The Board Doctor Will See You Now

I'm a bit jaded when it comes to the roles of boards of directors. My experience in both for-profit and non-profit organizations has been less than positive. So I wasn't surprised to see the recent Wall Street Journal article, ‘Board Doctors’ Help Supervise the Supervisors, by Joann S. Lublin, describing the growing practice of hiring outside consultants to assess the boards of directors of for-profit organizations.

According to Ms. Lublin, 19% of public U.S. companies hired a board consultant in 2013 (up from 17% in 2010), and as many as 35% of major companies . . .