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Advisory Boards: Just Another Form of Tough Love

I had a call yesterday from a client who was getting ready for his second advisory board meeting.  He wanted to talk to me because he know I had been on several clients’ advisory boards in the past and had even had one for my own company for several years. His concern was that his

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Audit Committee

An audit committee is a subcommittee of a public company’s Board of Directors. Furthermore, a Board of Directors can have several subcommittees. The committee focuses on corporate governance, specifically, the company’s internal controls and financial accounting systems. Audit Committee Membership A company’s committee typically includes a number of outside directors, or non-executive directors. In addition, a

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General Counsel on the Board

See Also: Ten In-House Secrets for Reducing Your Company’s Legal Costs Red Herring Board of Directors Benefits of an Advisory Board How to Form an Advisory Board General Counsel on the Board It was once far more common for Boards of Directors to include a lawyer who doubled as general counsel. Some boards still engage

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What is a Board of Directors?

See Also: Ten In-House Secrets for Reducing Your Company’s Legal Costs Red Herring Benefits of an Advisory Board How to Form an Advisory Board Advisory Board Best Practices What is a Board of Directors? The board of directors is an essential part of business, what is a board of directors? The board of directors is

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Benefits of Advisory Boards

Advisory Board Definition The definition of an advisory board is a group of business executives who meet on a consistent basis to provide leadership, support and constructive feedback to the executive leadership of a company. Furthermore, an advisory board’s purpose is to assist you in leading your company. But unlike a traditional board of directors

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Advisory Board Best Practices

See Also: How to Run an Effective Meeting Future of the Accounting Workforce How To Train People For Success Advisory Board Agreement How to Hire New Employees How to form an Advisory Board Advisory Board Best Practices Best Practices of advisory board management include setting an agenda, communicating with members and soliciting recommendations. Once you

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Advisory Board Agreement

See Also: Advisory Board Best Practices Benefits of Advisory Boards Form an Advisory Board How to Manage your Lawyer How to write an Action Plan Advisory Board Agreement Whereas ____ (Company Name) (Company) desires to have ____ (Board Member) (Member) participate as a member of the (Company Name) Advisory Board (Board) and Member desires to

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Does Your Company Have an Advisory Board?

Does your company have an advisory board that meets with senior management on a periodic basis? If you don’t, then why not? This past week I spent 5 hours in a advisory board meeting that we scheduled to last 2.5 hours. We spent that time not because the management asked us to, but because we

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