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.
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.
I’ve been a caregiver for over fifty years of my life. Yes, that is true, and I will most likely continue to be a caregiver until someone has to take care of me! Who is a caregiver? Per Webster’s dictionary (no relation!), a caregiver or carer is a paid or unpaid member of a person’s social network who helps them
Since the pandemic, most unessential workers work from home half the time. Companies are embracing a flexible or hybrid schedule willingly or unwillingly. Employees are leaving their in-person jobs for ones that offer flexible work arrangements. They want ones where they go into the office one day per week, or everyone comes in on the same day once per month
In 2009, my business partner and I wrote our book because we were on the speaking circuit as successful business owners. We got asked the same questions all the time, and frankly, it became boring as our responses became canned. It was an Uh Ah moment for us. Many business owners were becoming authors for this reason – it’s a
When you are a black person and reach the age where you can go shopping by yourself or with friends, there is a laundry list of things you need to consider. Black mothers tell their children the following: Do not bring too large a pocketbook so that security guards don’t think you can put clothes in it. Do not go
What the company does? Sandi Webster LLC coaches small business owners to form advisory boards that help scale their businesses with a focus on increasing EBITDA towards a successful exit. Business owners learn the difference between a board of directors and an advisory board through an online course or one-on-one coaching. The Current Landscape In the current pandemic
I’ve taken many leadership profiles over the years in the workforce, so I have a good idea of where my leadership style should fall in my current roles as Mentor Chair and Vice President of Public Relations in Omni Toastmasters. Still, I was curious to see the results of this recent assessment. I was pleasantly unsurprised. I’m sharing my leadership
There are small things that happen in your life that you ignore. Then, there are things that you must pay attention to because they mean so much not only to you but to your family and future generations. When I walked at graduation for my Doctorate of Business Administration from Temple University, I felt the impact and importance of
What exactly is unconscious bias? We all have a different understanding of bias, so the definition becomes more confusing when adding “unconscious” to it. Unconscious means the part of the mind which is inaccessible to the conscious mind but which affects behavior and emotions Bias means to cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or
