The Alternative Board® brings together owners of privately held businesses to overcome challenges and seize new opportunities with a combination of peer advice and business coaching. Board members meet monthly to learn from one another's successes and mistakes to grow their businesses.

The Alternative Board is the world's largest franchisor of peer advisory board services and business coaching. Franchisee/TAB-Certified Facilitators chair group meetings of owners, CEOs, and presidents of privately-owned companies. In addition to facilitating these meetings, he/she provides individual coaching sessions using the Strategic Business Leadership (SBL) process and other proprietary tools. Facilitating TAB Boards and providing SBL coaching allows the franchisee / facilitator to apply their business experience and areas of expertise to help business owners solve challenges and seize new opportunities.