Meet the directors from hell - What are your strategies for getting around these tricky characters?

Holding a host of board positions used to be the ideal way to ease into retirement, but the bloody campaign by James Packer to remove Echo Entertainment chairman John Story and the play by mining billionaire Gina Rinehart for representation on the Fairfax Media board reveal just how ruthless the role has become.

"It is no longer a cushy number," warns Katie Lahey, managing director of Korn/Ferry Australasia, in its report on the best and worst directors ... READ MORE

Released by Australian Review - June 2012