Virtual Boards - The Alternative Board

8 Reasons to Join a TAB Virtual Board

Greater focus on the big picture
Become a better business leader by working ON your business and not IN your business.

No more feeling isolated and alone
Avoid being overwhelmed by the issues you face in your business with a group of supportive and like-minded business owners and leaders.

Increase accountability for your actions
Your TAB Board and your TAB Business Coach will both ensure any course of action you decide upon is achieved.

Online meetings and coaching
Enjoy the convenience of less business travel with virtual meetings and one-to-one business coaching.

Achieve personal and professional growth
Be transformed by gaining valuable knowledge, helping you be a more confident and effective business owner and leader.

Quickier and Better decision-making
Different perspectives from fellow TAB members will broaden your thinking and help you make sound decisions.

Trusted, unbiased and confidential
Join a group of peers that will become your most reliable source for feedback, wisdom and advice.

Gain new knowledge and insights
Access the type of information that will help elevate your business from other business leaders and owners who are just like you.

Stay focused and solve problems with expert support

Monthly Virtual Board Meetings

Online secure meeting room
Monthly
2 hours or 4 hours
Around half a dozen business owners and leaders
Confidential
Professionally facilitated
Raise issues and ideas
Receive valuable advice, expertise and feedback
Share your own experiences so others can learn from you

Monthly Virtual Business Coaching

Online business coaching
Monthly
Up to an hour
Discuss business issues and ideas
Develop your strategic plan, goals and KPIs
Develop an issue or opportunity for your next TAB board meeting

24/7 Access to Online Business Growth Tools

Access to Business Builder’s Toolkit – online tool to help build your business and track progress
Develop robust personal and business vision, SWOT analysis, strategic plan and goals
Compare business priorities vs. focus
Access to TAB Connect – a global community of business owners and leaders for networking and advice

Collective Insight – Individual Success
Surpassing Goals with Insight, Advice.

Since 1990, The Alternative Board has been helping local business owners, presidents and CEOs implement strategic plans, navigate leadership and life transitions, and grow their businesses exponentially. A TAB peer advisory board gives you a trusted, close-knit community of 8-10 high-performing CEOs and business owners who’ve faced similar situations. These peers will provide the hard hitting, honest, actionable feedback you need to move the needle of your business forward.

Join a TAB Board today.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do I know if I qualify to join a TAB Virtual Board?

Our typical members are business owners and leaders of companies who have been leading businesses for 4 or more years, with 4 or more full time employees. When you apply to become a TAB Member you will be matched to a board that best suits your level of business experience.

How will people from other industries be able to understand my unique business and help me with challenges and opportunities?

All businesses are unique in some way or another. We all face the same major issues with human resources, external factors like changing economy and government regulations, sales, marketing, day to day operations management and initiating change in our organisations. The advantage of working with fellow business owners and leaders from diverse backgrounds is the ability to hear new perspectives and different ways to handle the same situation from real world experience, which you may not have previously considered. You will also get the opportunity to help others, by offering your perspective and advice.

Who leads each meeting?

Your TAB Virtual Board will be facilitated by your local TAB Business Coach. Your Facilitator has a wide array of professional expertise, and is also a business owner. They have been trained to lead and facilitate business owner advisory boards, helping to draw out issues and facilitate clarifying questions, suggestions, ideas and advice. They also help businesses, just like yours, achieve personal and business success using TAB’s proprietary methodology, proven systems and state of the art tools.

How many members are in each group?

TAB’s Virtual Boards are very exclusive and intimate in size with around half a dozen members on each board. This ensures ample time is provided at each meeting to enable every board member to have their current issue or opportunity addresed, discuss progress and receive advice and suggestions from fellow board members.

How do you select who joins a group?

Shaping the membership of each virtual board is one of the key roles of your TAB Business Coach and is taken very seriously. TAB Board Members are hand selected based on their business experience and their ability to contribute to the group. Every board is different, with its own group dynamic and we take great care to ensure that new members represent the right ‘fit’ with existing members. Each new member is interviewed by their local TAB Business Coach with the aim of understanding why they expressed interest in joining and what they would like to achieve from their TAB membership. We also discuss personal and professional interests, background and experience, and most importantly challenges and achievements.

Could a competitor join my group?

The simple answer is NO. We have a comprehensive assessment and placement process which makes sure you do not join a group where potential competitors are already working. Part of our screening process is to allow existing members to deny new members from joining their group where they feel a conflict of interest exists. This will guarantee no competitors join a group.

Where and when are the meetings held?

All meetings are held in a virtual conference room. Regular dates and times for both your board meeting and business coaching will be discussed with you should you be selected to join.

How long do I have to be a member of the board?

TAB members stay for years with their boards (current average membership tenure is 4.7 years!). TAB is confident that you will receive value from your membership. There are no binding contracts and you will be billed your membership subscription on a monthly basis. If at any time you need to leave the board, we ask that you provide 30-days written notice.

Do I need any special equipment?

All you need is access to the internet with good connectivity. You need a camera on your desktop or handheld device and be in an interruption-free environment.

Who determines what is discussed in the TAB Board meeting?

Your TAB Business Coach helps each board member prepare their issue or opportunity for each board meeting. This helps make sure the discussions are always high level.

What if I’m unable to attend a meeting?

Although our members make it a priority to attend their monthly meetings, urgent issues do arise from time to time. If you are unable to attend a board meeting, you need to let your TAB Business Coach know. Your seat is held for you, with the expectation that you are able to attend 80% of all board meetings.

What is expected of me as a member of a TAB Virtual Board?

TAB members choose us because we provide them with an incredibly supportive, caring, yet challenging community of like-minded individuals. To continuously strengthen this environment for each of our members to grow, all members are expected to:

Maintain confidentiality
Attend and participate at monthly meetings
Share their wisdom and experience to other members
Connect with your TAB Business Coach for a monthly one-to-one call between meetings

What happens during the monthly business coaching call?

Your monthly coaching call with your TAB Business Coach focuses on commitments you made at the last board meeting, a 90-day goal that you set and commit to with your coach and building the strategic foundations of your business using TAB’s Business Builder’s Toolkit. They are designed to provide ongoing support, where you can ask for further guidance and resources to achieve your goals and objectives. The call will adjust to your pressing needs, issues or challenges that you want to discuss with your coach.

“in the current climate, staying connected virtually with the TAB Board give our business a great level of support and expertise. It is time for us to be patient, listen to others and implement the best practices available. The faster we adapt, the better decisions we can make backed up by the TAB Community.”

Eve Em

Director Ink Factory / Pierced Dublin

“I find TAB absolutely fantastic. I have 50 staff and I didn’t want to set up my own board. The one to one coaching with my TAB coach s very beneficial to my business. He is the best business coach I have come across. I have undertaken other programmes which were fantastic but The Alternative Board is helping me day to day in implementing our strategy and clear vision for the future.”

Mary McKenna MD

Tour America