Partnerships & Strategic Planning

To get where you want to go, you need a clear assessment of your company's performance. We call it showing leadership the mirror. Many times corporate leadership is so close to the day-to-day operations, they need someone to hold a mirror in front of them and let them see what ALL their employees see and also what investors, key partners, and competitors see. We have been helping companies take stock in what they do well, but also to see where their holes are so they can fill in the gaps and succeed.

Pre-planning

Our clients ask key questions for which all successful companies must develop their own answers. These result in a plan for the future and create a foundational vision that serves as the organizational roadmap for strategic partnership outreach, board of advisors and directors development, and fund development.

You can't have a strong organization without a strong, high-functioning Board. Your Board of Advisors is a key place to start. So many companies skip this step and go right into their Board of Directors formation. Building a functioning Board of Advisors allows your leadership team to evaluate each advisor's capacity and capabilities before you ask them to be part of your Board of Directors.

Building a Board of Directors who you and your leadership team can not only work with but thrive and develop with is very important to future company growth. F&A International has helped grow, build, and reestablish Boards of Directors, who have brought incredible ideas and partnerships to our client's companies.

Once your team has developed your Board of Advisors, it is critical to conduct a successful first meeting. Facilitating productive and impactful board retreats is essential to the strategic planning process.

Too often companies try to raise funds before they have a vision or strategic plan. F&A International can help insure you and your team don’t put the cart before the horse. Sequencing does matter.