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Preparing to Be a Corporate Director—Virtual

Preparing to Be a Corporate Director—Virtual
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  • Format: Virtual Synchronous learning at designated live online session times.
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  • The program fee covers tuition, e-books, and online case materials.

    This program includes live online classes, self-paced work, discussion groups, and virtual networking. Download brochure for detailed schedule.
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"Most senior executives know what a board generally is, but they haven't been on the other side of the table."

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The information below is based on the prior program session and does not reflect potential changes to faculty and course content for future program offerings. Please consider applying to the related program.

Summary

What does it take to succeed as a corporate director? For senior executives interested in joining a corporate board, preparation is key, as board service presents unique responsibilities, dynamics, risks, and opportunities. It also calls for a distinctive set of skills. This live online program will equip you with critical tools and insights that will enhance your readiness for corporate board service and enable you to make a lasting contribution at the highest level of an organization.

You may also be interested in the related program: Preparing to Be a Corporate Director.

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Summary

What does it take to succeed as a corporate director? For senior executives interested in joining a corporate board, preparation is key, as board service presents unique responsibilities, dynamics, risks, and opportunities. It also calls for a distinctive set of skills. This live online program will equip you with critical tools and insights that will enhance your readiness for corporate board service and enable you to make a lasting contribution at the highest level of an organization.

You may also be interested in the related program: Preparing to Be a Corporate Director.

Key Benefits
This virtual board-readiness program examines best practices for corporate boards and explores options and opportunities in corporate board service. You will gain a greater understanding of the role and responsibilities of corporate directors and the challenges you can expect to face in that role. By completing this program, you will signal that you are equipped with the core knowledge needed to be effective as a corporate director.

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Maximize your contribution as a board directorMaximize your contribution as a board director
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  • Confidently assume the role of corporate director, including legal and fiduciary duties
  • Develop the competence and knowledge to manage critical board tasks
  • Appreciate the role and function of the board chair and board committees, especially those related to audit, compensation, and nomination
  • Engage in collaborative decision-making with colleagues who may have differing perspectives
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  • Add value to an organization by overseeing its leadership and strategic direction
  • Deepen your awareness of current and emerging issues facing boards and companies
  • Balance the demands of shareholders with those of other stakeholders in driving long-term corporate performance
  • Interact more effectively with your company's board as a senior executive
  • Become "CEO ready" by using board service as an executive development tool
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  • Evaluate opportunities for board service in various contexts and organizations
  • Perform due diligence before joining a board
  • Assess the time and commitment required to serve on a board
  • Determine the ideal time to join a board and the opportunity where you can make your greatest contribution
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  • Clarify your reasons and motivations for joining a board
  • Develop a thoughtful plan for integrating board service into your career
  • Plan how you will balance the board director role with a full-time position
  • Manage your personal reputation as a board director, especially in moments of organizational crisis
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  • Extend your network by connecting and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries around 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 virtual board-readiness program examines best practices for corporate boards and explores options and opportunities in corporate board service. You will gain a greater understanding of the role and responsibilities of corporate directors and the challenges you can expect to face in that role. By completing this program, you will signal that you are equipped with the core knowledge needed to be effective as a corporate director.
Details

Maximize your contribution as a board director

  • Confidently assume the role of corporate director, including legal and fiduciary duties
  • Develop the competence and knowledge to manage critical board tasks
  • Appreciate the role and function of the board chair and board committees, especially those related to audit, compensation, and nomination
  • Engage in collaborative decision-making with colleagues who may have differing perspectives

Expand your leadership capabilities

  • Add value to an organization by overseeing its leadership and strategic direction
  • Deepen your awareness of current and emerging issues facing boards and companies
  • Balance the demands of shareholders with those of other stakeholders in driving long-term corporate performance
  • Interact more effectively with your company's board as a senior executive
  • Become "CEO ready" by using board service as an executive development tool

Analyze board opportunities

  • Evaluate opportunities for board service in various contexts and organizations
  • Perform due diligence before joining a board
  • Assess the time and commitment required to serve on a board
  • Determine the ideal time to join a board and the opportunity where you can make your greatest contribution

