Corporate Governance: Fresh Insights and Best Practices for Directors
OVERVIEW
Board members are required to shoulder tremendous responsibilities: monitoring and counseling management, dealing with savvy investors, having accountability for their organization's performance and vitality, and safeguarding its capital. Corporate Governance: Fresh Insights and Best Practices for Directors prepares board members for these challenges with the latest insights and best practices from some of the top minds in business today.
This program offers board members the combined resources of Wharton–the most comprehensive source of business knowledge in the world–and Spencer Stuart–the leading firm for board counsel and recruitment–along with current and former directors, CEOs, special counsels, and other industry experts. Join us for Corporate Governance: Fresh Insights and Best Practices for Directors and prepare to confidently navigate the evolving terrain of board membership.
OPTIONAL IMMERSION DAY
This full-day session provides a foundation in value creation, performance management, and competitive benchmarking using the company's financials. Participants will evaluate the corporate portfolio and work through company financials, gaining insights that help them play a pivotal role in governing and strategically guiding the corporation.
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
- Understand the essential questions that board members should be asking management and outside experts regarding financial disclosure, succession planning, compensation, and litigation.
- Understand and benchmark against best practices in corporate governance.
- Evaluate the role of the board in strategy development, evaluation, and company evolution.
- Understand how to manage the independence often found at the committee level on today's boards, and explore how critical oversight occurs there.
KEY TOPICS
- Governing Board Policies and Practices in an Era of Investor Capitalism
- The Board and Executive Compensation
- CEO & Senior Executive Succession Planning
- The Board Role in Strategy and M&A
- The Legal and Regulatory Environment
- Spotting Red Flags: Ethics and Board Leadership
- How to Select a CEO
- Panel Discussion: What Activist Investors and Hedge Funds Want from the Board of Directors
- Financial Reporting: What Every Director Needs to Know
FACULTY
- Thomas P. Gerrity, PhD, Joseph J. Aresty Professor, Professor of Management; Dean Emeritus
- Brian Bushee, PhD, Associate Professor of Accounting
- Harbir Singh, PhD, The Mack Professor, Professor of Management; Co-Director, Mack Center for Technological Innovations
- Michael Useem, PhD, The William and Jacalyn Egan Professor, Professor of Management; Director, Leadership Center
- David Wessels, PhD, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Finance
PROGRAM FEE
$7,500 3-Day Program
$1,200 Optional Finance Day (February 23, 2009)
Includes meals and lodging.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mail:
Aresty Institute of Executive Education
Steinberg Conference Center
255 S. 38th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6359
Telephone: 800-255-3932
Fax: 215-898-2064
E-mail: execed@wharton.upenn.edu
Website: www.WhartonCorporateGovernance.com
