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Where boards are still going wrong

Where boards are still going wrong

Only a few chairmen have dared to look outside the usual pathways to the board to find a director with deep skills in technology, marketing or human resources.

Sally PattenBOSS editor
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Before Claire Hatton was appointed a director of Lifestyle Communities in May 2022, any board discussions about sales centred squarely on the level and pace of inquiries and the forward pipeline.

Since Hatton’s appointment to the board of the over-50s housing group, that has all changed.

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Sally Patten
Sally PattenBOSS editorSally Patten edits BOSS, and writes about workplace issues. She was the financial services editor and personal finance editor of the AFR, The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. She edited business news for The Times of London. Connect with Sally on Twitter. Email Sally at spatten@afr.com

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