Boards: The Right Person To Lead One
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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
