Board of Directors Services
Board search services with the FIT3 advantage.
Every board of directors search is unique, so our FIT³® approach starts well before the search and extends far beyond the nomination and election to ensure lasting success. Our board search team members are also board members, bringing relevant experience and special insight to find the best fit. With our experienced team and FIT³® approach, you’ll find the perfect intersection of talent and fit to exceed your expectations. Our goal is to find members for your board of directors that align with your company culture.
Howard & O’Brien offers traditional board placement searches, DirectorConnector® reverse-placement services, and customized training, assessments and workshops to help clients build their boards.
Contact us today. We’ll make sure everything lines up just right for your next board of directors search.
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Conversations With the Board®
Our Conversations With the Board program hosts regular meetings that target key executives in senior-level positions who are interested in learning more about corporate board service. You’ll discuss issues in an informal setting such as board dynamics and governance together with CEOs, Chairs, and board members whom we invite to share their personal insights.
We host a regular series of informal Conversations with the Board that targets key women in senior-level positions who are interested in learning more about corporate board service. You’ll discuss issues such as board dynamics and governance together with CEOs, Chairs, and key board members whom we invite to share their personal insights.
DirectorConnector®
A referral-only outside board placement service for quality executives of selected clients.
Service on outside Boards of Directors is a key way to develop future executive and board leaders, yet finding an outside board position to meet development goals can be a challenge. Through our DirectorConnector® reverse-placement service, client candidates will learn to assess their skills and experience for board service, develop a resume and bio targeted to board positions, and find the board position that is the perfect fit.
Training, Assessments, and Workshops
Customized to meet board objectives such as succession planning and development of future board members and leaders.
Great boards are carefully built and developed. We customize individual and board assessments, training, and workshops to strengthen your existing board and develop your future board leaders.
Board of Directors Expertise
For more than two decades, Howard & O’Brien has placed board members focused on leveraging experience to make an impact.
With extensive executive networks, professional progression, and a deep understanding of the business, the founding partner of Howard & O’Brien, Lee Ann Howard, has placed directors across North America. Lee Ann leads workshops for those who serve, or desire to serve on boards, and founded Conversations With the Board® to inspire other women and minorities to pursue board service. She is also a member and sponsor of Directors & Boards, Private Company Director, Family Business Magazine, and leads educational sessions about boards at the annual Private Company Governance Summit.
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