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Discover the best practices in board governance
Do you want to know how to make a positive difference as a board member?
Learn what high-performing boards are doing to be the driving force behind their company's success. Get the latest research to find out what works and what doesn’t - in terms of board governance, board dynamics and strategic board involvement.
Discover how you can make a positive difference to your board governance at IMD’s High Performance Boards.
Identify what makes best practice boards and drive positive board culture
Evaluate and mitigate risk and maximize opportunities through strategic board involvement
Learn how to manage a board in crisis and ensure the best succession planning
You and your class
High Performance Boards (HPB) is for supervisory board members and chairpersons. The program welcomes family business members and is also ideal for teams from the same board seeking to improve their overall effectiveness.
Your class is individually put together through a selection process to ensure that you experience the most impactful learning with 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.
Develop your board governance skills and make an impact
Discover other board members who are making an impact on their organizations
HPB addresses the all-important question of a board’s sense of purpose by exploring in detail the chairman/CEO and the board/executive committee relationships. Key takeaways for me include how to optimize the composition of a board and how to engage with non-governmental organizations.
Michel Demaré
Chairman, Syngenta
Switzerland
HPB is not only about high performance boards, it is about high performance board members - it is about you. You will discover how to make a difference as a board member and have your board play a key role in the corporate governance of your company.
Didier Cossin
Program Director
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