The Importance of Knowing Your Executive Skill-Set & Abilities
BY DEB NELMS, BOARD COACH FOR WIB
How many times have you been asked what your skills, differentiators or abilities are and found the need to pause before you answer? Or have responded with, "I have strong people skills", "I'm a collaborator" and "I digest and assimilate large amounts of information". While you can count these abilities as skills, they don't get to the heart of the matter which is this - what specific skills do you bring to an organization? How can you be an asset during the current and future life-cycle phases of a given company? Can you achieve measurable and impactful results at the departmental, divisional, business unit, or enterprise levels? READ MORE...
Deb Nelms is the founder of Corporate Boardlink and serves as the board coach for Women in the Boardroom. Learn more about our limited-time package of special coaching sessions to uncover your impact, skills & differentiators.
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TWIN CITIES CONNECTIONS EVENT
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Board Expert Q&A with Nora Denzel, Public Board Member & Former SVP of Big Data & Marketing at Intuit on July 23 @ 12 PM ET
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About Women in the Boardroom
OUR VISION
We create an environment where women can achieve their goal of leadership & corporate board service,while encouraging them to assist & mentor other women along the way.
OUR MISSION
We prepare women for leadership & corporate board service by giving them the knowledge, tools & connections to learn, advance & lead.
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VIRTUAL EVENT SPEAKER & VIP MEMBER ELIZABETH GHAFFARI
Why is your July 17th Virtual Event, "Presenting Yourself: Reflecting Your Worth in Your Presentation Skills" an important one to participate in? Women benefit by bringing their 'best game' forward. When you are learning any skill, there are old habits you need to abandon and new habits you need to acquire. This presentation will discuss ways that women can become more comfortable in front of small, medium and large groups.
Do you find that VIP Membership with WIB also helps strengthen the way a board bound women presents herself? VIP Membership provides an abundance of opportunities to listen to speakers. The Virtual Events are a great way to 'tap the wisdom that surrounds you'.
3 WAYS TO BE AN EFFECTIVE BOARD MEMBER
1.Prepare extensively before meetings. You must learn about the company, its history, competitors and industry-trends until you understand and can ask intelligent questions. Veteran directors say they like to be the best-informed person in the room because they gain confidence in themselves and respect from other directors.
2.Get along with your fellow board members. Your sincere interest in knowing your fellow directors as trusted colleagues will help immensely when tense topics come up in the boardroom.
3.Speak up, selectively. Find the balance between speaking too often and not enough. Speak only when you have something valuable to add, and always when you are concerned.
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