Session 4
Corporate Financial Controls and the Board (Case Study)
What numbers and data tell the real company story (and how to make them board friendly).
- Making financial controls "board friendly."
- Smart use of dashboards and digital tools to improve controls.
- Disclosure – telling the company story to investors and stakeholders.
- What your board doesn’t know about the company
- Board info packages – how to cut the bulk, while improving value.
- The board role in shaping company strategy.
ESG and the Board (Case study)
How boards can integrate and monitor company environmental, social and governance issues.
- The boom in ESG concerns.
- How does the board structure itself to work with ESG stakeholders?
- Telling your ESG story to shareholders and stakeholders
- Judging company ESG materiality.
- Boardroom diversity – best practice trends and ideas
The Board and the Chief Executive Relationship
Navigating the trickiest boardroom power relationship.
- Making board/CEO teamwork effective.
- How does the board “know its role” versus management?
- Elements of an effective CEO succession plan.
- What boards get right (and wrong) in CEO evaluation.
- Case study – A founder turns over the reins to a new CEO… but does he?
Boards and Technology – Latest Oversight Trends
Cybersecurity, big data, AI, digital dangers and opportunities – Here is a board oversight plan.
- What are the latest technology issues boards must master (cybersecurity, data usage, AI, etc.)?
- Should you consider a board technology committee? Here’s how.
- Improving your board’s tech knowledge.
- How can tech staff and the board learn to speak the same language?
- Using technology tools to revamp how your board does its job (virtual meetings, board portals).
Special Boards, Special Governance (Parastatals, Family Firms, etc.)
Government-owned, family and private corporations are a huge part of the world economy, but bring unique governance challenges.
- How are sovereign wealth fund, parastatals/SEO board practices different?
- What governance tools help balance governance and political needs?
- Board leadership for government business entities.
- How family businesses can “pick and choose” for governance best practices.
- Founders, funders and family boardroom troubles (and solutions).
Session 5
Board Flashpoints – Conflicts and Crises (Mock board meeting crisis exercise)
What really triggers boardroom battles and emergencies, and how to be ready.
- How boards are a surprising source of company crises.
- What sparks the most common boardroom battles?
- Conflicts of interest and board investigations.
- How do we handle our company crisis? (mock board meeting).