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Who is helping you plan for
your company’s future?
How do you figure out
what external influences, events, and opportunities are
going to have an impact on your company’s products and
services?
In the midst of running a
business’ day-to-day operations, it can be challenging to
figure out where you want the business to be in the medium
to long-term – and what changes to make to ensure you get
there. It takes knowledge, skill and influence across a
range of functional expertise. Approximately 90% or more
of the information any company collects is about inside
activities. The downside is that a winning strategy
absolutely requires information about events and
conditions outside the company. It also requires an
unbiased, objective opinion – often challenging to get
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Who Does a CEO
Turn To
for Leadership Support?
Advisory boards are composed of a group of business
executives (sales, marketing, operations, technology,
etc.), former bankers, and CPAs that are appointed to the
company for the purpose of offering advice and support on
a wide range of areas that are relevant to the
organization. Company issues that can be addressed by an
Advisory Board include: |
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Sales
• Marketing
• Administration
• Strategic Planning |
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Financing
• Technology
• International matters
• Innovation |
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Industry Trends
• Acquisitions
• Succession Planning
• Competitive Intelligence |
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An Advisory Board offers
“guidance” versus the intent of a Corporate Board, which
provides “governance.” By chairing quarterly Advisory
Board meetings composed of hand-picked experts, the
President learns much about his/her business – including
its strengths and opportunities, and how to move it to the
next level. An important additional advantage is the
opportunity for the President to learn much about
him/herself – providing high level executive support and
development that is often unavailable to them in the
course of running the day-to-day business. The help that
an Advisory Board provides is support in the
decision-making process, including providing an objective
assessment of the management team. By providing an
alternative, unbiased view, they can help you be sure that
you have the right people in place to take your company to
the next level.
Why an Advisory Board?
- Provides independent,
objective, “out-of-the-box” thinking on critical issues
- with no hidden agenda
- Access to mentoring and
guidance on a senior executive level
- Creates a continuing
dialogue with experts possessing invaluable experience
- Gives access to
executive talent your company might otherwise not be
able to afford or hire
- Helps provide focus and
input into long term company strategy
- Delivers a proven,
low-cost method of obtaining cutting edge advice
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Hear
from entrepreneurs using
Advisory Board services: |
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“I had a vision, but I
didn’t know how to really accomplish it.”
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“With the advisory
board’s help, the company has done substantially
better in a difficult market.” |
“You have to admit what
you don’t know and admit what other people know to
get results.” |
- President
Environmental services company |
- Owner/President
Automotive industry company |
- President
Metal products company |
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Why RossFialkow Capital
Partners?
We create real working boards to help better your company
and support your leadership efforts. Getting off on the
right foot requires a proven game plan for recruiting,
structuring and executing Advisory Board activities. Our
services allow you to reap the benefits of board input
faster – by identifying and recruiting the right mix of
talent and experience specific to your company’s needs. We
bring to your boardroom table:
- First hand experience in
the challenges and problems facing entrepreneurs
- Over four decades of
experience in advising privately held companies
- Concentration and focus
on mid-size, privately held and family-owned businesses
- Extensive business and
community contacts available for board participation
- Assistance in setting
goals and objectives for Advisory Board creation
- Effective, personal
relationships with top financial institutions
Talk with us – we know the
people that can help you create the business you want by
taking the business you have to the next level. Fortune
500 companies have advisors - doesn’t your business
deserve the same attention? |
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