Board of Directors Coaching
Our board of directors coaching addresses three needs
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Our expertise
Bringing competent individuals to the Board is not enough to ensure its proper functioning. Multiples biases can hinder collaboration and limit the effectiveness of this essential body.
A methodical, thoughtful approach is essential to maximizing efficiency.
At VISCONTI Partners, we have a team of experienced
leaders who deeply understand the challenges facing business leaders.
Our aim is to ensure effective collaboration between all the members of this Board.
Our approach
We develop both the individual performance of each Board member and the collective performance of the entire team:
Our expertise
The two most notorious bodies for establishing certain collegial counter-powers are the Executive Committee (ExCom) and the Board of Directors (BoD).
While the former is made up of company leaders, the latter can include shareholder or employee representatives, as well as independent outside directors.
Their good understanding is a guarantee for the smooth running of the company; their disagreement is a source of dysfunction and inefficiency.
Our approach
We support Boards of Directors and ExCom's, in their relationship, in the following ways:
Our expertise
The choice of Board members is vital.
A Board Chairman looks for members who :
Our approach
This is how we operate:
Each year, we encourage leaders to :
The challenges facing businesses and society are constantly evolving. At VISCONTI, we believe in providing support that anticipates your challenges.
We combine Pleasure, Audacity and Sharing in a totally unique approach.
Unleash the potential of each leaders to better serve the company and the community
Three values represent both the soul of VISCONTI and our way of supporting leaders: Pleasure, Audacity and Sharing.
Unleash the potential of each leaders to better serve the company and the community
To be the benchmark player in the European executive coaching market
As experienced and passionate sparring partners, we break the solitude of leaders by sharing our know-how.
We co-create bold answers to help your talents grow.
We are a collective of around 40 CEO's who listen to the needs of current CEO's.
As experienced and passionate sparring partners, we support CEO's by sharing ideas and know-how to break their isolation and accelerate value creation.
A leader's success depends first and foremost on what he/she is: motivations, leadership, managerial practices, decision-making style.
We co-create bold solutions to help you grow your
talents.
Instead of Powerpoint presentations, we always prefer face-to-face meetings and flipcharts.
We listen in a friendly, confrontational way.
We are constantly obliged to unlearn and relearn in order to keep pace with the changes in the management profession.
Our ambition is to break down the mental barriers of leaders, to remove their inconsistencies and help them think more broadly.
By challenging thoughts and decisions, we encourage the leader to aim higher and further, for the team and the company.
VISCONTI Partners' business model ensures that our experience as leaders and our ethics guarantee our freedom and independence in our role as sparring partner.
They protect us from any conflict of interest: we report only to the leaders we support.
Executives have limited time. We go the extra mile to adapt to their constraints, urgencies, and challenges.
As a leader’s sparring partner, we naturally provide long-term support.
Recognizing the potential and talent of High Potentials is an essential step.
Discover how we prepare and train young managers to become executive leaders.
The Board of Directors plays an essential role in a company's strategic management and decision-making.
Here are some of the main responsibilities of the Board of Directors:
- Setting the strategy
- Overseeing the compagny's performance
- CEO appointment and evaluation
- Risk management
- Definition of policies and actions related to social and environmental responsibility
- Shareholder communication
In summary, the Board of Directors acts as a guardian of the company's vision, integrity and long-term viability.
Its role is central to ensuring solid governance and promoting the company's ongoing success.
We also support the Executive Committee in fulfilling their responsibilities, helping them to develop their skills.
To become a member of a Board of Directors, it's very important to make a well-considered decision by weighing up several aspects.
Here are the key questions to ask yourself before accepting such a role.
1. Personal motivation: above all, ask yourself why you want to sit on the board.
Acting for the right reasons is essential to maintaining your independence of mind.
Avoid accepting for reasons such as simply improving your reputation, expanding your network of contacts or getting paid.
2. Risk awareness: as a director, you are exposed to a number of risks, mainly related to your reputation..
Reputations can be damaged by corporate financial problems, fraud or other malfeasance.
It's crucial to understand the legal responsibilities associated with this role, including withholding taxes and environmental implications.
3. Company risk assessment: before accepting a position, do your due diligence on the company.
Explore its reputation, the strength of its financial structure, its growth, regulatory risks, the technology it uses, and many other factors.
This assessment will enable you to understand the risks faced by the company, and by extension, those to which you will be exposed as a director.
4. Verifications required: to obtain essential information, request meetings with the company's key executives.
Consult sources such as SEDAR for information on public companies.
Assess the organization's transparency by examining its website, and talk to internal people to get an inside perspective.
5. Comfortable in the business sector: make sure you're comfortable in the company's business sector, and check your compatibility with the CEO and Chairman of the Board.
In conclusion, never accept a directorship if you still have doubts after thorough research.
The key is to take the time needed to evaluate all relevant aspects before making such an important decision.
Regardless of the Board, being invited to join as a
director is always a mark of prestigious recognition. Accepting a Board mandate means committing to
serve the company without regard for personal time.
It is essential to approach this responsibility with
seriousness and professionalism.
Our support formats :
A board of directors consists of key members
who play a critical role in the company’s decision-making process.
The Board must be diverse, with members contributing with a range of skills.
Its members are generally as follows:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
- Shareholder representatives
- Executive leaders such as CFO, COO and other leaders with functional expertise
- External experts: in the context of executive coaching, it can be beneficial to have experts from outside the Board, such as strategy consultants, executive coaches or personal development professionals.
Here is an overview of the main steps and key elements of a Board meeting:
1. Preparation and agenda
2. Opening of the meeting
3. Reports and updates
4. Discussion of strategic issues
5. Risk assessment
6. Voting on resolutions
7. Closing the meeting
8. Post-meeting follow-up
Collaboration and transparent communication are essential to the company's continued success.
It is important to distinguish the Chairman’s authority from its role as meeting facilitator.
To effectively fulfill the Chairman’s role during a
meeting, it is essential to adopt these four key behaviors:
1. Framework leader: ensuring well-organized discussions(time management / agenda management / fluidity...)
2. Facilitator: encouraging everyone to contribute (collegiality / avoiding “stowaways” / allocating speaking time...)
3. Provocative: fostering “devil’s advocate” debates (constructive contradiction / debate / expression of doubts...)
4. Catalyst: refocusing discussions and driving decisions (summary after each topic / validation and vote if necessary...)
Our support formats :
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