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    Making Corporate Boards More Effective

    Making Corporate Boards More Effective
    • Upcoming Sessions
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    • Dates: 17–20 JUL 2019
    • Location: HBS Campus
    • Fee: $10,000
    • The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
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    • Dates: 20–23 NOV 2019
    • Location: HBS Campus
    • Fee: TBD
    • The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals.
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    Corporate Director Certificate
    Earn the Corporate Director Certificate
    Board directors can apply this program toward the HBS Corporate Director Certificate.
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    Bruce Taylor

    "The programs confirmed some of my instincts and increased my courage to follow my convictions."

    Bruce Taylor
    Chairman, Kongsberg Automotive ASA, Norway
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    Corporate Director Certificate
    Earn the Corporate Director Certificate
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    Bruce Taylor

    "The programs confirmed some of my instincts and increased my courage to follow my convictions."

    Bruce Taylor
    Chairman, Kongsberg Automotive ASA, Norway
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    How to Be a Good Board Chair
    The results of a research project that surveyed 200 board chairs from 31 countries.
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    How to Be a Good Board Chair
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    When Hiring Execs, Context Matters Most
    When Hiring Execs, Context Matters Most
    Matching candidates to organizational challenges.
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    Summary

    Faced with increasingly complex oversight challenges and demands for greater transparency, how can today's boards do more for their companies? In this board of directors education program, you will gain a deeper understanding of the board's responsibilities in areas such as financial resilience, strategic direction, executive compensation, and regulatory compliance. At the same time, you will learn how to work more effectively with fellow directors and company management to strengthen governance, manage unexpected crises, and make decisions that drive long-term corporate success.

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    Summary

    Faced with increasingly complex oversight challenges and demands for greater transparency, how can today's boards do more for their companies? In this board of directors education program, you will gain a deeper understanding of the board's responsibilities in areas such as financial resilience, strategic direction, executive compensation, and regulatory compliance. At the same time, you will learn how to work more effectively with fellow directors and company management to strengthen governance, manage unexpected crises, and make decisions that drive long-term corporate success.

    Key Benefits
    This corporate governance program is based on the premise that there is no one best way for boards to operate—rather, each board must develop practices that suit the unique needs of its company and management. As you examine the latest thinking on the internal function of corporate boards, interaction with management, and overall board relations, you will discover how to enhance and focus your own board's efforts.

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    • Achieve trust through more positive relationships within the board and with the management team
    • Create more efficient governance processes
    • Make the most of each board member's time, knowledge, and experience
    • Contribute more meaningfully to corporate oversight activities
    Expand your personal and professional networkExpand your personal and professional network
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    • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
    • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

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    This corporate governance program is based on the premise that there is no one best way for boards to operate—rather, each board must develop practices that suit the unique needs of its company and management. As you examine the latest thinking on the internal function of corporate boards, interaction with management, and overall board relations, you will discover how to enhance and focus your own board's efforts.
    Details

    Strengthen the impact of your corporate board

    • Achieve trust through more positive relationships within the board and with the management team
    • Create more efficient governance processes
    • Make the most of each board member's time, knowledge, and experience
    • Contribute more meaningfully to corporate oversight activities

    Expand your personal and professional network

    • Extend your network by living and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries across the globe
    • Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your business challenges and career decisions

    Who Should Attend

    This program is designed to meet the needs of board members, chairs, and directors of publicly held companies and established companies that are planning to go public or undergo a significant transformation.

    Participating Companies Have Included:
    American Express
    Kongsberg Automotive
    Midwestern Oil & Gas
    Prudential Capital Group
    PT Telekomunikasi Selular
    Qualfon Corporation
    Radius Health
    Shutterfly
    USAA
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    We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?
    Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
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    Experience the Case Method in the Classroom
    Watch participants debate the issues and present their viewpoints.
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    Discover more about business. And yourself.
    Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
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    Who Should Attend

    This program is designed to meet the needs of board members, chairs, and directors of publicly held companies and established companies that are planning to go public or undergo a significant transformation.

