Making Corporate Boards More Effective
OVERVIEW
Making Corporate Boards More Effective presents techniques, strategies, and action plans for improving board design, maximizing individual contributions to company boards, and improving corporate governance. CEOs, board chairs, and other directors of public companies will gain an enlightened perspective on their expanding roles and new approaches to achieving corporate goals.
This program promotes cooperation between the board and management. Participants will learn how boards of leading companies work successfully in unison together and with their management team in diverse fronts, including strategic direction, financial reporting, and mergers and acquisitions. The program will help participants improve the functioning of their boards, in general, as well as their own personal contributions.
Offered at Harvard Business School since 1992, the program continues to evolve to reflect the most timely issues associated with corporate governance. Making Corporate Boards More Effective is Harvard Business School’s flagship board program and complements two additional programs, "Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions" and "Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance."
PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
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Navigate Between Loose Legal Definition of a Board Member and the Well-Defined Responsibilities That Lead to Measurable Progress
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Efficiently Meet Requirements For Financial Transparency
- Improve Individual Performance as a Board Leader
KEY TOPICS
- Board Composition and Director Selection
- CEO and Director Evaluation and Compensation
- Management Succession
- The Board's Role in Strategic Planning and Goal Setting
- Director Stock Ownership
- Designing Constructive, Time-Eefficient Agendas
- Effective Use of Committees
- Financial Reporting and Disclosure Strategies
FACULTY
- Dwight B. Crane, Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration
- Paul M. Healy, James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration
- Jay W. Lorsch, Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations, Faculty Chair
- Krishna G. Palepu, Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration and Senior Associate Dean for International Development,
- Walter J. Salmon, Stanley Roth Sr. Professor of Retailing, Emeritus
- Guhan Subramanian, Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business
PROGRAM FEE
$7,000
The fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
Admission is selective and based on professional achievement and organizational responsibility.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mail:
Course Consultants
Executive Education Programs
Harvard Business School
Soldiers Field
Boston, MA 02163-9986
Telephone: 617-495-6555
Fax: 617-495-6999
E-mail: executive_education@hbs.edu
Website: www.exed.hbs.edu
