---
id: "prereq-corporate-governance-d2"
type: "prereq"
source_timestamps: ["§ Is It Transition Time?", "§ Choose the Right Model"]
tags: ["governance", "board-of-directors"]
related: ["framework-founder-role-archetypes", "concept-role-scorecards"]
reason: "Necessary to understand the structural implications of the four founder role archetypes."
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"
---
# Corporate Governance Structures

The text assumes the reader understands the distinct roles and power dynamics between a CEO, a Board of Directors, a Chairperson, and Nonexecutive Directors, as well as how reporting lines function when a former CEO becomes a CTO.

**Why it matters:** Necessary to understand the structural implications of [[framework-founder-role-archetypes]] and why [[concept-role-scorecards]] (and their governance analogues like RACI matrices and board charters) are needed to make each archetype concrete.