Appreciating proactive engagement After a slow start, the team at Boardsi and Leadafi have really stepped up the engagement to help me find a board position. Lisa Williams has been very helpful in publishing my articles on Leadafi so that I could gain exposure and showcase my expertise, and Rashel Waite has been holding short monthly checkpoint calls to help assure progress.

Don’t trust a company that can’t handle questions. Never trust a Company that scouts you just to hang up on you aggressively when you ask analytical questions. Essentially, I pressed the rep about the fact that they want 200 bucks for a profile set up plus another $195 a month for 2-3 months before you ever get an interview and MAYBE get a board seat offer… so you’re spending about $1000 or more with no ROI and no way to get your money back for wasting your time if you don’t land a board. When I mentioned that, I was met with snark and told “if you don’t want to do this, then don’t” before the salesman hung up without giving me a chance to respond. I guess I didn’t help his quota this week. Don’t bother paying a company that can’t manage a phone call they scheduled with you. Edited on 2/27/24. Apparently Boardsi is not only rude, but dishonest. Denying how their reps treat prospects on a public forum doesn't make them a better catch. Be discerning and careful.

A lot of effort for questionable return. This is a material investment for a vague return. BoardsI gave no feedback on the responses of the outbound work they did (you wouldn't even share the types of companies contacted or names) and there was no feedback on the applications I did myself. This was a lot of time, effort and money for minimal return. I would think the client roster was over sold by BoardsI

Business Owner/Consultant After being contacted about the potential of serving on various boards multiple times, I responded directly with specific criteria and concerns. With those seemingly being put to rest, I reluctantly booked a call. They were late in calling. After being very clear again about concerns, they gave a fast run through of the types of boards. I stopped them to ask how they, as a firm, were compensated. Then came the pitch. I'm all about capitalism and profitability but this was a very misleading process to promote how they work on behalf of companies to help board seats with no reference at all to the fees they require from potential board members. I was up front in stating that I had little interest in serving on boards and it would have to be a very specific fit if I were to make time for it. When I shared that the monthly fee was a show-stopper for something I had little interest in to begin with, that young lad immediately hung up. In reading the boardsi reply to my review, it's just not accurate. While the call was just a few minutes late, it was after 9:02 EST as that was when I checked the time and my calendar to make sure I had the correct day, even after receiving multiple reminder emails from them for me to be prepared. Further, the moment I said the $198/month fee that had never been shared previously was a showstopper, the call was disconnected. There was no "thank you for your time" or anything similar as the boardsi reply suggests. I was trying to be fair with a two star review but this lack of accepting responsibility while all but calling my review dishonest is very telling.

Professionalism Professionalism, reliability, promptness and subject matter expertise are the core components for making this company stand out.