In her book, Great Companies Deserve Great Boards, Beverly Behan describes five performance modes: Imperial, Independent, Entrenched, Hostile, and High Performing. Where does your Board land? I have had the opportunity to work with boards, report to a board and serve on boards. Many of these boards strive to be high performing boards, but actually function in a completely different mode. Their perception isn’t reality. The perception of the leadership team may not be a reality either.