Membership
Programmes
Helping Female Leaders to Succeed
Grow your business and excel in leadership by working on your business, not just in it. Alongside like-minded peers, you will be supported by other high-calibre, high-performing female leaders.
FAB is a confidential space where you can become the best version of yourself, driving success for your company, team, shareholders, and customers.
We promise you will always receive completely impartial support from peers who truly understand the challenges and rewards of your journey. Together, we’ll unlock your vision and elevate your leadership.
Within FAB, members find comfort from the often-solitary journey of leadership, particularly for those occupying the upper levels of their respective industries. FAB provides a sanctuary wherein like-minded leaders converge to foster mutual growth, both professionally and personally.
Be part of a unique group of exceptional individuals that offer advice, support, and connection.
We believe this is so important that we invite you to speak to our existing members, and see the impact it has for them. Get in touch for more information and to explore the board that’s right for you.
Explore our Membership Programmes
Format
- 12 x half day monthly meetings
- 1-1 private check-ins with your Chair (bi-monthly)
- January Kick-Off Lunch & Christmas Party
- Invitation to FAB Retreat (extra-cost)
- All materials, lunches, workshops, programmes, speakers included
Who it’s for?
- Established business leaders with £500K to £2.5m revenue
- Entrepreneurs ready to scale beyond current operations
- Leaders strengthening business foundations and systems
- Business owners developing senior leadership teams
- Founders refining strategic vision for growth
- Companies preparing for investor/funding engagement
What’s the benefit?
- Access to diverse perspectives from fellow entrepreneurs at similar growth stages
- Proven strategies from leaders who’ve navigated scaling challenges
- Insights into building and managing senior leadership teams
- Guidance on optimising operations during rapid expansion
- Support maintaining vision clarity through growth transitions
- Expert advice on funding and investment preparation
- Accountability and support during critical decision-making phases
- Avoid costly mistakes through shared experience and wisdom
- Accelerated path to sustainable growth and success
The Challenge
The Solution
The Result
The Challenge
Business leadership is isolating - you’re steering the ship, making final decisions, with few people who truly understand the weight you carry.
The Solution
Join leaders who get it - experience immediate relief from isolation, shared decision-making burden, validation without judgment, and freedom from having all the answers.
The Result
Replace loneliness with understanding - break free from echo chambers, and find your trusted circle of peers who navigate the same challenges.
The Challenge
Building and managing productive teams is complex and exhausting - people management drains even the strongest leaders.
The Solution
Connect with peers who intimately understand this struggle - develop practical hiring, performance management, and communication skills through shared real-time experiences.
The Result
Transform team management from exhausting burden to confident leadership through proven strategies and peer support.
The Challenge
You’ve become the bottleneck in your own business - too dependent on you to scale effectively.
The Solution
Learn from peers how to shift from indispensable to strategic, with accountability partners guiding you through proven approaches to scale beyond personal capacity.
The Result
Break free from operational dependency and scale with confidence through strategic leadership transformation.
The Challenge
Scaling beyond referrals and organic growth is difficult without an efficient sales and marketing machine driving your business.
The Solution
Connect with entrepreneurs who’ve successfully built scalable systems - learn their specific steps, mistakes, and proven strategies for systematic growth.
The Result
Transform from referral-dependent to systematically scalable with a clear roadmap beyond organic growth.
Who it’s for?
- Business leaders with over £3 million turnover
- Entrepreneurs managing complex organisational structures
- Leaders overseeing larger teams and established governance frameworks
- Business owners with existing investor relationships
- Executives answering to investment boards and stakeholders
- Entrepreneurs navigating sophisticated enterprise challenges
- Leaders considering or preparing for business exit strategies
What’s the benefit?
- Access to experienced leaders managing similar-scale organisations
- Insights into investor relations and stakeholder management
- Guidance on advanced governance structures and frameworks
- Support for leading and managing large, complex teams
- Expert advice on exit planning and strategic transitions
- Confidential environment for discussing high-stakes decisions
- Protection of stakeholder value through informed decision-making
- Enhanced outcomes for substantial business operations and exits
The Challenge
The Solution
The Result
The Challenge
Business leadership is isolating - you're steering the ship, making final decisions, with few people who truly understand the weight you carry.
The Solution
Join leaders who get it - experience immediate relief from isolation, shared decision-making burden, validation without judgment, and freedom from having all the answers.
The Result
Replace loneliness with understanding - break free from echo chambers, and find your trusted circle of peers who navigate the same challenges.
The Challenge
Navigating the temperament and expectations of your Board and Shareholders feels overwhelming and isolating.
The Solution
Connect with experienced leaders who've faced similar challenges - gain emotional distance, clarity, and strategic perspective through shared experiences.
The Result
Transform shareholder relationships from overwhelming burden to confident navigation with ongoing peer support and accountability.
The Challenge
Planning your business exit feels overwhelming with countless considerations creating paralyzing inertia.
The Solution
Learn from FAB members navigating their own exits - gain reassurance and step-by-step guidance from industry experts who've been there.
