Fourteen days to turn your board from critics into coaches.

You prepare for board meetings the way you prepared for exams.

Two weeks of deck-building, a rehearsed narrative, a quiet hope that nobody asks the hard question. Then two hours of being judged, followed by a week of recovering. The people around that table have run companies, raised money, hired and fired. You use almost none of it, because you are busy managing their expectations instead of asking for their help.

This sprint changes the relationship. Not with a better deck. With a map of what each board member actually wants, an update format that positions them to help, and an agenda that turns reporting into working.

What happens over the 14 days

Days 1 to 5: understand them. Why most founders fear their board. The Board Stakeholder Map: motivation, expertise, communication style, fears, definition of success, for each person. The story you are telling versus the story they are hearing.

Days 6 to 10: change the update. The Strategic Update Template: the one thing to remember, the biggest challenge ahead, the specific help you want. Where you need their help most.

Days 11 to 14: change the meeting. The Board Meeting Agenda Optimizer: pre-reads a week out, fifteen minutes of reporting, the rest working. How comfortable you are with the hard conversation, and how to get more comfortable. You end with a Board Leadership Playbook for the next four quarters.

Three worksheets: the Board Stakeholder Map, the Strategic Update Template, the Board Meeting Agenda Optimizer. PDFs, yours to keep.

This is for you if

You have outside investors on the board, a meeting every quarter, and the feeling that the meeting is happening to you. You want them to add more than money and pressure.

It is not for you if you have no board yet. Bookmark it for after the round.

"Peter was the one person whose clear sight and compassion helped me to stop. Not only that but for a little while, he even stepped in and ensured we closed the funding round we needed to."

Anne Dvinge, CEO, on working with Peter

Who is writing the emails

I'm Peter Sorgenfrei. I built six companies over 15 years. In 2019 I stopped listening to my body. In February 2020 it stopped for me: six weeks in bed, twelve weeks out, and the board let me go while I was still down.

I rebuilt from there. Since 2020 I have coached 67 founders and CEOs across 13 countries, from Copenhagen. My book, The Whole Human Leader, is out now with Wiley.

These sprints are the same thinking I use with 1:1 clients, cut down to the part you can do on your own in fourteen mornings. A Whole Human Baseline with me is €1,700. This is $47.

The details

Fourteen emails, one a day, starting the morning after you buy. Each takes ten to twenty minutes. Three worksheets as PDFs, yours to keep. Reply to any email and it reaches me, not a support queue.

$47, once.

Questions people ask

Is this a course? No. It is fourteen emails and three worksheets. No login, no video, no community. The work happens in your calendar and your notebook.

How much time does it take? Ten to twenty minutes a day. A couple of the days ask for a longer sitting, about an hour, and they tell you in advance.

Can I do it with my co-founder or my number two? Yes. Forward the emails.

Do I get the emails all at once? No. One a day, on purpose. The gap is where the thinking happens.

What if I want more than emails? Write to me at the end of the sprint. That is usually where the 1:1 conversation starts.