From the executive team to the boardroom.
Board seats are rarely won through a job ad. Your coach helps you define what you'd bring to a board, build the documents chairs and board search firms expect, and plan how you'll be considered for the right seats.
For leaders ready to govern, not just manage.
Executives moving into governance
You've led at the executive level and want your first independent director or advisory board seat, alongside your executive career or as the next step after it.
Building a board portfolio
You're stepping back from full-time executive work and want a deliberate portfolio of board roles that fits your expertise and the time you want to give.
Community and public boards
You want to contribute to nonprofit, health, education or government boards and commissions, where appointments are often advertised and assessed against stated qualifications.
Positioned as a director, not a candidate.
A strategy session first
Your Executive Transition Coach starts with an in-depth session about your governance experience, your sector knowledge and the boards you want to join.
What you bring to the table
We define the expertise, perspective and judgment you'd add to a board, rather than restating your operational track record.
A board-ready resume
A concise board resume that leads with governance, committee and strategic experience, written to be read in minutes by a chair or nominating committee.
The right boards
We identify the boards, sectors and organizations where your experience is most relevant, so your effort goes where you're most likely to be considered.
How to be considered
How to approach chairs, directors and board search firms, and how to use your network well without asking for favors.
Honest advice on credentials
Whether further governance education would strengthen your case for the boards you're targeting, and how to present the credentials you already have.
Everything you need to be considered.
A concise board resume in Word and PDF, focused on governance and strategic contribution.
A short biography for nominations, board papers and annual reports.
Your profile repositioned so chairs and board search firms see a director, not only an executive.
The boards to target, the people to reach and how to approach them.
Applications and statements of qualifications for advertised board roles, and interview coaching by video for board panels.
Before you get in touch.
I haven't sat on a board before. Can you still help?
Yes. We'll show you how to present the governance experience you already have from executive roles, and help you identify realistic first boards, including advisory, committee and nonprofit roles.
Do I need a governance qualification?
Not always. Some boards expect one, and others value sector expertise more. We'll give you an honest view based on the boards you're targeting.
How is a board resume different from an executive resume?
An executive resume shows what you've delivered as a leader. A board resume shows how you'd contribute at the governance level: oversight, risk, strategy and judgment. It's usually shorter.
Can you help with advertised board roles?
Yes. We write applications and statements of qualifications for advertised government, public authority and nonprofit board positions.
Can I combine this with an executive program?
Yes. Board positioning can run alongside your executive search, built on the same evidence and the same story.
Bring your experience to the board table.
Tell us about the boards you're interested in, and your coach will be in touch personally.