The Result
Transform exit overwhelm into confident strategic planning with a clear roadmap and expert peer support.
The Challenge
Transitioning from hands-on leader to strategic governance while aligning all departments feels impossibly complex.
The Solution
Navigate this critical transition through FAB's structured support system - access proven frameworks, governance structures, and alignment strategies for immediate implementation.
The Result
Transform leadership complexity into confident strategic governance with tested systems and peer-proven approaches.
What We Do at FAB
Peer advisory boards tackle the full spectrum of business and leadership challenges. Here are the key themes we explore in our sessions
- Navigating leadership loneliness
- Building courage & confidence
- Developing your personal brand
- Learning to let go of control
- Identifying personal bottlenecks
- Setting boundaries & saying “NO”
- Managing overwhelm & burnout
- Balancing personal & professional life
- Addressing health & wellbeing
- Managing growth at the right pace
- Strategic planning & mapping
- Building scalable foundations
- Innovation & disruption strategies
- Strategic pivoting decisions
- Optimizing business sale value
- Diversification opportunities
- Timing strategic moves
- Managing growth at the right pace
- Strategic planning & mapping
- Building scalable foundations
- Innovation & disruption strategies
- Strategic pivoting decisions
- Optimizing business sale value
- Diversification opportunities
- Timing strategic moves
- Shareholder & family disputes
- Customer lifecycle management
- Employee engagement challenges
- Reducing client churn & increasing NPS
- Building trust & reputation
- Identifying ideal clients
- Contract renegotiation
- Understanding your numbers
- Time management & prioritization
- Systems & process optimization
- OKR implementation
- Communication strategies
- Governance structures
- Cross-functional management
- Infrastructure development
- Delegation & team empowerment
- Managing internal conflicts
- Navigating difficult conversations
- Handling redundancies sensitively
- Separating narrative from reality
- Shifting from reactive to proactive
- Competitive positioning
- Succession planning challenges
- Senior team development
One thing I have realised as a member, is that although our businesses and skillsets are very different, we all suffer similar challenges, fears and bouts of loneliness and the solidarity of the group offers intelligent advice, solutions, practical help and friendship. I couldn’t recommend FAB highly enough!
Kim Van Elkan
Co-Owner & MD, OurCreative Collective
Being invited to be a board member on the very first FAB board has been a game changer. The time spent in the board meetings really allows me to work on my business and not in it, paving the way for clearer thinking, strategic planning and growth.
Hayley Hoyle
Founder, The Harrogate Wedding Lounge
FAB was one of the best things I’ve decided to do. I’ve met an incredible group of inspiring businesspeople who help support me with strategic business decisions and challenge me to be better. I would highly recommend for any female business leader who can relate to it ‘being lonely at the top’, who needs a support system of people who get it, all whilst feeling like you’re spending time bettering yourself and your business.
Claire Daniels
CEO, Trio Media
I’ve been a member of the Female Advisory Board for over a year and it’s been one of the best things I’ve done for myself and my business. The structure of the workshops has encouraged me to sort out certain areas of my business and the support from the group is amazing.
Victoria Moulds, Director,
Moulds Accountancy & Financial Advisory Services
I am so pleased I joined FAB, the experience so far has been invaluable. I now have a clear idea of my personal goals and a strategic plan for where I need to take my business to achieve those goals. Being part of a network of supportive female business owners has both helped build my confidence and identify areas of my business that I can actively work to improve.
Diane Coolican
Founding Director, Redsky Learning
I have run my own business for 20 years and it is often the loneliest, and most exhausting place, full of self-doubt. The first session was everything I expected and more. Incredibly well structured, warm, inclusive, and safe. I already feel that I have support, challenge, and more belief in myself and that I can address the issues in my business and grasp the opportunities.
Vickie Rogerson
Founder, North PR
The Female Advisory Board is not like all the other women’s business networking groups. It is a totally transformative experience where business peers inspire and support each other to help them succeed. I can’t recommend it highly enough.
Michelle Holmes
Founder, Holmes & Partners
I am so pleased that I joined this wonderful network of women have truly changed my life – both personally and professionally. Nothing is ever forced, but there is an underlying current of unity by all the women involved to grow and become the best versions of ourselves by sharing, encouraging and inspiring one another in a safe space
Louise Wynne
Founder, Wild Kind Interiors
Whether it’s thought-provoking discussions, practical advice, or simply the feeling of being surrounded by like-minded, ambitious women, every meeting leaves you energised and ready to take on new challenges. If you’re looking for a space to connect, learn, and thrive alongside other incredible women, the Female Advisory Board is absolutely worth your time.
Gillian Robson
Founder, TanCream
In a recent study by ICF (International Coaching Federation),
companies going through leadership development typically saw...
19% ROI, which is at least 50 x ROI on initial investment.
28% saw a return of 10-49 times
The median company return is 700% (7 x initial investment)
- 65% increased financial control
- 60% increase in working “on” instead of “in” your business
- 75% increase in reducing loneliness
- 200% growth/ knowledge/ leadership ability
- 133% increase in a positive mindset