Develop a personal strategy for your board career

  • Clarify your reasons and motivations for joining a board
  • Develop a thoughtful plan for integrating board service into your career
  • Plan how you will balance the board director role with a full-time position
  • Manage your personal reputation as a board director, especially in moments of organizational crisis

Expand your personal and professional network

  • Extend your network by connecting and working with accomplished executives from various backgrounds, industries, and countries around 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

  • Senior executives who are interested in serving on a corporate board
  • Executives who are retired or preparing for retirement and considering board opportunities
  • C-level executives who are board-facing (e.g., CEO, CFO, CHRO, CSO) and seek to strengthen their leadership capabilities
  • Partners from audit or consulting firms
  • Partners and executives of private equity and venture capital firms
  • Nonprofit board directors who aspire to serve on corporate boards
  • New board members who are in small and medium sized firms

Program for Leadership Development participants earn 2 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

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  • Senior executives who are interested in serving on a corporate board
  • Executives who are retired or preparing for retirement and considering board opportunities
  • C-level executives who are board-facing (e.g., CEO, CFO, CHRO, CSO) and seek to strengthen their leadership capabilities
  • Partners from audit or consulting firms
  • Partners and executives of private equity and venture capital firms
  • Nonprofit board directors who aspire to serve on corporate boards
  • New board members who are in small and medium sized firms

Program for Leadership Development participants earn 2 PLDA Points on completion of this program.

Leaders in Virtual Learning

When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live, synchronous program sessions you'll engage directly with our renowned faculty to learn from their latest research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network.

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Leaders in Virtual Learning

When you participate in a virtual HBS Executive Education program, you benefit from a powerful learning experience carefully designed with a virtual setting in mind. Through live, synchronous program sessions you'll engage directly with our renowned faculty to learn from their latest research, gain actionable takeaways, and facilitate your growth. In addition, virtual discussion groups will connect you to a global group of peers and build your network.

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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, e-books, and online case materials. You will be invoiced upon admission to the program. Invoices are due within 30 days of receipt, or upon receipt if the program start date is less than 30 days from the invoice date. If you need to cancel or defer your participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellation or deferral requests 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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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, e-books, and online case materials. You will be invoiced upon admission to the program. Invoices are due within 30 days of receipt, or upon receipt if the program start date is less than 30 days from the invoice date. If you need to cancel or defer your participation, you must submit your request in writing more than 30 days before the start of the program to receive a full refund. Cancellation or deferral requests 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 interactive lectures and global case studies, this program will delve into board issues that apply to organizations from any industry or geography. In addition, during a panel discussion, a group of experienced executives will share how they have leveraged board service in their career strategy.

Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.

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What You Will Learn

Through interactive lectures and global case studies, this program will delve into board issues that apply to organizations from any industry or geography. In addition, during a panel discussion, a group of experienced executives will share how they have leveraged board service in their career strategy.

Participants should expect to spend at least 9-12 hours on self-paced case preparation prior to attending the program. Case materials will be made available approximately two weeks prior to program start.

Program Format

The program takes place over four days, with live, synchronous classes daily (10:15 AM to 4:15 PM ET, including two 30-minute breaks and one 15-minute break), a required welcoming session, and small group discussions for learning and networking. Class sessions will take place via the Zoom platform. You will also have ample opportunity for interaction with faculty and peers inside and outside the class sessions.

Collaborative learning is an integral part of the experience. To maximize the benefit for everyone, you are expected to attend every session, complete all assignments, and contribute effectively in the class and in small groups. We advise setting aside a total of 2-3 hours per day for program work in addition to the synchronous class sessions.

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Program Format

The program takes place over four days, with live, synchronous classes daily (10:15 AM to 4:15 PM ET, including two 30-minute breaks and one 15-minute break), a required welcoming session, and small group discussions for learning and networking. Class sessions will take place via the Zoom platform. You will also have ample opportunity for interaction with faculty and peers inside and outside the class sessions.

Collaborative learning is an integral part of the experience. To maximize the benefit for everyone, you are expected to attend every session, complete all assignments, and contribute effectively in the class and in small groups. We advise setting aside a total of 2-3 hours per day for program work in addition to the synchronous class sessions.

