Summary
Dive back into your studies at Harvard Business School Executive Education and examine new frontiers in board governance with our annual Advanced Corporate Director Seminar.
In this program, offered exclusively to past participants of select HBS corporate board-focused programs, you will explore new cases and engage in the most pressing topics facing corporate boards today—all while reconnecting with your HBS Executive Education colleagues and growing your network within the board of directors community.
Take part in these vital conversations to stay up to date on the latest faculty research and developments in corporate governance. Wherever you are in your boardroom journey, you will acquire invaluable insights that will help you enhance your board's effectiveness.
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Summary
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Dive back into your studies at Harvard Business School Executive Education and examine new frontiers in board governance with our annual Advanced Corporate Director Seminar.
In this program, offered exclusively to past participants of select HBS corporate board-focused programs, you will explore new cases and engage in the most pressing topics facing corporate boards today—all while reconnecting with your HBS Executive Education colleagues and growing your network within the board of directors community.
Take part in these vital conversations to stay up to date on the latest faculty research and developments in corporate governance. Wherever you are in your boardroom journey, you will acquire invaluable insights that will help you enhance your board's effectiveness.
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Take action from the boardroom to build a more resilient, sustainable companyTake action from the boardroom to build a more resilient, sustainable company
- Re-examine your company's role in society and its overall purpose
- Study best practices in balancing shareholder and stakeholder needs
- Explore the board's evolving role in innovation, technology adoption, digital transformation, AI adoption, and related risk management
- Gain new perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion at the corporate board level
- Identify the potential impact of climate change, geopolitics, the changing nature of globalization, and important cultural shifts on your corporate governance strategy
- Debate the future of business and prepare to make choices that will put your company at the forefront
- Consider the future of corporate governance
- Assess your board's readiness to meet emerging challenges
Expand your personal and professional networkExpand your personal and professional network
- Extend your network by living and working with accomplished board directors from different backgrounds, industries, and countries from around the globe
- Build relationships with a diverse group of peers who can provide wide-ranging insights into your board, business challenges, and career decisions
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for executives who have completed one or more of the following HBS Executive Education programs (in-person or virtual):
- Making Corporate Boards More Effective
- Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
- Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 2 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
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Who Should Attend
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This program is designed for executives who have completed one or more of the following HBS Executive Education programs (in-person or virtual):
- Making Corporate Boards More Effective
- Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
- Compensation Committees: New Challenges, New Solutions
Program for Leadership Development participants earn 2 PLDA Points on completion of this program.
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
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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
What You Will Learn
This program offers a powerful learning and networking opportunity that will broaden your perspective on the many ways boards and directors can address emerging challenges—from the need to keep pace with technological advances to the pressures of responding to issues like climate change. Through faculty presentations, case studies, and small-group work, you and your peers will examine the topics affecting today's boards and discover new governance strategies.
This program provides insight from relevant case studies as well as the opportunity to hear directly from some case protagonists. Regardless of when you last attended an HBS Executive Education program, you will discover engaging new ways to deliver more value as a board member.
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
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This program offers a powerful learning and networking opportunity that will broaden your perspective on the many ways boards and directors can address emerging challenges—from the need to keep pace with technological advances to the pressures of responding to issues like climate change. Through faculty presentations, case studies, and small-group work, you and your peers will examine the topics affecting today's boards and discover new governance strategies.
This program provides insight from relevant case studies as well as the opportunity to hear directly from some case protagonists. Regardless of when you last attended an HBS Executive Education program, you will discover engaging new ways to deliver more value as a board member.
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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Topics include:Topics include:
- Developing a clearer view of how your company and your board can support sustainability and address climate change
- Understanding the board’s role in driving corporate purpose
- Practicing stakeholder-centered governance while managing shareholder activism
- Exploring trends in board fiduciary and legal responsibilities as well as emerging organizational forms
- Analyzing key factors that have affected globalization and global supply chains; determining potential impact on your company
- Improving board oversight of strategy, innovation, and digital transformation
- Overseeing the creation of organizational capabilities relating to artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics; managing related risks
- Examining the board’s responsibilities regarding talent management; leadership development; and diversity, equity, and inclusion (both in the company and on the board)
- Evaluating risk management in terms of cybersecurity and data privacy
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.
Baker Foundation Professor and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita
Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration
Senior Lecturer of Business Administration
Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
Ross Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration
Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration
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The HBS Advantage
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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
Baker Foundation Professor and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita
HBS Unit:General ManagementPhilip J. Stomberg Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Accounting and ManagementFacultySenior Lecturer of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Organizational BehaviorDorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration
HBS Unit:Technology and Operations ManagementRoss Graham Walker Professor of Business Administration
HBS Units:Accounting and ManagementGeneral ManagementRobert and Jane Cizik Professor of Management Practice in Business Administration
HBS Unit:Technology and Operations Management