Governance can both enable and inspire a business. Regular formal involvement in the way of a Board or Advisory board ensures CEO’s feel challenged and supported. The board can debate the difficult issues and use evidence to inform decisions that will drive the direction of the company into the future.
How can an Advisory Board help my business?
With Advisory board becoming more of a buzz word among SMEs in New Zealand, more businesses with turnover up to $10m are investigating whether the expertise offered by a board is the best way to guide a business to the next stage in its development. To ensure that an Advisory board is the perfect fit for your business, CEOs and business owners should consider the following points:
Stratigence quickly got to grips with my business, understood my challenges and worked closely with my team to deliver a result that exceeded my expectations and delivered under budget.
Jordana helped me understand my customer base and where to focus our marketing and sales effort. It gave us a strong understanding of both our position in the market, and who our ideal customer was. She helped us with exporting into new markets overseas focusing on those ideal customers.
When looking for expert marketing advice, we sought proposals from, and interviewed several marketing companies. Choosing Stratigence was a no brainer for us because it was immediately obvious that they understood our business and spoke our language. Dealing with Jordana and Chris is a pleasure. They are not shy in challenging our thinking and this has resulted in a new model for promoting our products and services. Highly recommended.
Chris is great at putting the team at ease, and has a wealth of experience and anecdotes to lend credence to what he’s teaching. He went the extra mile to understand where we’re at and what we needed from the training, and tailored the session focus accordingly. The session had a great balance between core content, and questions & discussion, and Chris did a good job at keeping up momentum. We are moving forward in a productive direction as a result of this.