Inspired by the latest research, the world’s best boards, and drawing on more than 40 years of board education experience, 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.

Join the leading Directors' education program since 1977 and see how you can make a positive difference to your board in IMD’s High Performance Boards.

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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

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New hybrid format: Join us on campus or virtually

This program is delivered as a hybrid learning experience. You can join us on campus or connect from your home or office from anywhere in the world. We use state-of-the-art technology to ensure that all participants are immersed in the same IMD learning experience.

The program is hosted by our world-class faculty in a specially-outfitted auditorium to ensure a seamless interaction among the in-person and virtually-connected participants. Study groups mix participants across learning modes and breaks are carefully designed to ensure all participants get to network across the entire cohort.

If you are joining us on campus, rest assured that all the necessary public health protocols are in place to keep you safe during this challenging time. And if you are joining us virtually, our tech team will connect with you before the program to ensure you have a seamless experience.

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 board training program 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.

72%

Board member

28%

Chairperson

51

average age

26

industries

Develop your board governance skills and make an impact

Discover other board members who are making an impact on their organizations

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

Deputy Chairman

Louis Dreyfus Company

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Program experience

What helps Board Directors be at the top of their game?

Master the latest best practices in board governance and earn your IMD Board Director Diploma

Why your board needs educating

Didier Cossin explains the failure traps

Next start & fee

Program length: 3.5 days. Offered three times a year.

2021

from

11

Oct.

to

14

Oct.

Lausanne

CHF 11,500

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2021

from

29

Nov.

to

02

Dec.

Lausanne

CHF 11,500

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2022

from

21

Feb.

to

24

Feb.

Lausanne

CHF 11,500

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2022

from

16

May

to

19

May

liVe Virtual

CHF 11,500

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SPECIAL OFFER

5th participant from the same company is free!

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