---
id: "question-enforcing-boundaries"
type: "open-question"
source_timestamps: ["§ The Founder’s New Role"]
tags: ["conflict-resolution", "governance"]
related: ["concept-role-scorecards", "action-create-role-scorecards"]
resolutionPath: "Case studies detailing specific board interventions or intermediary mediation tactics used when a founder breaches their agreed-upon role scorecard."
sources: ["tail2"]
sourceVaultSlug: "hbr-seg-tail2"
originDay: 2
articleStem: "hbr-tail-122-leading-after-founder"
sourceUrl: "https://hbr.org/2026/01/leading-after-the-founder"
sourceTitle: "Leading After the Founder"
---
# How do you enforce boundaries if a founder ignores the role scorecard?

The article mentions a case where a successor had to threaten legal action to enforce a contractual clause because the founder refused to relinquish his office and undermined the new CEO. However, it doesn't provide a scalable framework for boards to enforce boundaries *before* it reaches the point of legal threats.

This is the enforcement gap in [[concept-role-scorecards]] and [[action-create-role-scorecards]]: scorecards define the boundary but not the escalation path when it is breached.

**Resolution path:** Case studies detailing specific board interventions or intermediary mediation tactics used when a founder breaches an agreed-upon role scorecard — a graduated enforcement ladder short of litigation.