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How to Write a Board of Director Resume
- 1. A Step by StepGuide to Building Your Board Resume
- 2. Preparing for the Board Directorsare judged on their understanding of more complex business, technical know-how, managerial skills, corporate governance, and long-term performance. Showing you are an influential leader in business.
- 3. Board of Directors Resume Theprimary challenges facing every board are rapidly changing technology, market competition, government regulations, a scarcity of resources, and finding and retaining excellent talent. Your Board of Director Resume must demonstrate an understanding of these issues and your capacity to address them. What should a Board Resume look like?
- 4. Target keywords Know whatyour targeted board is looking for and determine what is most essential in terms of the open position. Differentiate What is your Unique Value Proposition? Incorporate the 5 Intelligences of Board Members. Structure Use structure and formatting to highlight your achievements and showcase how you are the ideal candidate.
- 5. Transform your Executive Resumeinto a Board CV Sharif Hasan CEO The headline is a summation of your personal branding. You create the words or phrases that emphasize the type of role you target.
- 6. Differentiate 5 Key IntelligencesYou Need to Address According to a recent study by the Harvard Business Review, boardroom capital is built on five different types of intelligence: financial, strategic, relational, role and cultural. This will require research to understand the needs, skill gaps, and challenges a board is facing. STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE Unfortunately, the skills required to work in the C-suite are not those that are required to be at the top table. It will necessitate a critical examination of your executive core competencies, distinct expertise, and unique viewpoint.
- 7. FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE Place ashort line beneath each accomplishment to demonstrate that you have enough knowledge of the balance sheet to attend carefully to the CFO. RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Choose keywords that highlight your impacts on your Board of Director Resume with hiring, recruiting, and training people. STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE Brainstorm your 5 most impressive board- related accomplishments as well as your traditional CEO or executive achievements. 1 2 3 We make success.
- 8. ROLE INTELLIGENCE Ask yourselfwhy you would be picked for a board member, and on which issues you can add the most value. Get granular and be as specific as possible. CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE What are your experiences in joining cross- functional, cross-industry, and cross-culture groups? 5 Key Intelligences 4 5
- 9. Align Your CareerPoints FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE Financial leadership through transitionary phases Business modeling and remodeling RELATIONAL INTELLIGENCE Corporate culture creation, financial turnarounds and profit optimization (with before and after examples and metrics) STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE
- 10. Career Points STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE Marketshare growth and brand equity growth (create contrast by comparing performance against competitors) ROLE INTELLIGENCE Technology modernizations (digital, social and artificial intelligence)
- 11. Your branding titleshould be the top header of your resume. Your Career Profile or Summary outlines your key qualifications, skills, and achievements that are most relevant to the role you are applying for Structure Showcase your shareholder contribution by introducing metrics and achievements in call out boxes, side boxes, or by using graphical elements.
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