Board Mindset™
Advising Boards for over 25 years.
Five psychological forces influence directors involved in high-stakes decision making: beliefs, cognition, emotions, motivation, and resilience. When directors demonstrate that they embody these five, we say that they have a Board Mindset™. These directors don’t ignore, diminish, or deny fear; they accept it. They trust their abilities to sail in unchartered seas.
As systemic, discerning thinkers, they commit themselves to continuous learning and consistently remain open to new ideas without being naïve—all the while avoiding the trap of hubris. With optimism and a commitment to excellence, they steadfastly move ideas to action.
A Board Mindset™—one that shapes resilience—recognizes that challenges aren’t permanent; talented people can figure things out; and even failure isn’t fatal. This mindset allows directors to learn from past mistakes so people can move past them and thrive.
Lorraine Moore
Lorraine consults, speaks, and writes on a variety of business and life issues.
Based in Calgary, Canada, Lorraine engages with organizations and audiences across North America. Her clients are CEOs of mid-cap firms, corporate executives of Fortune 500 companies and their leadership teams. Lorraine’s clients encompass Energy, Oil and Gas, Life Sciences, Professional Services, Banking, Insurance and more.
Lorraine’s expertise and talents create unprecedented outcomes for organizations and individuals. Inducted into the global Million Dollar Consulting Hall of Fame® her seminal work in inspired leadership delivers game changing outcomes. A thought leader in strategic speed, innovation and executive performance, Lorraine is sought out to contribute to the transformation of companies and individuals. Lorraine’s clients benefit from her experience as a corporate executive. Other original work includes Six Hour Strategy© and Leadership Athleticism© which have struck a major chord with executive performance across North America.
Lorraine A. Moore transforms senior leaders and their teams. Passionate about leadership and innovation, Lorraine thrives when contributing to the transformation of organizations and individuals. Her inspiring messages and unique insights improve individual and corporate performance. Her global client base includes organizations such as Enbridge, BHP, TELUS, KPMG, Brion, TransCanada, Garner Corporation and others. Lorraine chairs two MacKay CEO Forums with participants from more than 25 national organizations.
Some of her published articles have appeared in American Business, Advantage, Oil and Gas Monitor, and Pharmaceutical Compliance Monitor, and others. Lorraine’s expertise is regularly sought by NY firms such as Coleman Research Group, Stern and Associates and Mosaic, where she shares her expertise through webinars, debates and/or directly with global clients.
Constance Dierickx
Before launching her successful consultancy practice, Constance worked as a broker at Merrill Lynch.
There, she observed firsthand the power of emotion and perceptual distortion on major decisions. Her curiosity about the behavior of clients and colleagues led her to study psychology and business and earn a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, focusing on crisis intervention with individuals and organizations.
Immediately upon joining a global consulting firm, she was involved in advising boards and senior executives in high-stakes matters such as CEO succession, mergers and acquisitions, crisis and boardroom conflict.
Constance launched her consultancy in 2010 after realizing that traditional consulting firms have allegiance to their own models and mindsets that did not allow for sufficient creativity in addressing client needs. Free from any particular approach and unwedded to methodology, she is now able to focus on client objectives and recommend the most efficacious path to meet them.
Constance has been interviewed for publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Directorship, Fortune.com. She has written for a wide number of publications including Boards and Directors, Corporate Board Member, and Chief Executive Magazine.
Linda Henman
Dr. Linda Henman, known as the Decision Catalyst®,
is the founder of Henman Performance Group, a leadership consulting firm. Linda helps C-suite leaders make decisions that they must get right and can’t afford to get wrong. In fact, in more than 35 years, none of her projects has failed. Some of her clients include leaders in organizations like Avon, Emerson, Estee Lauder, Kraft, and Tyson.
Linda first studied decision-making while working on her Ph.D. in 1994. She conducted long-term original research on 138 American POWs (including John McCain) who had survived five or more years of brutal imprisonment. The study, under the direction of the U. S. Navy, uncovered the pivotal decisions the POWs made to stay resilient—decisions about their beliefs, identity, and life’s purpose. These research findings have guided Linda’s work with executives ever since.
Today, Linda works predominately with those in the c-suite to help them make decisions on issues like business growth, CEO selection, mergers & acquisitions, and succession planning. (In fact, Linda was one of eight succession planning experts who worked with John Tyson after his company’s acquisition of International Beef Products—one of the most successful acquisitions of the 21st Century.)
Linda has written or co-written seven books, and also writes regularly for CEO Magazine and Corporate Compliance Insights.
Linda is an inductee in the Million Dollar Consultants’ Hall of Fame and holds numerous professional certifications, including Director Professionalism, a designation given by the National Association of Corporate Directors.
"With Linda’s help, I immediately discovered new ways to leverage my assets so I could move forward more quickly than I ever have in my career. In six months, I completed most of the goals we set, and we continue to strive for more improvement. I have grown as a leader and board director.”
- Greg Hesser, President, Alberici Construction
