Boards can be a propeller of growth, or a source of stress, frustration and politics. In our experience, the most effective boards ‘coach’ rather than ‘control’ or intervene in leadership teams. They operate on the basis of trust, respect and radical candour—traits that are hard-earned and not always easy to maintain in dynamic, high-risk, high-stake scale-up settings.

Our work with Boards ensures to achieve the following:

• Moving from a transactional to high-trust relationship.

• Ensuring alignment about the desired vision, ambition, strategy and team requirements.

• Reducing self-orientation and teaching board members how to become coaching boards.