Better Boards Your partner of choice for board development

“The art & science of developing effective boards”

Board Advisory Training Programme, incl. Licence for Better Boards core

Approved Continuing Coach Education Provider (CCE)

by the International Coach Federation (26 CCEUs)

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‘We bring out the best in

Boards of Directors, Managing Committees

and Executive Boards.’

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• Board audits are one of the most powerful methods available to establish the status

quo of a board. However, the quality of these audits varies greatly. The market is highly

fragmented. The players are either large headhunting firms where clients fear a conflict

of interest or sole practitioners who develop their own methods.

• As an approved training provider for Continuous Coach Education by the International

Coach Federation, we are proud to offer training that is unique in many ways:

• It is the first accredited training programme for board advisors.

• It provides participants with a licence to use an evidence-based board online tool.

• It offers access to international good board development practice that has already

been subjected to stringent peer review processes.

• It delivers the opportunity to become part of a strong community of board advisors

where continuous learning and sharing takes place.

Learn board audit and board development

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• You will learn about its application and how you can embed it into feedback

conversations and management retreats which will prove to be an invaluable

contribution to value creation in organisations and provide sound development

for executive and governing boards and their teams.

• If you are a sole practitioner or part of a consultancy, Private Equity firm or larger

organisation, this programme equips you with everything you need to know to

establish yourself as a credible board advisor in your own organisation or in the

market.

• You will understand how to use state-of-the-art tools, methods and techniques that

will set you apart from the rest.

• Our training is designed to provide you with a state-of-the-art

board audit tool.

The Better Boards Board Advisory Training

Programme

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The Better Boards Board Advisory

Training Programme

• Unlike other providers of boards services who fiercely protect their know-how and

tools, we make it available to a wider audience. We do it purposefully with the aim

of creating a strong community of elite board advisors.

• The best of all - you can remain independent. We provide you with tools and know-

how that are decisive for your success, whether you work as a trainer,

management consultant, HR professional, headhunter or as an executive coach.

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• We are approved by the International Coach Federation as a Continuing Coach

Education Provider (CCE) and therefore can provide you with a certificate that counts

towards your status as a professional coach in the marketplace. You will receive 26

Continuous Coach Education Units. For those who are not members of the

International Coach Federation, this provides added security that this is a

professional programme that adheres to the highest international standards.

• In addition, you may find colleagues in this community with whom you wish to do

business in the future and access for staffing your projects. We enable you to punch

above your weight without investing time in the development of your service offering

and adding unnecessary fixed costs to your business.

The Better Boards Board Advisory

Training Programme

The ‘7 variables’ are

evidence-based and

have been derived from

research results of

leading universities

and Better Boards’

projects over the last

10 years.

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The ‘Better Boards® core Online Audit Tool’ has

been subjected to stringent peer review

processes

1. Composition of the board

2. Ability of the board to use the strengths of its

members

3. Clarity about roles and responsibilities

4. Joint vision

5. Ability to resolve conflicts between the board and its

management

6. Structure and organisation of the board’s work

7. Regular reviews and reflection on the board’s work

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The ‘Better Boards® core Online Audit Tool’ has

been subjected to stringent peer review

processes

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As part of this approved training programme you

will receive a licence to use our audit tool

S E R V I C E S

Composition

of the board

Reflection about

the board

Leadership and control of the board

Vision, goals and

focus of the board

The organisation and

running of board meetingsIndividual strengths of

the board members

Demographics

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• Understand what makes boards, senior management and their leadership teams

really effective.

• Learn how to use the online audit tool for developing executive and governing

boards and their leadership teams.

• Learn how to use the online audit tool for providing sound, constructive and

respectful feedback and initiating a learning and development process at board and

top executive level.

• Gain insight into how we conduct successful feedback conversations and structure

a board retreat.

Key learning points & take aways:

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• Gain unique insight into how leading investors think about value creation and how

you can benefit from this in your own daily practice.

• Become part of a board advisor community. Meet, collaborate and share experience

and insight with colleagues without losing your independence.

• Be part of a community that is working together to establish best international board

practice.

• Earn 26 CCEUs that count towards your ICF member status.

Key learning points & take aways:

DAY 2 DAY 3

• Case studies: Best

sales practice.

• Case studies: Best

design and delivery of

a board development

programme.

• Action planning for

best board advisory

practice.

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DAY 1

• The landscape of

board advisory

services.

• Current status of

research into board

effectiveness.

• Introduction of the

Better Boards online

audit.

• Application in your

practice/organisation.

• Conducting the

individual feedback

conversations.

• Designing and

delivering board

retreats.

• Introduction of the

investor perspective.

• The measures boards

measured on.

Agenda Highlights

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• This is not designed to be a training programme for the masses of HR managers,

consultants, trainers and coaches, but rather for a select circle of elite professionals

who have enjoyed a solid track record of experiences.

• In order to ensure that this is a first-class, strong community of well-respected and

trusted board advisors, we have specified three simple entry criteria:

• a minimum of 10 years’ business experience

• a minimum of 5 years working on or with an executive or governing board

• one board reference, in writing

Entry requirements

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Your investment

• 9,950.00 GBP plus VAT for sole practitioners. ICF members receive a 10% discount

(please provide a copy of your membership certificate).

• Please call us if you are part of a larger organisation and wish to use the Better Boards

tools and know-how within your organisation.

• Included in the fee are the following services:

• 2-day training programme.

• 1-day training with a focus on sharing best practice, approx. 6 – 9 months after

completion of the training.

• 2 hours of individual coaching during your first assignment where you will be using

Better Board tools.

• Licence to use the online tool and materials for the next two years in your own

practice.

• Certification as a board advisor. ICF members receive 26 CCEUs.

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September 2015

April 2016

Dates

- March 2016

- December 2016

- London, TBC

Feedback from the clients

‘I got a lot out of it and now understand

my colleagues even better. Our

communication has improved and I

have the feeling that we are much more

focused on being one company rather

than each of us looking after our own

areas of responsibility. We are more

honest with each other and information

is flowing more freely.’ (COO)

‘It helped me to get my feet under the

table much more quickly. It would

have taken months and months to get

to know the board like this, otherwise I

would have had to learn the hard way.’

(New board member)

‘I will benefit from the knowledge

gained from this exercise in the years

to come on this and other boards. This

was really an exercise to develop us

individually and I am glad that our CEO

initiated this.’ (COO)

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S E R V I C E S

‘The beauty of it was that you made us

focus on real issues. Without the audit

we would have lamented and it would

have gotten quite personal. Now each

one of us has concrete issues to work

on.’ (CEO)

Direct:

Sabine Dembkowski

+44 7760 590405

Stefan Wegener

+49 173 9937944

Better Boards Limited

E info@better-boards.com

22 Wenlock Road

London, N1 7GU

United Kingdom

Phone: +44 (0)208 242 6490

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