# Find and recruit an independent board director

A profile, sourcing plan, outreach message, and evaluation process for adding an independent director to your board.

- Topic: HR & Hiring
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: HR & Hiring, Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/find-and-recruit-an-independent-board-director

## Prompt

```text
Help me find and recruit an independent director for my board.

**Company stage and board today:** [e.g. "Series B, board of 4: 2 founders, 2 investors"]
**Why we're adding an independent:** [e.g. "need a public-company CFO perspective", "industry expertise", "audit committee chair", "balance between founders and investors"]
**Gaps on the current board:** [SKILLS, experience, perspectives missing]
**Compensation we can offer:** [e.g. equity range, cash retainer, or "not decided"]
**Time commitment:** [meetings per year, committee work]
**Who needs to approve:** [board vote, investor consent rights]

Build:
1. A director profile: the 3-4 must-have experiences, nice-to-haves, and what would disqualify someone (e.g. conflicts of interest with competitors or investors).
2. A sourcing plan: where to look, whom to ask for introductions, and how to build a diverse slate rather than only my network.
3. An outreach message explaining the opportunity, the commitment, and why them.
4. An interview guide: questions to assess judgment, how they handle disagreement with a CEO, what they'd do in their first year, and their availability.
5. Reference questions for CEOs they've served with.
6. A short onboarding plan: documents to share, 1:1s with directors and executives.
7. Typical market compensation considerations to research, marked [RESEARCH] rather than invented.

Check board appointment terms, equity grants, and independence requirements with company counsel.
```

## What to fill in

- e.g. "Series B, board of 4: 2 founders, 2 investors"
- SKILLS, experience, perspectives missing
- e.g. equity range, cash retainer, or "not decided"
- meetings per year, committee work
- board vote, investor consent rights
- RESEARCH

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