Board Member & Observer
Optimize Board Performance with Hoola Hoop
Experienced Board Members and Observers are Your Partners in the Boardroom
When managing boards of startup and growth-stage companies, there’s theory, and then there’s practice. At Hoola Hoop, we bring both best practices and real-world experience to help you, the CEO, enhance your board management within the specific context of your boardroom. By closely observing the dynamics of your board and its meetings, we tailor our coaching and strategic advice to address your unique challenges, empowering you to elevate your leadership performance.
Partner with Hoola Hoop to improve your hands-on board management and elevate your board team performance.
Improve Your Board Performance
Board Members and Observers Focused on Your Success
How Hoola Hoop Helps You in the Boardroom
We move theory into practice by observing or participating in your board activities, as requested, to identify areas for improvement and enhance effectiveness, including:
Effective Board Meetings
Board meetings shouldn’t be burdensome to prepare for or tedious to attend; they should be useful and engaging, focusing on topics requiring strategic input and governance. Well-run meetings are insightful, benefiting both the CEO and the board by leveraging the team’s diverse experiences and perspectives.
Insightful Feedback
We provide unbiased, timely feedback after board meetings, coaching you on how to improve your board leadership and the overall board team’s performance.
Alignment
Navigating the complex interests of board members can be daunting. We help you align the board team around the company’s mission and strategic priorities.
Stronger Governance
Effective board management strengthens corporate governance, ensuring strategic oversight, risk management, and accountability to drive performance and outcomes. We advise you on how to optimize the board’s work streams to best achieve these goals.
Improved Decision-Making
With aligned priorities and stronger governance, boards can make more informed, timely, and impactful decisions.
Building the Right Team
A key part of managing the board is managing its composition, from hiring independent directors to handling delicate discussions when it’s time for others to step down. By understanding your specific board team and current needs, we guide you in building a cohesive board that leverages complementary and relevant skill sets.
Why Have Hoola Hoop in your Boardroom?
Managing the board is a key part of the CEO role. Hoola Hoop partners draw on their extensive experience as former CEOs, board members, and observers to provide tailored executive coaching, helping you navigate your relationship with your Board of Directors with acumen and dexterity. By observing how you manage your board and understanding the specific dynamics of your board team, we offer timely feedback and strategic insights to enhance your leadership skills, empowering you to transform your board into a powerful asset.
With Hoola Hoop, you gain trusted partners committed to supporting you in building and managing a strong and effective board. Let us help guide you and your board successfully through every stage of growth.
Effective board management is crucial for the success of growth-stage organizations. When a board operates at its highest potential, the entire company benefits.
"I’ve worked with Hoola Hoop for over 15 years, and their executive coaching has been invaluable. They've redefined leadership development for our executive team and board, delivering our most impactful program yet. Their honest and strategic guidance consistently produces extraordinary outcomes."
Cathy Hawley - CEO, Bolster
The Hoola Hoop Process
Know Your Business
We begin with understanding your business, your market and your strategy, how you are funded and what the inherent risks are that can interfere with your success.
Know You
360s assessments and self-reflection help us get to know you, quickly understanding where your gaps are as a leader and developing an approach that helps you improve.
Know Your Board Team
We take the time to understand your board team and its processes through personal interviews with board members and by observing board meetings. A well-aligned and high-performing board is a critical asset to your success.
Improve Your Board Performance
Board Members and Observers Focused on Your Success