The 5 Roles On Your Personal Board

According to research from UC Berkeley’s California Management Review, a well-functioning personal board of directors typically includes four to seven members. The five core roles below are the foundation. Each one fills a gap the others don’t. 

1. The challenger
2. The connector
3. The domain expert
4. The emotional anchor
5. The honest mirror

Your career is the company. Act accordingly.  Read more to discover how to build your board with intention.

Member of the Moment: Chicagoan Sandy Marsico

So thrilled to see our WPO Chicago member Sandy Marsico, Founder and CEO, Sandstorm Design, featured as the Member of the Moment at the Women Presidents Organization.

She is not only a member of WPO but serves on the WPO Board of Directors, too.  She is a rock star.  

Learn more about Sandy here.

New Board of Directors for the Women Presidents' Organization

The Women Presidents' Organization (WPO), a peer advisory group for leaders of multimillion-dollar companies, has announced new members to its Board of Directors and Advisory Board, each for a two-year term.

Board of Directors

• Kerrie R. Heslin, Esq., Partner, Nukk-Freeman & Cerra, P.C. Employment Attorneys, Chatham, New Jersey
• Cardiologist Dr. Barbara Hutchinson, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, President of Chesapeake Cardiac Care, Annapolis, Maryland
• Sandy Marsico, Founder and CEO of Sandstorm Design®, Greater Chicago area
• Hetal Parikh, President, Rangam Consultants, Inc., Greater New York City area
• Nicolette A. Jacobs, Director/Partner – Financial Services Assurance, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cape Town, South Africa

Advisory Board

• Dawn O'Connor, Master Productivity Ninja for Think Productive North America, and Facilitator WPO Canada, Calgary I and II
• Mindy C. Meads, LPC Holdings LLC, and Facilitator WPO Zenith I Group (average annual revenue $246 million, aggregate annual revenue $4.4 billion)
• Jayne H. Huston, MBA, LPBC, Business Coach/Vice President, ThistleSea Business Development, LLC, Facilitator WPO Harrisburg and Lancaster Chapters
• Linda Graebner, Managing Partner, LSG Associates, Oakland CA, and Facilitator WPO East Bay

Congratulations to all!