By - Sandi Webster

Driving Board Excellence: Key Metrics for Evaluating Advisory Board Performance

Advisory boards provide unbiased, third-party insights and recommendations on various strategic issues. However, to fully leverage these valuable resources and ensure they offer the expected strategic value, businesses must have a mechanism to evaluate their performance systematically.

By - Sandi Webster

Revolutionize Your Boardroom! Finding the Right Fractional Board Members for Your Company

You need expert advice but can’t justify the cost of a full-time board member. Enter the world of fractional board members. These are highly skilled professionals who offer their expertise to multiple companies, often on a part-time basis.

By - Sandi Webster

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Role of Women on Advisory Boards

An advisory board is a group of external experts and professionals who provide guidance, advice, and support to a company’s leadership team. These boards can drive strategic direction, offer insights into industry trends, and ensure sound corporate governance.

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.