Many organisations still use chairman for the head of the board. This seems old-fashioned to me and I think better options are chair or chairperson.

Not everyone agrees with me and a few e-newsletter readers have informed me that -man in chairman comes from the Latin manus meaning ‘hand’.  But how many people know that?

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