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What is The Alternative Board®?
A roundtable of business owners and leaders. The Alternative Board® helps business owners and leaders identify opportunities and achieve their strategic goals. We are a business management consulting firm that addresses both personal and business goals to ensure successful outcomes.
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/ Marco Petersen – Gauteng / 27th October 2026
Why Would Employees Want to Work for You?
Most business owners are well aware of the challenging labour and HR market we’re navigating right now. While HR challenges are nothing new, the current dynamics are historically volatile. Keeping your current team healthy, engaged and on the payroll is absolutely critical. It’s time to craft a focused HR strategy that aligns with your business objectives, retains your team and continues to attract new talent.
It’s More Than Pay & Benefits
Competitive pay and solid benefits are important — but they’re not everything.
Employees value career development, continuous learning, and a culture built on fairness and trust. They also want purpose — to work for organisations that contribute positively to their communities and to the world. For Millennials and Gen Z, this isn’t optional; it’s expected.
Marco Petersen – Gauteng / 6th October 2026
The True Cost of Employee Loneliness
A few years ago, a tragic story made the news. A female employee passed away at her desk in a busy office—and shockingly, no one noticed for days. While rare, the incident exposed something far more common: an epidemic of workplace disconnection. How detached must a culture be for someone to disappear in plain sight?
Although most organisations won’t face such extremes, the issue of loneliness is disturbingly widespread. As businesses focus on performance and profitability, individuals can quietly drift into isolation—unseen, unsupported, and emotionally detached. This isn’t just a wellbeing issue; it’s a business risk.
Why a Sense of Belonging is Hard to Build
We’re all still adjusting to post-pandemic norms.
/ Marco Petersen – Gauteng / 15th September 2026
If Your Vision Is a Number, You’re Missing the Point
Ask a business owner about their vision for the future, and you will often hear a number.
“We want to reach R50 million in revenue.”
“We want to open three more branches.”
“We want to double the team.”
“We want to grow by 30% this year.”
These may be excellent goals. They may be ambitious, clear, and measurable. But they are not vision.
Somewhere along the way, many leaders started treating goals and vision as if they were the same thing. They are not. And while the distinction may sound small, it has a significant impact on the way a business grows, makes decisions, builds culture, and creates long-term value.
/ The Alternative Board – SA / 15th September 2026
Lonely at the Top: Why Every Business Owner Needs a Village, Not Just a Family
Family will always matter. Nobody is arguing otherwise. But family, however close, cannot always be present – and running a business has a way of exposing exactly how much presence you need.
Roughly half of CEOs report feeling chronically lonely, according to Harvard Business Review research, and the number climbs higher for founders under thirty-five. Not “a bit stressed.” Not “could use a holiday.” Chronically lonely – the kind of isolation that quietly reshapes how you make decisions, how you treat people, and how you sleep at night.
Stay ahead in a rapidly changing world.
Rapidly changing market conditions force companies to quickly update traditional day-to-day operations. In today’s environment, you have to be fast and nimble in order to seize opportunities, rise above challenges and respond to changing times.
Why go it alone when you’re faced with important and complex decisions?
The Alternative Board® helps business owners and leaders confidently see new opportunities and achieve their strategic goals. We offer busy entrepreneurs a powerful, streamlined program that includes peer advisory boards, one-to-one coaching, workshops, expert speakers, robust business tools and invaluable TAB connections.
What we offer
What TAB membership includes
We address both personal and business goals to make sure you achieve complete success. Experience tight-knit relationships with other business leaders who expertly guide you, challenge you to think critically — and who genuinely care.
The board
Talk about the challenges and opportunities that you face when running your business
One-to-One
Focus on what is important and going to make a difference to you and your business.
Business Builder’s Blueprint™
TAB members have access to a proven strategic business planning tool.
How TAB Boards help your business
Get the support and guidance you need to grow your business with The Alternative Board (TAB), a confidential advisory board for business owners.
68% of members said their turnover increased
87% of members said their leadership skills improved
Why Choose us
Start your TAB journey
Business owner; Entrepreneur; CEO; President; Director. No matter the title, the role holds responsibility for an organisation and it’s people. Large organisations have a board of directors, but typically not independently owned businesses. So – Who guides you? Who advises you? Who holds you accountable? Who is your sounding board?
We are so confident in the value that TAB can bring to business owners, that we offer a 90 day Performance Guarantee.
Join a TAB board and start growing your business with the help of like-minded business owners.
Connect with a TAB facilitator to explore how the TAB community can help you and your business.
Schedule a free consultation to get to know each other.
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