Cards on the Table

Eight recurring boardroom personas. One practical framework to turn meeting chaos into clear decisions. Every meeting room has its regulars: the person who cannot stop worrying, the one who already knows the answer, the quiet strategist who says nothing until the follow-up email, and the facilitator trying to turn all that energy into a decision. In Cards on the Table, Paolo Falcioni draws on more than twenty years of European boardroom experience to identify eight recurring meeting personas: from the Skeptic and the Data-Driven to the Advocate, the Disruptor and the Quiet One. This is a practical, sharp, and often funny guide to understand what each persona is protecting, how meetings derail, and what exact moves can return the room back to its purpose, clarity, and action.