What will the CEO and the Management team get out of this coaching?

• Knowledge of what the Board wants to know and how they want it delivered

• A more efficient use of time preparing for Board meetings

• Tips on PowerPoint slide prep

• Individual coaching with CEO and individual management team members

• Results of coach’s meetings/calls with each Board member to discuss needs and wants

• Techniques for facilitating discussion

• Tips on how to keep everyone on track and how to pull them back when they stray

• Media coaching formula for impromptu issues and answering questions concisely

• Knowing when to take charge and when to defer

• Delivering sufficient data, not too much, so Board can make necessary decisions

• Knowing when to give Big Picture and when to solicit input from management team members

• Technique on how to summarize and wrap up, emphasizing action items, successes, and outstanding issues

Time Commitment
 
Four three-hour coaching sessions (preceded by interviews with Board members to discover what they want and need).

Methodology

• Interviews with individual Board members

• Several video-taping sessions and playback with feedback

• One-on-one and/or group coaching

• Developing template for Board meetings

• Discussion with management team members re: their input

• Editing of PowerPoint slides

• Practice using PowerPoint for maximum impact

• Role-playing

• Media coaching “tricks” for answering questions and impromptu situations

• Dress-rehearsals before Board meetings with Q&A

Deliverables

• A template/table of contents for future Board meetings

• Tools and techniques for keeping people on subject and for pulling them back in if they stray

• Facilitation skills to improve overall efficacy of communications with Board

• Video-tape of each session

• Presentation book: “Present with Punch!” with presentation checklist

• Enhanced delivery style and professional image

• Formula for handling Q&A

• Knowledge of what Board members want to hear and how they want it delivered

• Coaching notes sent via email after each session with action plan

• Notes on Board members’ input