How to give a brilliant board report

When communicating financial data to board members, there is an art to striking the right balance of information that is meaningful and, at the same time, comprehensive and concise. If you inundate your board members with minutia, they will do one of two things: (1) tune out and disengage or (2) take it as an invitation to micromanage. But if you provide too little information, you run the risk of glossing over emerging issues and trends that are significant to