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CORE Alternative Boards

It’s been said that you are the average of the people that you spend the most time with.

We say, why not spend planned time with 6 to 12 Business Owners and Executives with diverse perspectives from various industries, who have real world experience and challenges like yours. 

Take a break from working in your business, to work on your business, by participating in 6 to 8 Board Meetings throughout the year. You can also choose one of our CORE Online Boards which meet in an online, Go To Meeting or Zoom setting.   

  • Connect with other Business Owners and Entrepreneurs

  • Hear from inspiring and informative guest speakers

  • Challenge Yourself and Your Fellow Members

  • Share Ideas, Best Practices, and Precautions

  • Discuss Challenges

  • Identify Solutions

  • Get Objective Input
  • Gain from Diverse Perspectives

  • Harness the Collective Wisdoms of Peers

  • Gain Business Connections that you can count on

As an Alternative Board Member you'll have access to experienced business advisors and guest speakers from various specialties to help keep you up to date on a variety of contemporary relevant topics. 


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CORE Alternative Boards

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A 5 TO 10 FOLD RETURN ON YOUR INVESTMENT

Membership Dues

 

Active participation produces unequalled ROI. Board Membership is billed monthly, ranging from $490 to $690 Per Month. Your commitment of time, shared business experience and proactive participation, assures the very highest return on your investment. Very few investments in your business can create as much value, confidence, and peace of mind than, your active engagement and interaction with fellow business owner board members, who have real world experience. We also offer Continuous Improvement Team facilitation for your business, contact us for group rates.  

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Board Meeting Format

Time is valuable, get the most out of the time that you set aside to work on your business. As Meeting Chair and Facilitator, we structure and facilitate CORE Board meetings to produce the most value and best results for you as board member. Our role is to be the guide from the side, who brings real world experience and guidance to each meeting, but also encourages member participation and engagement. Below is a Best Practices format that we use as the foundation for a productive session. However it is our goal for each board to establish their own unique rhythm and format, which generates the most value and benefit for its members.  

  • Continental Breakfast Reception

  • Facilitator, Welcome, Opening Comments and Agenda Highlights

  • Around the Table, with each member giving a board and quick update:

    • What’s Up? Quick update of what’s up in your organization, Good News, Projects, Accomplishments and/or Frustrations or Issues.

    • What Are the Numbers? Quick over view of the progress that you’re making on the Key Drivers of your company’s success.

    • What are your Stucks?: What do you see as choke points or bottle necks, Operationally, Project Related, People, Processes, Products, other?

  • Board Advisory Session:

    • The board will focus on each member’s One Thing, each member to discuss their most important issue, concern, or project. Board Members and Facilitator take an active role to offer Ideas, Thoughts and Precautions around each member’s one thing.  

  • Guest Speaker or Best Practices Presentation:

    • Guest Speakers are vetted by the board prior to the meeting, to assure the most relevant content and value.

    • Best Practices Presentation: Delivered by the Facilitator or a Group Member, around a topic relevant to the improvement of People, Process, Products, Transferable Business Value and Business Owner’s Quality of Life

  • Optional Working Lunch  

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BOARD MEMBER'S CHOICE

The 60/40 Retreat

Some boards choose to substitute a 1 to 2 day 60/40 retreat, for one of their regular board meetings. This gives the Board the chance to integrate, social and recreational activities with their Business Meeting. More often than not, participants will gain as much, if not more value, from their recreational and social interaction as they do from their business meeting. For our CORE Online Boards a 1/2 to full day Round Table meeting serves as their retreat.  


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CORE BOARD CHAIR AND BUSINESS ADVISOR

Steven Baldo

Greetings, and thank for your interest. To give you some background,  I am the owner of CORE Strategic Business Solutions, a High-Performance Leadership Faculty Member and Business Coach, as well as a Certified BEI Business Transitions Advisor. I have over 30 years of real world experience in acquiring, capitalizing, marketing, growing and transitioning businesses.

My approach as Board Chair is one of being the Guide from the Side, I promote interactive participation and discovery learning by all Board Members. I don't have, or pretend to have all the answers, but I ask really good questions, which helps our members get to the root of an issue, in order to help them produce real world results. 

It is my goal to bring relevant knowledge, real world experience, as well as Benchmarks and Best Practices from leading business thinkers and entrepreneurs, to every CORE Board Engagement.

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Whether you'd like to sit in an upcoming CORE Board Meeting or simply discuss the benefits of group membership in more detail, contact us today

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