Board Mentoring – Your business strategist and executive coach developing your board to be more effective
Mentoring is one of the most powerful means for facilitating board development and learning. In my capacity as a business strategist and executive coach I have worked as both chairman and non executive director on a number of boards and I’m still surprised at how many executive and non executive directors are not really sure what their proper function is – which is why I have created the Board Mentoring Programme which covers issues such as:
- Orienting the Board Members – Understanding the board’s proper role
- The board’s purpose
- Directing not managing
- The Key tasks
- Decision Making
- Governance
- Focusing on the strategic issues:
- Anticipating the future
- Corporate Culture and Values
- Thinking and acting strategically
- Agreeing objectives, strategies and plans
- Monitoring the enterprise
- Delegating proper authority
- Seeing the wood for the trees
- Agreeing performance indicators and controls
- Handling success and failure
- Stakeholders, shareholders and other concerns
- Considering risk and reputation
- Compliance and ethics
- Accountability and responsibility
- Communications and relationship management
The board mentoring programme is designed to become a seamless part of the board’s learning culture, where they are natural, valued and supported. With the right vision and plan, your organisation can be on its way to an exciting, enriching and successful future.
