Guides and templates from the chair's seat — plain English, honest numbers, copy-usable formats. Each one links to the tool that measures it and the engagement that fixes it, so reading turns into doing.
Read the guide →The role in plain English — legal duties, the five real jobs, time, money and failure modes.
Read the guide →Three structures, three different problems solved — and what each costs.
Read the guide →Eight steps, six to ten weeks, no theatre — from role definition to first cycle.
Read the guide →Indicative market rates for SME boards — and what moves them up or down.
Read the guide →Seven sections, a one-page decision paper, and the three-day rule.
Read the guide →The agenda that works, with timings — actions first, decisions in the middle.
Examine it →Score the machinery these guides describe — ten questions, pillar profile, fixes in order.
Score my board →The two-minute mirror: 0–100, a grade, your two sharpest gaps.
Read the guide →The five workstreams, the ten-point self-check, and what reprices deals.
Score readiness →Ten questions across five pillars — the gap list a buyer would otherwise compile.
Read the guide →The realistic UK route: four assets, the experience ladder, honest economics.
Test my readiness →Score the four assets boards buy — and find your route into the Network.
Five questions if you want structure. One email if you'd rather talk. Either way, a straight answer about what your board needs.