    Participating Companies Have Included:
    American Express
    Kongsberg Automotive
    Midwestern Oil & Gas
    Prudential Capital Group
    PT Telekomunikasi Selular
    Qualfon Corporation
    Radius Health
    Shutterfly
    USAA
    Dive Deeper into the Experience
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    We Celebrate New Ways of Thinking. Are You Ready?
    Thrive in a learning environment that welcomes diverse ideas and perspectives.
    Learn More
    Learn More
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    Experience the Case Method in the Classroom
    Watch participants debate the issues and present their viewpoints.
    Learn More
    Learn More
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    Discover more about business. And yourself.
    Global perspectives > Leadership growth > Organizational impact.
    Learn More
    Learn More

    Learning and Living at HBS

    When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

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    Learning and Living at HBS

    When you participate in an Executive Education program on the HBS campus, you enter an immersive experience where every aspect of the learning model has been carefully designed to facilitate your growth. Your learning will take place on your own, in your living group, and in the larger classroom, driven by the renowned HBS case method.

    Admissions Criteria and Process

    We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.
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    Answering Your Questions

    Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

    Application Submission

    We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

    Application Review

    To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

    Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

    The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.

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    Admissions Criteria and Process icon-dropdown-down

    We admit candidates to specific sessions on a rolling, space-available basis, and encourage you to apply as early as possible. Although most programs have no formal educational requirements, admission is a selective process based on your professional achievement and organizational responsibilities.

    Answering Your Questions

    Our Program Advising team can help you at any stage of the admissions process—starting with identifying the program that best addresses your learning and development goals. Contact a program advisor via email or call 1.800.427.5577 (outside the U.S., call +1.617.495.6555).

    Application Submission

    We recommend that you apply at least four weeks before the program start date. You may use our online form or download an application. HBS maintains all application information in strict confidentiality. We acknowledge receipt of applications via email. In the unlikely event that you do not receive an acknowledgment, please email us at exed_admissions@hbs.edu or call us at +1.617.495.6226.

    Application Review

    To optimize the learning experience and maximize the exchange of ideas, our Admissions Committee makes selections that balance each participant's experience, scope of current responsibilities, and type of organization. HBS seeks candidates who reflect a broad range of industries, functions, countries, and backgrounds. We review applications monthly and will contact you via email with the Admissions Committee's decision.

    Fee, Payment, and Cancellations

    The program fee covers tuition, books, case materials, accommodations, and most meals. No payment is necessary until you have been accepted. Payment is required prior to the program start date. If you need to cancel or defer participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellations or deferrals received 14 to 30 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a fee of one-half of the program fee. Requests received within 14 days are subject to full payment.

    What You Will Learn

    Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, and small group discussions, you and your peers will explore the most important strategic and organizational issues facing corporate boards today—and how the most successful boards are addressing their challenges.

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    What You Will Learn

    Through a rich learning experience that includes faculty presentations, case studies, and small group discussions, you and your peers will explore the most important strategic and organizational issues facing corporate boards today—and how the most successful boards are addressing their challenges.

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    The board and managementThe board and management
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    • Understanding the board's role and responsibilities in relation to management
    • Working with management to oversee company strategy
    • Grooming the next generation of top management
    The board's internal processesThe board's internal processes
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    • Designing the most effective structure, composition, and processes for your board
    • Identifying the personal qualities and characteristics needed in the boardroom
    • Providing constructive feedback to one another and to the board's leaders
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    • Ensuring that your company complies with relevant regulations and laws
    • Preparing for unexpected events and crises, such as activist takeovers, accounting fraud, environmental disasters, and cybersecurity threats

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    Key Areas icon-dropdown-down

    The board and management

    • Understanding the board's role and responsibilities in relation to management
    • Working with management to oversee company strategy
    • Grooming the next generation of top management

