Board Profile Process Overview
Define Your Personal Objectives:
Discussion on what is the best target (or targets) based on your experience, accomplishments and personal interests. Will Board work complement your current executive position? Will it be part of a "portfolio career"? What are your targeted boards?
- Public Company Boards (small to large cap, family owned, foreign based?)
- Private Company Boards
- Non-Profit Organization Boards
- Industry Association Boards
Define Your Unique Value Proposition:
Consultations to help fully develop your primary strategic assets/core competencies.
- What are the specific assets needed by Boards in your defined sector(s)?
- What are your assets and accomplishments that match up with what these Boards are seeking? (Note: This is a carefully selected limited number vs. a laundry list…typically five.)
Examples:
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Prior Board Experience |
Strategy/Policy Leadership Positions |
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M&A Experience/IPO |
Succession Planning |
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JV’s/Alliances/Partnerships |
Compensation Strategy |
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High Level Personal Network |
Global Market Intelligence |
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Functional/Industry Expertise |
Financial Management |
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Wall Street Connections |
Risk Management |
Prepare Board Profile Document:
Market-tested, unique 2-Page document containing your customized Executive Biography and a Board-specific strategic asset review that supports your value proposition (to be used in place of a standard résumé).
Search Strategy:
Assist with developing an effective strategy to be successful in gaining exposure and securing Board invitations. (Note: The extent of our involvement with required research is determined on a case-by-case basis).
- Best practices/establish plan to leverage your current personal network and how expand it
- Market segmentation research to develop specific list of target companies based on your established criteria
- Research portfolios on your primary targeted companies to include:
- Industry Trends, competitive assessment, etc.
- Company Overview
- Recent Articles (e.g., Google, Lexus Nexus search, Business Periodicals, etc.)
- Company Financials
- Analyst Reports
- Identify Board members at target companies and their executive profiles
- Company Reputation/Culture (as available)
- LinkedIn™ cross check analysis to identify your potential connections to target companies
- Retained search firm strategy (using our updated recruiter database)
Recent Board Profile Clients:
| TITLE |
COMPANY |
| President, $4 Billion Division |
Fortune 200 / Entertainment Sector |
| President |
Major Television Network |
| EVP/CFO |
Fortune 150 Insurance |
| VP Internal Audit |
$24B / Pharma |
| Partner |
Big 4 Consulting |
| CFO |
$3B Division / Fortune 50 Pharma |
| President |
$9B Division / Consumer Products |
| Corporate SVP |
Fortune 50 Pharma |
| COO |
$17B / Energy Sector |
| President, Chairman of the Board |
Alternative Energy Sector |
| Chairman / CEO |
$20B Division / Consumer Products |
| Partner |
Big 4 Consulting |
| VP Corporate Communications |
$24B / Pharma |
| Managing Director Capital Markets |
Fortune 150 / Financial Services |
| GC/Corporate Secretary |
$24B / Pharma |
| President, North America |
$7B Division / Business Technology & Services |
| President |
$10B Division / Entertainment Sector |
| President, Latin America |
$1B+ Division / Pharma |
| SVP & CEO |
Pharma |
| CEO |
$5B/Energy Sector |
| SVP |
$21B/Pharma |
| Partner |
Big 4 Consulting |
| SVP, HR |
$24B / Pharma |
| Partner |
Big 4 Consulting |
| Vice Chairman / CEO |
$2B / Transportation Sector |
| Company Group Chairman |
$5B Division / Consumer Healthcare |
“I invite you to contact me for a confidential, complimentary phone consultation”.
- John Kellogg |
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