Key Executive Board · Northwest Arkansas
A 24-month peer advisory board that turns your right-hand into a confident, strategic decision-maker — so the business runs, grows, and holds its value without routing everything through you.
For business owners in Northwest Arkansas · Led by a certified TAB facilitator
The gap most owners feel
You have a capable second-in-command. They're great at their piece of the business — but they've never been taught to run all of it. So the big decisions still route back to you, growth is capped by your capacity, and the idea of stepping back feels risky.
Grooming a true successor isn't about another management course. It's about building business acumen and leadership maturity together, over time, with real accountability. That's exactly what the Key Executive Board is built to do.
Why owners do this
Owners develop their right-hand for different reasons — and every one of them runs through the same move: a leader who can make good decisions without you.
A business that runs without you is worth more — and sells better — when you're ready to step back.
Unplug and actually disconnect, knowing your right hand can carry the calls while you're gone.
You can't grow beyond what one person can personally decide. Build the leader who expands your capacity.
Reduce the risk of a business where every important call still has to route back to you.
Who it's for
You want to reduce how much depends on you, build a leadership bench, and move toward the day the business can run — and grow — without you in every decision.
A 2iC, C-suite leader, or manager on the ownership track who's ready to learn what it actually means to run and operate the whole business at a strategic level.
The outcome
Business acumen paired with leadership maturity — so decisions get made at the right level, the owner's intent carries through the whole company, and you're building the person who can carry it forward.
How it works
4–8 senior leaders from non-competing companies, meeting for a half-day board meeting each month.
A revolving rotation of strategic building blocks, with homework applied in TAB's Business Builders Blueprint.
A TTI Talent Insights assessment sharpens each leader's self-awareness, plus certified facilitation and commitments between meetings.
Inside each meeting
Each member scores where they are — building the trust and psychological safety that make peer advice land.
Members bring real challenges to the board and get diverse, experienced counsel — the wisdom of a room, not one consultant.
Last month's homework is reviewed, then the new strategic topic is taught and applied to each member's business.
A deliberate close on momentum and wins.
Each member commits to what they'll act on before the next meeting.
What they learn
The full strategic view of running a business:
The interpersonal maturity to lead:
Two development paths
TAB offers two leadership programs. HI-MAP is a shorter, skills-focused training track for managers and emerging leaders; the Key Executive Board is the deeper, longer path for a true successor. Here's the short version — on a call we'll map the right one for each of your people.
| HI-MAPLeadership-skills training | Key Executive BoardSuccessor development | |
|---|---|---|
| Best for | Managers & emerging leaders sharpening specific skills. | A second-in-command or successor being groomed to run the whole business. |
| Emphasis | Leadership & people skills. | Business acumen, with leadership maturity. |
| Format | Focused skills-training sessions — 4 Paths, 16 sessions. In-house or mixed cohort. | Monthly peer advisory board of non-competing senior leaders, over 24 months. |
| Commitment | Shorter, modular, lower price point. | Longer, sequential, higher investment. |
Not always either/or. For a strong successor, the two work well in sequence — HI-MAP builds core skills now, the Key Executive Board deepens strategic ownership over time.
Questions
A second-in-command, C-suite leader, or manager on the ownership track — someone being groomed to run and operate the whole business, not just one function.
One half-day board meeting per month over a 24-month rotation, plus homework applied in TAB's Business Builders Blueprint between meetings.
4–8 senior leaders from non-competing companies across different industries — so your leader learns beside real peers, with confidential discussion.
HI-MAP is shorter, modular skills-training focused on leadership and people skills — ideal for managers and emerging leaders. The Key Executive Board is a longer, comprehensive program focused on business acumen, for a true successor. They can also be done in sequence.
A monthly progress summary — topics covered and commitments made. The peer discussions themselves stay confidential, which is what makes them honest.
The program is employer-sponsored and built for direct application in your business. We'll walk through investment and fit on a short call — book below.
A short, no-pressure conversation to see if the Key Executive Board is the right fit — for you and the leader you want to develop. No pitch. You'll leave with a straight answer on fit.
In 30 minutes we'll cover:
Come with one name in mind — the leader you'd most want to develop this year. Boards are kept small (4–8 non-competing leaders), so seats are limited.