Target Audience/Time:
Directors of: Corporate, Health-care, Voluntary, Professional/Trade
Association, Marketing and/or Resource Management Boards. CEO's,
Corporate Secretaries, and other Senior Executives that must interact
regularly with the Board. Ideally, the Board Chair and CEO will
attend together, with other Board/Executive members in addition.
3 Days, 8:30am - 5pm with one evening session. Greeting
and orientation session the evening before the first full day.
Objectives:
- Explore the fundamental differences between Board
Governance and Executive Leadership Practices and role definitions.
- Examine the various forms of Governance Models
in popular use; their pros/cons and application to your organizational
needs.
- Develop a sense of enhanced trust and communication
amongst your Board members and between Board/Executives.
- Explore the Leading Practices and Competencies
in Governance today and the framework for effective: Personal
Practice, Team Practices, Organization-wide Practices, and Community-wide
Practices.
- Develop a clear sense for The REAL Work of Governance,
and where your Board can improve. Comparing practices to those
recommended by such groups as the Toronto Stock Exchange, Broadbent
Report, Sarbanes Oxley Act, Recommendations of industry panels
in Britain, Singapore and Japan, plus any other local jurisdiction
elements.
- "Workshop" improved approaches and
application to your own situation, included updating By-laws,
Annual Board Calendar and Board Meeting Agenda Structures.
- Understand the Legal liabilities and expectations
of trusteeship and fiduciary duty, plus many more.
Pre-Course Participant Preparation
- Complete Board Governance Practices Inventory
- a competency based assessment of individual Board member practices
compared to standards described by Toronto Stock Exchange, US
Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and British, Singaporean, and Japanese evolving
recommendations.
- Readings: Various readings on Board Governance
from Toronto Stock Exchange, Britain, Singapore; The Real Work
of Governance - D. Macnamara; other readings as appropriate for
participant mix.
- Corporate Boards - New Strategies for Adding
Value at the Top, Conger et al
- Summary of your current Governance Model and
service/accountability expectations.
Faculty:
Faculty members will be selected based on participant numbers and
industry sectors of registrants.
Agenda
Arrival/Orientation & Greeting Session
4:00pm - Arrival and check-in
5:30pm - Reception/Dinner
7:00pm - Welcome & Overview
- Best Practices in Governance, Summary Questionnaire
Day One
Am
- Results from Board Governance Practices Inventory
Pre-work by Board Members
- Current Practices Summary
- Priority Areas for Discussion and Exploration
in the Program
- Roles & Responsibilities of Board Members
Compared to Management
- Models of Governance: Traditional, Carver, Cortex,
and other
- Pros and Cons of these models to participant's
Board situation
Pm
- Communication, Trust, and Teamwork: Board - Board,
Board - CEO, Board - Community
- Governance & Strategic Leadership Systems
Model
- Evolving Standards and Expectations for Boards
in the world region in which the course is being offered
Day Two
Am
- Role of the Board/Management Team in Strategic
Leadership - the dynamic tension and Stewardship agreements
- Strategic Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Network
Scanning
- Future Positioning, Relevancy and Community Engagement
Pm
- Oversight, Perspective & Ethical Reflection
- Various jurisdictional perspectives including issues of: independent
directors, audit committees, non-executive chairmen, Chair-CEO
separation, codes-of-conduct, etc.
- Evaluating the CEO, and the Board
- Annual Board Calendar and Agenda Management of
Participants' own Board Dynamics
Day Three
Am
- Risk Assessment, Capital/Asset Management, Organizational
Capacity to implement strategy
- Diplomacy & Influence Leverage
Pm
- Legal Liabilities and "Duties" - as
appropriate to the jurisdiction of the program
- Board Processes: Succession Planning, Recruitment,
Orientation and Measurement
- Action Items and Next Steps

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