<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">2017-05-22 3:14 GMT+04:00 Sander Steffann <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sander@steffann.nl" target="_blank">sander@steffann.nl</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":dz" class="a3s aXjCH m15c2d4be294b8951">I'm sorry, but there is a huge difference between academic achievement and leadership skills. Many people with great academic achievements are horrible leaders, and many good leaders have no academic background. Good leaders usually are willing to learn, but stating that formal learning is globally accepted as being critical for leadership capabilities is far fetched.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>+1</div><div><br></div><div>for more evidence, please see how many CEO in harvard top 100 CEO (evidence of real leadership) in the world have MBA (evidence of formal academic learning)</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=":dz" class="a3s aXjCH m15c2d4be294b8951">
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I remember that in the past there were some ideas to require board nominees to have a master's degree or something similar, but doing so would deprive us of some very good candidates. The board should be diverse and include people with different skills and experiences. Limiting it to some academic "elite" (which is what such requirements feel like to me to be honest) would be very bad for this community.</div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>+1</div><div> <br></div></div><br><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Borg le Chevalier<br>___________________________________<br>"Common sense is what tells us the world is flat" </div>
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