Most advisory relationships fail on the day the stakes rise. The frame that felt sharp in the pitch bends, and the room reverts to whoever speaks last. Choosing an advisor is really choosing a frame — and choosing whether it will hold.
The public version of this guide is in preparation. It is the field companion to the Anker Bioss advisory model — the questions boards, founders and CHROs should ask before signing, the trade-offs to name out loud, and the diagnostic checks that reveal whether a firm will hold judgment steady when a real decision arrives.
Until it publishes, the working conversation is available on request. Chairs and CEOs weighing an advisory relationship for a specific decision — a succession, a board rebuild, a founder transition — can start a private conversation directly.