overboarding

overboarding definition - business

overboarding

An individual serving as a director on the boards of multiple organizations such that it is difficult to devote adequate time to some or all of the positions. Some critics of The Home Depot management pointed to one of the firm's directors, who served on up to ten other boards.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Business Terms Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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