On campus program
High Performance Boards

Helping your board be its best

On campus program

High Performance Boards

Helping your board be its best

Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Fee
CHF 12,500
Next program starts
29 April 2024
Discover the best practices in board governance and enhance your board effectiveness

Inspired by the latest research and drawing on more than 40 years of board education experience, IMD’s High Performance Boards is essential board member training for issues related to supervisory board performance and effectiveness.

Together with peer board members and prominent chairpersons from around the world, you learn about successes and failures and explore best practices in depth. You also identify the strategies, structures and processes that make boards the driving force behind their company’s success.

Join the leading Directors’ education program since 1977 and see how you can make a positive difference to your board.

Optimize board performance

Identify best practices and gain the tools to implement them to maximize board effectiveness.

Foster a positive board culture

Cultivate a constructive and collaborative board culture for enhanced governance.

Ensure seamless succession

Strategically plan and manage leadership transitions for long-term success.

Navigate board crises

Master crisis management techniques to effectively steer the board through challenging times.

Manage risks and opportunities

Identify and evaluate risks, and maximize opportunities through board involvement.

Elevate your board’s strategic capacity

Enhance the strategic capability of your board.

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You and your class

High Performance Boards is for non-executive board members and chairpersons from medium- to large-sized private or public enterprises, non-profit organizations, foundations, or governmental entities.

Your class is carefully selected to ensure a truly diverse group of global peers. Your class will become a trusted resource, encourage your learning journey and surprise you in many unanticipated beneficial ways both during and beyond your classroom experience.  Read more about the admission criteria.

72%

BOARD MEMBER

28%

CHAIRPERSON

51

AVERAGE AGE

26

INDUSTRIES

The program has increased my effectiveness as a Chairman, and taught me the importance of setting the agenda and addressing concerns, maximizing the board’s time. The peer learning is of the highest caliber, especially when combined with an impactful mix of theoretical learning and real-world practice.

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George Vadakkekara Executive Chairman, Thejo Engineering Limited, India
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90% of boards fail to be of real value to their executive teams. In these times of increasing complexity, boards are confronted with a multitude of new risks and challenges. The need for more sophisticated board governance skills has never been greater to adapt swiftly and effectively.

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Didier Cossin Program Director
Experience the program
What helps boards to be at the top of their game? – Discover the program highlights.
High Performance Boards series – A conversation with Michel Demaré.
Guest speaker session – The new digital landscape
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A valuable board community

On completion of this program, you will be part of IMD’s board community. This network of board program alumni meets regularly – face-to-face and virtually – to exchange board experiences from different contexts and discuss the latest developments and trends in governance. You will be able to count on this valuable community of peers for advice and support far into the future.

Next start & Fee

Length: 3-day program over 4 days, on campus

Very limited availability
Dates
29 Apr – 2 May 2024
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
Dates
17 Jun – 20 Jun 2024
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
Dates
7 Oct – 10 Oct 2024
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
Dates
25 Nov – 28 Nov 2024
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
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