Explain in brief: Board Meeting Agenda.

The purpose of a board meeting agenda is to improve the effectiveness of board meetings. It is the tool the chair uses to keep boardroom discussions focused. Although each board will have an agenda that reflects specific topics of relevance to a company at that time, a number of general items will be included on most agendas. A good agenda alerts directors about issues with the board and to develop related board papers. An agenda helps the chair ensure that all issues are dealt with in an appropriate order and depth during the meeting. The agenda is usually prepared by the chair with assistance from either the CEO, the board secretary or both. Sometimes the chair will draft the agenda and the others will review it, sometimes it is done in a meeting with all contributing and sometimes it will be drafted by an executive with the chair providing comment or revising the draft.