The
Challenge.
Leadership is lonely.
Navigating the organization from where you are to where you want to be
is hard. Knowing where exactly you
should be going can be even harder.
Large, publicly traded companies have the benefits of expensive,
fiduciary boards providing oversight, expertise, and feedback. Well-funded start-ups and VC- and
PE-backed operating companies have private boards with experts helping
leadership guide the organization.
Many leaders at family businesses and closely held organizations,
however, are starving for input from others with outside experience and expertise,
with fresh ideas for their organizations.
Even the best leaders, leaders who have great vision and skill, are
sharpened by the feedback of other experienced leaders.
As businesses grow, leadership and
governance need to evolve. As
Marshall Goldsmith says, “What got you here won’t get you there.” What growing organizations and leaders
need is an efficient team of strategic experts who are committed to the
organization and its leaders. They
need a team of highly qualified leaders providing honest feedback, offering
outside perspective, and helping leaders navigate the way forward.
The
Resistance.
Many business owners and leaders, though acknowledging how valuable it
could be, too often resist creating boards for a number of legitimate
reasons. Sometimes, they don’t
know how to get started.
Sometimes, they see too many boards that are ineffective or, worse,
dysfunctional. Sometimes, they are
wary for other reasons: fear of losing control; difficulty identifying and
recruiting board members; unengaged or uncommitted board members; uncertainty
regarding the cost in both time and financial investment.
Invaluable
Advice.
SKM Associates offers a full service professional advisory board
solution. We do the work of
advisory board creation and implementation, and you focus on using the strengths
of a healthy board to drive your organization forward. We work with you to compile a
multi-disciplinary team of experienced professionals as an advisory board that
is tailored to work for you. You
get access to the same expertise as larger companies, at an accessible cost,
tailored to your organization, and committed to your success.
Your advisory board comes to you with,
among other benefits, quarterly meetings, monthly reviews, support in
monitoring key performance indicators, connections to additional resources and
new networks, and more.
What is holding you back from the
invaluable advice that will help you drive your organization to continued
success?