Leveraging Board Service for Leadership Development
In an ideal world, professional development never ends. Yet by the time senior leaders rise in the ranks, formal training courses are less effective or valuable as development strategies. Corporate board service reflects a growing professional development trend among current executives, with nearly 70 percent of first-time directors actively employed.
We’ll support your development and retention strategies
Helping You Retain Your High-Potential Leaders
Board service is an ideal way for senior leaders to exercise their skills in new ways. These incremental responsibilities can extend the timeframe for those leaders who are looking for growth or promotion. Whether as a knowledge and capabilities expansion opportunity for a current leader or as an off-ramp to retirement within a succession plan, Board Readiness is a valued benefit.
Custom, individualized support
Guided self-assessment
Creation of go-to-market materials
Deployment of board search
Ongoing coaching and counsel
Think of Us as Your Own Trusted Advisor
We provide custom, concierge-level support to you and your executives when they are asking for more. We’ve walked in your shoes and understand the complexities you are managing.
Care
The wellbeing of your employees is your top priority. And ours, too.
Discretion
Trust and professionalism are essential during leadership transitions.
Expertise
We’re a team of corporate executives and executive recruiters.
Value
We bring fully developed solutions to meet your challenges.
What is at stake?
Helping your leader find and secure the right board seat requires careful planning and a guide who knows the territory.
Through Board Readiness and the right level of support and candor, we help your leaders create their clear market message, develop all necessary materials and deploy a networking strategy to help them stand out as a board candidate.
Our consultants bring an average of 30 years of executive experience, and we carefully match them to your leader for a customized, high-touch engagement with guaranteed results.
A Board Readiness engagement bolsters your development offerings, providing a much-needed solution for your most promising leaders.
It’s time to Navigate Forward.
Kent Larson
Services: Board Readiness
More than most, Kent Larson understands the value of advance planning. After all, there’s little margin for error when heading up operations at Xcel Energy, one of the Midwest’s largest public utilities. So it’s not surprising that when approaching retirement, he engaged the experts at Navigate Forward to prepare for corporate board service.
You have questions. We have answers.
Board service is a great alternative for the development of senior-level leaders. Our Board Readiness is appropriate for those who have the background and qualifications to serve on a Board but do not know how to go about this search.
We coach leaders on identifying the value they could bring to a board, evaluating the board landscape, and then positioning themselves to be effective in their search. We also provide extensive networking coaching. This service does not include coaching on how to be an effective board member.
Typically, eligibility is defined during the talent review and development process. Some organizations look for individual leaders to self-identify their interest.
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Your needs are urgent and your time is valuable.
We’re here to help your organization navigate executive transition with ease.