Who is TAB?
Leaders of large corporations receive invaluable advice and assistance from their boards of directors. But what about small business owners? The decisions they make can impact both their business and their personal life. It’s a lot to face alone.
Why should they trust their business to just one business mind?
The Alternative Board™, through its franchise owners, helps small to mid-sized business owners reach their financial and strategic goals through an unmatched combination of peer advisory board insight, private business coaching, and proprietary business diagnostic tools. The Alternative Board delivers a results-driven strategic advantage that allows our members to take their businesses to a new level by staying focused on what matters most—profitability, productivity, and personal fulfilment.
By becoming a TAB owner, you can become part of this magic.
The Story Behind TAB
After taking a struggling electronics firm from receivership to being publicly traded on NASDAQ, Allen Fishman retired. As he reflected on the secret of his success, he realized having a board of directors had been invaluable to him throughout his career.
Allen Fishman began to think about how he could recreate that opportunity for owners of small and mid-sized, privately held businesses. His retirement was short-lived. In 1990, Fishman created an affordable alternative to a high-paid board of directors, appropriately called The Alternative Board.
“Now, every business owner can benefit from the strategic advantage of having outside business advice,” Fishman says. “This helps our Members operate their businesses more effectively while maintaining an enjoyable work-life balance.”
What began as a trial in Fishman’s local St. Louis market, has grown into the world’s largest franchise system providing peer advisory boards and coaching services. There are now thousands of Members in more than 20 countries around the world.
“TAB continues to fill the need it first filled 30 years ago,” Fishman says. “The benefits are timeless.”
Our Vision
The TAB Advantage
As John F. Kennedy said, “a rising tide lifts all boats.” TAB takes his statement to heart. Belonging to a community of thousands of business owners around the world makes each of our Members stronger.
TAB Members benefit from a peer board who have faced similar challenges and opportunities, and can offer practical, real-world advice. Tapping into hundreds of years of experience and shared wisdom results in bottom-line success for Members’ personal and business visions.
In addition to advisory boards, TAB provides business coaching, best practices and processes, and world-class tools. Together, these resources give our Members a distinct competitive advantage. Members of TAB boards get better enjoyment from their businesses and lives. They experience less stress, more confidence, and more revenue. Simply put, TAB changes the lives of its Members for the better.
THE TAB WAY
TAB supports and celebrates its Members’ personal and business visions through measured accountability, collective wisdom, continuous learning, innovation, and leveraging global best practices and tools. It’s what we call “shared wisdom, bottom-line success.” Our slogan is more than words on a wall. It’s our culture, the secret to our success, and one of the reasons TAB Members stay with us for many years. We don’t just talk about Community, for example, we live it. TAB Members from more than 20 countries are there for each other at every turn, sharing advice in their local board meetings and virtually around the world. They counsel one another through challenges and take advantage of opportunities together.
We are a HIGH CALIBER organization made up of the HIGHEST CALIBER people.
Community
We are a global community, willing to both give and receive to improve our business and the people within it.
Accountability
We are accountable for our results in all areas of our work and lives.
Lifelong Learning
We believe lifelong learning improves our knowledge, perspective and self-awareness.
Innovation
We are agents of change and embrace innovation, fresh ideas and approaches.
Belief
We are passionate about TAB and the impact it has on businesses, communities and lives.
Excellence
We continuously strive to provide excellence in everything we do.
Respect
We always interact with others in a respectful and professional manner.
