CEO Hiring Best Practices Future of Work How Savvy CEOs Are Turning the Talent Crisis into a Talent Opportunity Macro conditions around a COVID workforce
CFO What Does “Great” Look Like in a CFO? A great CFO will spend time learning and steeping themselves in the substance of the business.
CFO Hiring Best Practices Scaling When is it Time to Hire Your First Chief Financial Officer Depending on the complexity of your business you might be able to hold off on hiring a full-time CFO, but if you have any of these signs then it’s time to start thinking about bringing someone on board
CXO Hiring Best Practices New Series: When and How to Hire Each CXO This series is intended for any C-level executive or board member involved with startups.
CFO How to Engage with Your CFO As a CEO I learned that the best way to help people grow and develop, and to further develop a better understanding of each other, is to engage with them in a mix of work and non-work settings.
CXO Why the Startup Sales Function Starts With “Whiteboards” In most startups, one of the founders is the first salesperson — often out of necessity as much as passion. But as startups scale they add sales reps or maybe some form of a Sales Manager once there are more than a couple of reps.
Diversity Hiring Best Practices How Busting Your Bias on Resumes Can Maximize Diversity The usual approach for finding candidates is to search for people who have some things in common with us, or have some experience that resonates with us, and that we can more easily put in a box
Fractional Future of Work On-demand Executive Talent Market Trends Bolster has successfully matched over 100 executives to open roles
CXO The Three Roles of a CXO In the world of startups the term “CXO” refers to all the people who are head of their functional area and members of the executive team, whether that’s finance, sales, marketing, HR, or any other function.
Projects 5 Crucial End-of-Year Projects (And How to Outsource Them) We’ve identified five of the most common end-of-year projects, and how to outsource them so you can keep things moving internally as fast as possible.
CXO Scaling Career Growth How to Scale Yourself as a CXO You’re not the first person to be promoted to an executive role for the first time (and of course you’re not the last, either). Every single executive, at any company, had their first executive role at some point.
Fractional Hiring Best Practices Date before you get Engaged: How to Jumpstart New Execs as On-Demand Workers Hiring on-demand executives can help ensure that there’s a good fit between the candidate and the company. Want to save time and money in the interviewing and onboarding stages, and ensure high performance post-onboarding?
Scaling Webinar 4 Can't-Miss Panels to Support Summer Business Planning Register today for 4 panels designed to give you unprecedented access to experienced CEOs, leading investors and critical data you need to inform your next big business and board decisions. Links below to register!
Fractional 10 Scenarios Where On-Demand Executives Work Best Since launching Bolster’s marketplace officially in April, we’re starting to learn a lot about how CEOs and company leaders think about building out their executive teams.
Board Ebook Career Growth Our Ebook: How to Succeed in Your First Board Role Over the past several months, we’ve published a series of posts designed to help CEOs better understand how to build, diversify, and scale their boards of directors.
Board Ebook Our Ebook: How to Build Your Board Over the past several months, we’ve published a series of posts designed to help CEOs better understand how to build, diversify, and scale their boards of directors.
Board How to know if you're doing a good job as a Board Member On many boards there isn’t a formal review process for board members.
Board How to Evaluate Your Board A lot of CEOs think it’s pointless to give board members any feedback, but failure to do so is just as big a miss as failure to give your staff feedback or failing to ask your staff for feedback.
Fractional Personal Brand Career Growth Interviewing for an On-Demand Role How interviewing is like auditioning for a play
CXO Career Growth Giving Difficult Feedback and Making Your Voice Heard Two common communication challenges that board members face, particularly first-time board members, are making sure their voice is heard and giving difficult feedback
Personal Brand The Anatomy of a Great Profile How can Bolster members make sure their profile is the best it can be?
Board How to Build a Bench or Advisory Board Advisory Boards can be great sources of help for entrepreneurs. They can also be great things to participate in for people who want to understand and become involved in startups
Diversity Webinar Webinar Recap: Your Company’s DEI Journey -- Let’s Make a Plan! Insights from four DEI experts on how to craft a DEI(B) plan at your company.
HR When Things Aren’t Black and White: How to Deal With Murky Areas if you’re on any given board for any length of time, you’ll feel compelled to give difficult feedback either to the CEO, senior management, or the other directors.
Board Hiring Best Practices How to Compensate Independent Directors There are several elements of a compensation package you need to know about for an independent board member
