The Alternative Board Farnborough and Farnham

“I have been working with Stuart for almost two years now. In that time, he and my Board have grown my confidence, and my business. From encouraging me to pitch to a potential new clients both here and in Europe, to helping me forecast and budget, to sharing new techie hacks and supporting me with the many challenges a small business owner faces, I'm not sure I would be seeing anywhere near the success I am if I hadn't joined TAB. And, what's more, I love seeing my fellow Board members growing and thriving with my guidance too. It's win:win!"

"Recognising that the business needed to change to survive, one of the actions I took when approached by Stuart was to join TAB. This allowed me to get invaluable insight from peers running businesses from unrelated sectors but still with the same challenges and how they overcame them or how they thought it would be best for me to overcome them."

"The value I see in the board is on many layers. Still, beyond a welcome break from the day-to-day activities in the business, I am almost always surprised by the varied, painfully honest and constructive feedback I receive to all manner of issues I bring to the table. Helping others with my experience also allows me to reflect on how I felt in a similar situation and what constant improvements I need to make to my business. At the end of the day, the feeling of focus in the meetings and the ‘can do’ attitude always fires me up for the month ahead."

My business has really benefited from the TAB experience. The group sessions are a great opportunity to share and solve business challenges with a bright group of people who really challenge you to think differently about the way you do things. Stuart is an excellent coach, in our one to one sessions he helps me to reflect on what I want to get out of my business and how I am going to make that happen. In the last year we have achieved around 40% growth and I am looking at a new business acquisition.

"I always feel uplifted and more confident following a board meeting.  The challenges we face as business owners are invariably those shared by the other board members. Bringing them to the table puts them in perspective and usually provides several options on how to tackle them.  Support, being non-judgemental and really trying to understand each other's businesses help make the meetings fun, enjoyable and, most of all, invaluable to the growth and well-being of my own business.  The regular one-to-ones help build on this with tough constructive advice.  I would be lost without the support of TAB."