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• Does your board offer a full complement of skill sets and cultural competencies that your organization can effectively leverage?
• Are you certain that your board members probe deeply enough into important matters, addressing vital issues with critical thinking and accessing deep group wisdom?
• Do you struggle for cohesion, shared values, and commitment from your board?
• Of all the possible options in your strategic direction, are you absolutely sure your group is on the right path?

Boards are made up of intelligent and dedicated individuals, but they’re also busy people, and board involvement is part-time. Today’s boards must address far more complex business problems than just a few short years ago. It’s a challenge for board members to keep abreast of all the critical issues facing each specific organization, not to mention current regulatory requirements. Addressing these complex issues presents a special challenge for boards.

Whether your board is operating at peak performance and simply needs coordination during an annual retreat, or if you seek an infusion of new blood to create a competitive advantage, Relevant Strategies can offer a variety of result-oriented solutions:

• Board Recruitment: Find the right people with appropriate skills and essential connections at the right time to keep your board moving forward.
• Board Assessment: Learn to tap the collective wisdom of your board, leveraging their combined energies and problem-solving abilities to dramatically impact your business success.
• Strategy Development: Identify and implement critical success factors that infuse and ignite successful boards and organizations.
• Operational Review: Develop best practices to move a board from a basic reporting unit to one that adds value, direction and vitality to your organization.
• Organizational Management: Address and overcome common challenges to group dynamics, through well-managed expected outcomes, flexible structure and crystal clear communications.
• Innovation Management: Plan for and manage change in an organization by engaging stakeholders at all levels, thereby building loyalty, passion and commitment.