By - Sandi Webster

Why Advisory Boards Fail: Poor Communication

Effective communication is crucial for success in any business venture, but it’s especially important for advisory boards. When communication breaks down, it can lead to misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and ultimately, failure. Unfortunately, poor communication is a common problem on many advisory boards. By identifying communication challenges and implementing strategies to overcome them, board members can work together more effectively and achieve their goals.

Why Advisory Boards Fail Due to a Lack of Clear Purpose and Goals
By - Sandi Webster

Why Advisory Boards Fail Due to a Lack of Clear Purpose and Goals

I’ve sat on for-profit and non-profit advisory boards over the years. Some ran like clockwork, while others did not. Typically, the ones not running correctly have one thing in common – they are failing. I’ve deduced that one of the reasons for failure is if the advisory board lacks a clear understanding of its purpose and goals, it may be challenging to provide practical advice to the organization.

By - Sandi Webster

Scaling Your Business

Are you, business owner, feeling stuck at the same revenue level? Are you ready to quit your business because you just know you can’t take it to the next level –whatever level that is? Well, there are things that you can do to grow your business, whether it is a 25% increase in revenues or to 10x it! Here are some “we-have-proven-they-work” tips from Grant Cardone in his 10X Business Challenge, along with my common sense ones.

By - Arvin Cielo

Systems you need to grow your business

Unless you are a lifestyle business, you want to scale – a little or exponentially. Many business owners do not know they need to put systems in place to have repetitive sales, retention of employees and tracking their billing. Why do you need to have a system, and not just any system, but a process-driven one? A step-by-step system allows

By - Sandi Webster

How Is Success Defined?

What does success mean to you?  Does it involve money? Job title? How well you marry? The car you drive? Just keeping your business afloat another year? To whom do you compare your success to know whether or not you’re successful? To your current peers? To your family members? People with whom you went to school? I define success based

By - Sandi Webster

Creating the Seats at Your Table!

What the company does? Sandi Webster LLC coaches small business owners to form advisory boards that help scale their businesses with a focus on increasing EBITDA towards a successful exit. Business owners learn the difference between a board of directors and an advisory board through an online course or one-on-one coaching. The Current Landscape In the current pandemic business landscape,