beautiful summer. The sun is shining. The heat is rising. The bougainvillea is blooming. The pool is calling. Today, we go swimming at Barton Springs and start swimming laps to rehab a painful Achilles Tendon — but I digress. The […]

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Shop Talk — Boards, A Pragmatic Checklist

Big Red Car — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:51:17 +0000

Big Red Car here, y’all. Oh, it’s cool and sunny here in the ATX. [Shut up, Big Red Car. We’re getting tired of it.] So, today we start a new thrust that is going to be called “Shop Talk” for all of you in the trenches. Today’s chat is about Boards of Directors. It is […]

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The Imperfect Board

Big Red Car — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:19:36 +0000

Big Red Car here. So The Boss is back in Steamboat for some skiing. It is cold and snowy in the ‘Boat which is apparently why The Boss goes there in the first place. Me and the housekeeper, well, we don’t like cold. We like top down Texas weather. We just have to make it […]

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The Anonymous Board Survey

Big Red Car — Sat, 10 May 2014 16:21:47 +0000

Big Red Car here. Ahh, the sun is shining. It is cool and refreshing. All is good in the ATX. On Earth as it is in Texas! We just spoke of the Anonymous Company Survey deciding that was a good thing. Now we speak of the Anonymous Board Survey being a similarly good thing. Here […]

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Board Duties — Handle With Care II

Big Red Car — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 11:23:01 +0000

Big Red Car here. Wow, we had a very nice rain last night replete with lightning, thunder and wind. Ahhh, it was the best. We desperately need water to fill the area lakes. The lakes have been down a bit since 2011 but they are building back with the recent rains. In the last month, […]

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Board Duties — Handle With Care

Big Red Car — Wed, 30 Oct 2013 11:36:26 +0000

Big Red Car here. Bit wet in the ATX this morning. Nice little storm with a bit of Mother Nature’s lightning this morning. Even the rain in the ATX is good. So further to the discussion of CEO and Board duties, the Big Red Car overheard the following. The duties of a Board to the […]

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CEO Duties — Some Assembly Required?

Big Red Car — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 10:44:26 +0000

Big Red Car here. Early start today. Big doings. So The Boss is meeting with a VC friend. Yes, The Boss is friendly with some VCs. He does almost always side with CEOs but VCs are not all bad. “Some of my best friends are VCs….” [Haha, Big Red Car, STFU already. Get on with […]

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