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Work It Podcast: Can a board of directors fire the CEO?

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Boards were in the limelight when OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman was fired by his board last year. Who gets to sit on the board of a company? How are they picked and how much power do they really have?

Crispina Robert and Adrian Tan speak to Wong Su-Yen, the former president of Singapore Institute of Directors.

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Wong Su-Yen, immediate past president of Singapore Institute of Directors, guest on the Work It podcast. (Photo: CNA/Sai Ye Wint)
One of the key roles of a board is in constructing the management team ... to actually identify and measure performance, and also to reward the performance of the CEO and the top management.
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Jump to these key moments:

  • 4:19 Why do boards exist?
  • 6:47 How are board members picked?
  • 12:55 Can boards fire the CEO?
  • 15:02 How many boards can one sit on?
  • 20:17 Why it isn't just "rubber stamping"

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