Board Chair/CEO relationship tips and strategies

How is your relationship with your incoming and current Chamber Board Chair? How do you communicate what is expected? Is the relationship superficial or built on trust? How will the two of you work through the tough issues that inevitably come up every year in a Chamber?

Nothing makes for a more challenging year for a Chamber CEO than a less than ideal relationship with the Board Chair. Setting the tone for a good year takes work, clear expectations, and communication on both ends.

Recently, retired Willmar Chamber President, Ken Warner and Grand Forks East Grand Ford Chamber CEO, Barry Wilfahrt, and their respective 2023 Board Chairs sat down with Lisa Workman, President, Fergus Falls Chamber, to answer these questions and more.

Watch the video above to hear two seasoned Chamber CEOs and their volunteers discuss how they prepared for and managed this sometimes, tricky relationship.

Over the years Ken and Barry have mentored countless Chamber CEOs and Ken delivered his popular “Boot Camp for New Executives” at MACE for many years prior to retirement.