Comments on: How to be a Good Member of a Board of Advisors http://allantyoung.com/2009/08/16/how-to-be-a-good-member-of-a-board-of-advisors/ A Latticework of Thought, Action & Joyful Foibles Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:29:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susan Hammond http://allantyoung.com/2009/08/16/how-to-be-a-good-member-of-a-board-of-advisors/comment-page-1/#comment-10967 Susan Hammond Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:02:23 +0000 http://allantyoung.com/2009/08/16/how-to-be-a-good-member-of-a-board-of-advisors/#comment-10967 All great points. I particularly like point five. I often find too many advisors don't know when it's time to leave the party. The same could be said for those serving on fiduciary boards. In both cases it creates an awkward situation for all parties and leaves the CEO with an unpleasant and sometimes difficult task. www.schammond.com Planning to form an advisory board, check out the Advisory Board Kit. All great points. I particularly like point five. I often find too many advisors don’t know when it’s time to leave the party. The same could be said for those serving on fiduciary boards. In both cases it creates an awkward situation for all parties and leaves the CEO with an unpleasant and sometimes difficult task.

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]]> By: Greg Y (@piplzchoice) http://allantyoung.com/2009/08/16/how-to-be-a-good-member-of-a-board-of-advisors/comment-page-1/#comment-9089 Greg Y (@piplzchoice) Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:07:42 +0000 http://allantyoung.com/2009/08/16/how-to-be-a-good-member-of-a-board-of-advisors/#comment-9089 Excellent and succinct. Thank you. Excellent and succinct. Thank you.

]]> By: Cynthia http://allantyoung.com/2009/08/16/how-to-be-a-good-member-of-a-board-of-advisors/comment-page-1/#comment-8986 Cynthia Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:23:18 +0000 http://allantyoung.com/2009/08/16/how-to-be-a-good-member-of-a-board-of-advisors/#comment-8986 Sounds like the bad advisor is the regular business consultant-- always trying to prove value, inserting themselves unnaturally, and then charging you for it. No thank you! Your post suggests that the best kind of advisor is a wise mentor willing to take you on a start-up "walk-a-about", and then return you to the village where you can be a productive man. Or, shall we say, a competent entrepreneur. Sounds like the bad advisor is the regular business consultant– always trying to prove value, inserting themselves unnaturally, and then charging you for it. No thank you! Your post suggests that the best kind of advisor is a wise mentor willing to take you on a start-up “walk-a-about”, and then return you to the village where you can be a productive man. Or, shall we say, a competent entrepreneur.

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