Building a Board of Advisers


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Boards: The Right Person To Lead One

The best chairman or chairwoman is a mentor, sounding board, and listener.  Read more

Boards: What Makes A Strong Director?

What to look for when you choose board members. And what to avoid. The second of a four-part series.  Read more

Boards: Why Bother With One?

A group of advisors can be extraordinarily useful. Tricks to make sure yours is. The first of a four-part series.  Read more

How to Get The Most Out Of Your Advisors

It took ages to convince the right people to sit on your advisory board. So why aren't they helping?  Read more

Lasso a Star Advisor for Your Start-up

As Meg Whitman joins Zaarly, an e-commerce start-up, the company's CEO offers advice on finding your company's next advisor, and why you might want to consid...  Read more

Leonardo DiCaprio Invests in Photo-Sharing App

The actor led a $4 million seed round and joined the company's board of advisers.  Read more

Would You Take Business Advice From a College Student?

Why Jen O’Neal, founder of Tripping, created an advisory board of young people  Read more

The Cash Register Meets its App

The smartphone makes a significant lunge toward replacing your credit card. Plus, what if your product is too perfect, and the rest of the day's news.  Read more

How to Build a Board of Directors

Haunted by nightmare board-meeting scenarios? Here's how to assemble the best advisers for your business.  Read more

How to Assemble a Board of Advisers

How to set up a board of advisers to help you run your small business  Read more

Smart Questions: How to Vet a Board Member

Here's what to ask to get the right person to join your board.  Read more

Four Tips for Working with Board Search Firms

The percentage of new directors recruited through professional search firms is steadily rising. Here are four tips to help you in your work with search firms.  Read more

Reluctant Board Candidates: Friendly Persuasion

Learn four ways to improve the odds that an A-list candidate for your board will accept the position.  Read more

Board Evaluation: Liability Dangers?

Having a strong evaluation process in place to help you evaluate your board is essential. But there are a few liability issues you should be aware of as well.  Read more

Weeding Out Weak Board Members

Get advice on the best ways to go about getting rid of weak board members -- in a healthy and humane manner.  Read more

Four Annual Meeting " Musts" For Your Board

Annual meetings can be a great opportunity for companies to connect with meeting attendees, but are often poorly used. Smart corporations use annual meetings...  Read more

A Boardroom " Bill Of Rights"

It's not uncommon to hear about the duties and responsibilities of a corporate director. But what rights do board members have?  Read more

How Directors Can Help In A CEO Search

For help in an external CEO search, tap your board's individual contacts. But be careful of potential problems and conflicts.  Read more

4 How-To Ideas For Global Directors

As an increasing number of corporate boards appoint foreign directors, many conflicts can arise. Here are a few keys to help ease the potential problems a mu...  Read more

Four Board Evaluation Problems - And Solutions

Board self-evaluation is important, but not all boards do it in an effective way. Here are four common problems boards run into during the evaluation process.  Read more

Hot Tip: The Smartest Phone Call A CEO Can Make

Bob Neuschel, a business professor at Northwestern University who also serves on many boards, shares a CEO board communication tip -- one that can also help ...  Read more

My Most Awkward Boardroom Moment

Real-life boardroom antics and snafus, straight from the pros' mouths.  Read more

Take Advice for What It's Worth

When you start a business, everyone will be offering their opinions. Small-business columnist Rhonda Abrams offers a guide to the advice you should actually ...  Read more

Four Ways a Board Can Help Manage a Merger

Board expert Ralph Ward points out ways in which your board can help with the merger or acquisition.  Read more

Board Searches: What's Hot in 2001?

What are the skills that boards are seeking for their directors in 2001? Board expert Ralph Ward offers four of the hottest attributes that boards are after.  Read more

Give Your Board a Style Audit

How effective is your board's chemistry? Board expert Ralph Ward suggests ideas to help formulate a good, objective blueprint of how your board actually func...  Read more

Hot Tip: Board Conflict Resolution

A new booklet offers advice on cooling boardroom passions.  Read more

A Boardroom Generation Gap

Young entrepreneurs are finding their way onto company boards. Are they clashing with older board members? Board expert Ralph Ward outlines the problems and ...  Read more

Finding Diverse Candidates for Your Board

There is an increased demand for but limited supply of diverse board candidates. Board expert Ralph Ward makes practical suggestions to guide your recruitmen...  Read more

Common Boardroom Blunders of Novices

It's tough being the new kid in the boardroom, and there are typical mistakes made that will show you as an amateur. Board expert Ralph Ward outlines the tel...  Read more

New Rules of Etiquette for Board Communication

It used to be that board members got all their information from the CEO. Now members are making direct contact with corporate officers. With this change come...  Read more

Board Building Tips from the 2000 Inc. 500 #1 Company

Having a strong start-up board with stellar talent was critical to the success of the #1 company on the 2000 Inc. 500 list.  Read more

Five Tips for Savvy Board Travel Planning

Making sure that board members arrive at your meeting is an increasingly high-stakes and complicated game. Board expert Ralph Ward offers strategies to decre...  Read more

Best Practices: Boardroom Orientation

Bringing your new board members up to speed is critical. Board expert Ralph Ward explains how one company uses a corporate fact book to educate new board mem...  Read more

Tough Love: What You Really Want from Your Advisory Board

If you're expecting your board to enthusiastically back all your ideas, you may be missing their main purpose. One entrepreneur reflects on the tough lessons...  Read more