Strategy | Board of Advisors

“Are you looking for strategic direction and seeking input from individuals outside of your business?”

An advisory board provides insight and direction that the leader of a privately-held business can’t get from inside their organization.   Members of an advisory board serve as high level strategists with the view from 30,000 feet.  They have the ability to 'parachute in and out', and they come to know your business without being bogged down by the day to day details that can distract you as the business owner. 

An advisory board helps provide valuable insight when it comes to planning for the future, looking at ways to grow your business, and testing the water with ideas you have for products and services.  A board of advisors can also be a way to surround yourself with expertise that may be missing from your own business.

An added benefit from having a board of advisors is the accountability they bring.  After investing their time participating on the board, your board members will want to know what’s happened around the initiatives you’ve discussed.  So it’s a great way to keep focus on the important but perhaps not urgent projects that you want to tackle.

The Coughlin Group can assist companies in any facet of the board creation and operation.  This may include the creation and make-up of the advisory board, as well as facilitating the board meetings.  It also may include providing follow-up performance coaching to the business owner on issues of tracking progress and implementation of projects discussed at advisory board meetings.