Rusty O'Kelley

Go early to the meetings. I know this seems obvious, but it's sometimes surprising how new board members don't take advantage of saying, hey, you know, I want to come in a few hours early. Is there someone I could have coffee with? Or, you know, as everyone's racing to a plane, ask, who can I ride in the car with? Are we on the same flight? Let's sit together.

Go early to the meetings. I know this seems obvious, but it's sometimes surprising how new board members don't take advantage of saying, hey, you know, I want to come in a few hours early. Is there someone I could have coffee with? Or, you know, as everyone's racing to a plane, ask, who can I ride in the car with? Are we on the same flight? Let's sit together.

They may be small things, but they help to get to know you as people. Then more proactively throughout your first year, make sure around board meetings, you schedule a coffee or a drink or a meal before or after the formal board process or board meetings, because that allows you to, again, to get to know people, to get feedback, to give feedback in a really informal setting.

They may be small things, but they help to get to know you as people. Then more proactively throughout your first year, make sure around board meetings, you schedule a coffee or a drink or a meal before or after the formal board process or board meetings, because that allows you to, again, to get to know people, to get feedback, to give feedback in a really informal setting.

They may be small things, but they help to get to know you as people. Then more proactively throughout your first year, make sure around board meetings, you schedule a coffee or a drink or a meal before or after the formal board process or board meetings, because that allows you to, again, to get to know people, to get feedback, to give feedback in a really informal setting.