GET BOARD-READY MASTERCLASS

from CHF 300.00

From Board Aspiration to Boardroom Effectiveness

Prepare for the boardroom - public, private, startup or advisory.

Designed for experienced executives, founders, investors and senior operators preparing for board and advisory roles, the Get Board Ready Masterclass is a practical, practitioner-led program covering the full journey from board readiness to boardroom effectiveness.

Getting onto a board requires more than an impressive executive career. You need to understand how boards govern, articulate the value you bring, navigate how board appointments happen—and know how to contribute effectively once you have the seat.

The Masterclass combines governance fundamentals and real-world boardroom practice with the practical steps to build your board career: positioning, visibility, networking, interviews and due diligence.

You’ll also learn how to operate once you’re at the table—from CEO and financial oversight to reading a board pack, asking the right questions and challenging management without becoming management.

Understand the Boardroom → Define Your Value → Navigate the Board Market → Govern Effectively → Contribute from Day One

Format:

From Board Aspiration to Boardroom Effectiveness

Prepare for the boardroom - public, private, startup or advisory.

Designed for experienced executives, founders, investors and senior operators preparing for board and advisory roles, the Get Board Ready Masterclass is a practical, practitioner-led program covering the full journey from board readiness to boardroom effectiveness.

Getting onto a board requires more than an impressive executive career. You need to understand how boards govern, articulate the value you bring, navigate how board appointments happen—and know how to contribute effectively once you have the seat.

The Masterclass combines governance fundamentals and real-world boardroom practice with the practical steps to build your board career: positioning, visibility, networking, interviews and due diligence.

You’ll also learn how to operate once you’re at the table—from CEO and financial oversight to reading a board pack, asking the right questions and challenging management without becoming management.

Understand the Boardroom → Define Your Value → Navigate the Board Market → Govern Effectively → Contribute from Day One

What You’ll Learn:

✔ What boards really look for in first-time directors—and what aspiring board members often misunderstand

✔ How to define your board value proposition and position your executive, founder, investor or operating experience—even without a prior board seat

✔ Governance essentials: fiduciary duties, director responsibilities, CEO oversight, committees, compensation, risk and the board–management boundary

✔ How to interrogate the numbers that matter, prepare for a board meeting, read a board pack efficiently and ask better board-level questions

✔ Boardroom dynamics: how to contribute strategically, challenge constructively, navigate power and influence—and avoid operating instead of governing

✔ How board appointments really happen: where boards find candidates, strategic networking, interviews and due diligence before accepting a seat

✔ How to strengthen your board bio, résumé, LinkedIn presence and strategic narrative for public, private, startup and advisory opportunities

✔ Practical guidance on equity, compensation, director liability, D&O insurance and investor/founder board considerations, including US vs. Switzerland/Europe

✔ How to avoid common first-time director mistakes and build a practical 30–60–90 Day Board Action Plan

✔ Pre-Reads, Post-Reads and practical Board Director Briefs to go deeper into the topics covered and serve as resources you can return to throughout your board career

More Than Board Education

Traditional board education focuses on how boards govern. Board-search programs focus on how candidates find opportunities.

Get Board Ready connects the two: Understand the Boardroom → Define Your Value → Navigate the Board Market → Govern Effectively → Contribute from Day One

The goal isn’t simply to help you get a board seat. It’s to help you be ready for the responsibility when you get there.

Choose Your Masterclass Format

Option 1 - Build Your Own Board Ready Group

Bring your colleagues, friends or professional network and learn together.

Create your own small group of executives, founders or senior leaders who are preparing for board roles or want to strengthen their governance capabilities.

The group format creates an opportunity to compare perspectives, discuss real-world scenarios and learn from the different operating, industry and leadership experiences around the table.

Ideal for:

Colleagues and leadership teams
Executive and founder networks
Investor and portfolio communities
Professional associations
Groups of friends or peers pursuing board roles
Companies developing future board leaders

Bring your group. We’ll arrange the Masterclass around your schedule.

Option 2 - Private 1:1 Masterclass

A Board Ready Masterclass focused entirely on you.

A personalized Board Ready experience focused on your background, ambitions and positioning.

You’ll cover the full curriculum while having more time to explore your individual board strategy, questions and the types of boards where your experience can create the greatest value.

Session Includes:

• A 120-minute live teaching session with frameworks and real-world examples

• A 30-minute Q&A to get your questions answered

• A Board Ready Toolkit, including checklist, Pre-Reads, Post-Reads and Board Director Briefs