Sentence examples for executive sessions from inspiring English sources

He said Delphi's independent directors hold private "executive sessions" at each board meeting, chaired by the lead director.

These include everything from boardroom "executive sessions" without the boss to mandated "orientation programmes" (including a field trip to corporate headquarters) for incoming directors.

Then last month, Asharoken adopted an ordinance imposing a $1,000 fine on trustees who divulge what occurred in executive sessions of the village board.

He said the courts had held as unenforceable the old code's call for the removal from office of public officials who disclosed what transpired in executive sessions.

Directors grow bolder and more willing to argue with the chief executive, knowing where others share their doubts.But the effectiveness of executive sessions cannot disguise the unresolved questions in the boardroom.

"She would have been present for any and all meetings and executive sessions of the board," Mr. McLucas, a partner at Wilmer Cutler Pickering in Washington, said in an interview before the settlement.

It is what Americans confusingly call "executive session".

"I had an executive session with myself," John Lewis recalled.

Boards must routinely meet in "executive session", that is, without the chief executive present.

Nor is the chief executive entirely excluded from the procedure that leads to the executive session.

The commission held a public meeting on Tuesday and approved the hiring in an executive session, without disclosing it afterward.