    The board's internal processes

    • Designing the most effective structure, composition, and processes for your board
    • Identifying the personal qualities and characteristics needed in the boardroom
    • Providing constructive feedback to one another and to the board's leaders

    Proactive governance and risk mitigation

    • Ensuring that your company complies with relevant regulations and laws
    • Preparing for unexpected events and crises, such as activist takeovers, accounting fraud, environmental disasters, and cybersecurity threats

    Faculty

    Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

    Faculty Cochair

    Lynn S. Paine

    John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration. Senior Associate Dean for International Development; faculty cochair of "Women on Boards;" cochair of "Making Corporate Boards More Effective;" and member of the General Management Unit.

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    Suraj Srinivasan

    Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Accounting and Management Unit; faculty chair of "Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance" and "Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions"; faculty cochair of "Making Corporate Boards More Effective"; and faculty cochair of "Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation."

    Exploring one of the largest cyber breaches in history.

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    Faculty

    Jay W. Lorsch

    Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations. Member of the Organizational Behavior Unit; and faculty chair of the "Corporate Governance Programs."

    As corporations become increasingly complex, the role of the board is up for debate.

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    Krishna G. Palepu

    Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, Senior Adviser to the President of Harvard University. Member of the Accounting and Management and the General Management Units; and faculty chair of "Senior Executive Leadership Program—India" and "China CEO Renewal Program"; and faculty cochair of "Leading Global Businesses."

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    Guhan Subramanian

    H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law, Harvard Business School, and Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business, Harvard Law School. Member of the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit; and Faculty Chair of "Mergers and Aquisitions."

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    Faculty

    Our Executive Education programs are developed and taught by HBS faculty who are widely recognized as skilled educators, groundbreaking researchers, and award-winning authors. Through their board memberships, consulting, and field-based research, they address the complex challenges facing business leaders across the globe.

    Faculty Cochair

    Lynn S. Paine

    John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration. Senior Associate Dean for International Development; faculty cochair of "Women on Boards;" cochair of "Making Corporate Boards More Effective;" and member of the General Management Unit.

    Read Full Bio

    Suraj Srinivasan

    Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration. Member of the Accounting and Management Unit; faculty chair of "Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance" and "Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions"; faculty cochair of "Making Corporate Boards More Effective"; and faculty cochair of "Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation."

    Exploring one of the largest cyber breaches in history.

    Read Full BioWatch the Video

    Faculty

    Jay W. Lorsch

    Louis E. Kirstein Professor of Human Relations. Member of the Organizational Behavior Unit; and faculty chair of the "Corporate Governance Programs."

    As corporations become increasingly complex, the role of the board is up for debate.

    Read Full BioRead More

    Krishna G. Palepu

    Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration, Senior Adviser to the President of Harvard University. Member of the Accounting and Management and the General Management Units; and faculty chair of "Senior Executive Leadership Program—India" and "China CEO Renewal Program"; and faculty cochair of "Leading Global Businesses."

    Read Full Bio

    Guhan Subramanian

    H. Douglas Weaver Professor of Business Law, Harvard Business School, and Joseph Flom Professor of Law and Business, Harvard Law School. Member of the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit; and Faculty Chair of "Mergers and Aquisitions."

    Read Full Bio

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    Bruce Taylor

    "The programs confirmed some of my instincts and increased my courage to follow my convictions."

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    Corporate Director Certificate
    Earn the Corporate Director Certificate
    Board directors can apply this program toward the HBS Corporate Director Certificate.
    Learn More
    Request the Brochure
    Download PDF
    Bruce Taylor

    "The programs confirmed some of my instincts and increased my courage to follow my convictions."

    Bruce Taylor
    Chairman, Kongsberg Automotive ASA, Norway
    Read His Story
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    Program Finder
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    How to Be a Good Board Chair
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    The results of a research project that surveyed 200 board chairs from 31 countries.
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