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Fundamentals of corporate governanceFundamentals of corporate governance
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  • Examining the role and purpose of a corporate board
  • Understanding fiduciary and legal duties of the board
  • Reviewing the different types and structures of corporate boards
  • Recognizing how the role of a director differs from that of a corporate executive
  • Analyzing how board roles vary in companies at different stages of their life cycle, and in public versus private companies
Key responsibilities for board directorsKey responsibilities for board directors
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  • Overseeing corporate strategy and assigning strategic tasks to management teams
  • Managing CEO selection, succession, and compensation
  • Guiding mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate control events
  • Overseeing the renewal and evolution of roles on a board
  • Monitoring financial reporting and risk management functions
Group dynamics on a corporate boardGroup dynamics on a corporate board
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  • Working in a position where authority is shared by multiple individuals
  • Succeeding as an influencer while operating as an outsider with part-time responsibilities
  • Collaborating effectively with highly accomplished peers
  • Transitioning from serving as an executive to serving as a board director
Influence of board committeesInfluence of board committees
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  • Overseeing financial reporting on the audit committee
  • Managing executive compensation on the compensation committee
  • Shaping or changing corporate culture
  • Managing risk in the corporation
Opportunities on corporate boardsOpportunities on corporate boards
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  • Comparing how board seats differ on private boards versus public boards
  • Realistically assessing the duties and time involved in board membership
  • Weighing the pros and cons of joining a board during retirement versus earlier in a career
  • Evaluating board invitations and other prospective opportunities

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Fundamentals of corporate governance

  • Examining the role and purpose of a corporate board
  • Understanding fiduciary and legal duties of the board
  • Reviewing the different types and structures of corporate boards
  • Recognizing how the role of a director differs from that of a corporate executive
  • Analyzing how board roles vary in companies at different stages of their life cycle, and in public versus private companies

Key responsibilities for board directors

  • Overseeing corporate strategy and assigning strategic tasks to management teams
  • Managing CEO selection, succession, and compensation
  • Guiding mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate control events
  • Overseeing the renewal and evolution of roles on a board
  • Monitoring financial reporting and risk management functions

Group dynamics on a corporate board

  • Working in a position where authority is shared by multiple individuals
  • Succeeding as an influencer while operating as an outsider with part-time responsibilities
  • Collaborating effectively with highly accomplished peers
  • Transitioning from serving as an executive to serving as a board director

Influence of board committees

  • Overseeing financial reporting on the audit committee
  • Managing executive compensation on the compensation committee
  • Shaping or changing corporate culture
  • Managing risk in the corporation

Opportunities on corporate boards

  • Comparing how board seats differ on private boards versus public boards
  • Realistically assessing the duties and time involved in board membership
  • Weighing the pros and cons of joining a board during retirement versus earlier in a career
  • Evaluating board invitations and other prospective opportunities

The HBS Advantage

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 Cochairs
Lynn S. Paine
Lynn S. Paine
Lynn S. Paine

Lynn S. Paine

Baker Foundation Professor and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita

HBS Unit:
General Management

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Suraj Srinivasan
Suraj Srinivasan
Suraj Srinivasan

Suraj Srinivasan

Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Accounting and Management

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Faculty
David G. Fubini
David G. Fubini
David G. Fubini

David G. Fubini

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

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Krishna G. Palepu
Krishna G. Palepu
Krishna G. Palepu

Krishna G. Palepu

Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration

HBS Units:
Accounting and Management
General Management

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The HBS Advantage

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 Cochairs
Lynn S. Paine
Lynn S. Paine
Lynn S. Paine

Lynn S. Paine

Baker Foundation Professor and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita

HBS Unit:
General Management

Read Full Bio

Suraj Srinivasan
Suraj Srinivasan
Suraj Srinivasan

Suraj Srinivasan

Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Accounting and Management

Read Full Bio

Faculty
David G. Fubini
David G. Fubini
David G. Fubini

David G. Fubini

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

HBS Unit:
Organizational Behavior

Read Full Bio

Krishna G. Palepu
Krishna G. Palepu
Krishna G. Palepu

Krishna G. Palepu

Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration

HBS Units:
Accounting and Management
General Management

Read Full Bio

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5% Foreign DiplomaForeign Diploma
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