Football areena – a place, where there is also a boardroom

This photo with boardroom sign in it is from Anfield, the home areena of Liverpool F.C, which is a season 2024-2025 champion. Football as a sport with teams, managers, coaches and scouts is a business on its own. Decisions on game plans, players, tactics and so on is constact, same as in business life.

Don’t we also see similar signs of a existing boardroom in business live? Sure you have seen the sign, or the meeting room board utilize for its meetings. Perhaps you have also either being in that room as a board member or being eagerly waiting to present your presentation to the board for their decision-making.

Do you remember that feeling in the boardroom? The M&A case, that a big team of people has been doing for long time, got approval, or you had approval for your business lines investment or something similar. A big decision that changes everything in the company and sets a new direction to the actions and targets.

We tend to connect feelings to places and surely boardroom is such a place, where most people remember visiting. Perhaps for your next visit to boardroom you need some tips or as a board chair you want to drive the performance of your fellow board members? To learn more on the decision-making, growth and innovation in the boardroom, I recommend to read the following book.

“I have always been fascinated by the intricate dance of power, strategy, and decision-making that unfolds within the boardroom. It is a microcosm of human interaction, where the fate of companies, communities, and sometimes even nations, is shaped.”

― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr. Board Room Blitz: Mastering the Art of Corporate Governance