Blog – Page 5 – Sandi Webster LLC

Last Updated on 06/29/2023
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Posted in Advisory Board, Mentoring

By - Sandi Webster

Driving Board Excellence: Key Metrics for Evaluating Advisory Board Performance

Advisory boards provide unbiased, third-party insights and recommendations on various strategic issues. However, to fully leverage these valuable resources and ensure they offer the expected strategic value, businesses must have a mechanism to evaluate their performance systematically.

Last Updated on 06/15/2023
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Posted in Advisory Board, Business, Mentoring, Work

By - Sandi Webster

Revolutionize Your Boardroom! Finding the Right Fractional Board Members for Your Company

You need expert advice but can’t justify the cost of a full-time board member. Enter the world of fractional board members. These are highly skilled professionals who offer their expertise to multiple companies, often on a part-time basis.

Last Updated on 08/21/2023
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Posted in Advisory Board, Mentoring, Women, Work

By - Sandi Webster

Breaking the Glass Ceiling: The Role of Women on Advisory Boards

An advisory board is a group of external experts and professionals who provide guidance, advice, and support to a company’s leadership team. These boards can drive strategic direction, offer insights into industry trends, and ensure sound corporate governance.

Tagged : Advisory Boards, Boardroom Diversity, Breaking the Glass Ceiling, Career Advancement, Corporate Diversity, Gender Equality, Gender Parity, Inclusion, Leadership Opportunities, Professional Development, Role of Women, Women Empowerment, Women in Business, Women Leadership, Workplace Equality

Last Updated on 05/15/2023
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Posted in Business, Business Marketing, Mentoring, Work

By - Sandi Webster

Why Advisory Boards Fail: Poor Communication

Effective communication is crucial for success in any business venture, but it’s especially important for advisory boards. When communication breaks down, it can lead to misunderstandings, missed opportunities, and ultimately, failure. Unfortunately, poor communication is a common problem on many advisory boards. By identifying communication challenges and implementing strategies to overcome them, board members can work together more effectively and achieve their goals.

Tagged : Analytics, Branding, business, Content creation, Conversion optimization, Customer service Sales, Digital strategy, E-commerce, Email marketing, Lead generation, Marketing, Mobile optimization, Online advertising, PPC advertising, Search engine marketing, SEO, Social media, User experience, Website design

Posted on 05/04/2023
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Posted in Mentoring, Work

By - Sandi Webster

Why Advisory Boards Fail: Poor Communication

Effective communication is key to the success of an advisory board. If members are not communicating effectively with each other, or if the board is not communicating effectively with the organization’s leader, the board may not perform as well as it could.

Tagged : communication, how to be a good communicator, poor communication

Last Updated on 04/22/2023
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Posted in Life, Mentoring

By - Sandi Webster

Why Advisory Boards Fail: Lack of Diversity

A company’s advisory board plays a critical role in strategic planning and structure and can help the business to prepare for sale. A successful, diverse board prepares the organization to go to market using different perspectives.

Tagged : advisory board, business, Diversity

Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A CEO An Interview With Doug Noll

Last Updated on 04/11/2023
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Posted in Advisory Board, Business, Women, Work

By - Sandi Webster

Five Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A CEO

Dr. Sandi Webster is a serial entrepreneur, author, speaker, and mentor who helps business owners select handpicked experts for their personal and business advisory boards. She focuses on sharing the knowledge accumulated from her experiences with entrepreneurs and corporate executives through her online courses and speaking with the outcome that they will operationalize their companies to get stuff off their plates.

Tagged : advisory board, business leader, coachsulting

Why Advisory Boards Fail Due to a Lack of Clear Purpose and Goals

Last Updated on 04/06/2023
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Posted in Advisory Board, Mentoring

By - Sandi Webster

Why Advisory Boards Fail Due to a Lack of Clear Purpose and Goals

I’ve sat on for-profit and non-profit advisory boards over the years. Some ran like clockwork, while others did not. Typically, the ones not running correctly have one thing in common – they are failing. I’ve deduced that one of the reasons for failure is if the advisory board lacks a clear understanding of its purpose and goals, it may be challenging to provide practical advice to the organization.

Tagged : advisory board, great board members

Last Updated on 04/06/2023
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Posted in Business, Business Marketing, Mentoring

By - Sandi Webster

Scaling Your Business

Are you, business owner, feeling stuck at the same revenue level? Are you ready to quit your business because you just know you can’t take it to the next level –whatever level that is? Well, there are things that you can do to grow your business, whether it is a 25% increase in revenues or to 10x it! Here are some “we-have-proven-they-work” tips from Grant Cardone in his 10X Business Challenge, along with my common sense ones.

Tagged : Scalability, Scalable business, scale your business

Identifying and Creating Your Organizational Culture

Last Updated on 02/23/2023
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Posted in Advisory Board, Mentoring

By - Sandi Webster

Identifying and Creating Your Organizational Culture

Whether you are a large corporation or a small two-person shop, businesses develop a culture that is usually their own or stolen from someone in the industry – and, yes, industries have culture too!

Tagged : leaders guide, organizational culture, work ethics