High-performance Board Member Program | IESE Business School & WHU

Amplify Your Impact on Corporate Boards

Corporate boards play a pivotal role in today’s disruptive business landscape, shaping the future of organizations by offering guidance and oversight on a range of issues, from business strategy and risk management to regulatory compliance. Learn how to magnify your contribution to create strategic value and ensure a sustainable competitive advantage for your organization.

This unique program has been designed for senior-level executives who currently serve on corporate boards and those who aspire to transition into this role, as well as senior managers who seek to engage more effectively with their board.

Benefits

Deeper awareness of the roles, responsibilities and best practices of corporate boards and their impact on long-term success
A stronger grasp of the crucial processes and dynamics of successful corporate boards
Frameworks to analyze the key organizational challenges in fast-evolving institutional and digital environments
Insights to foster an effective board culture, including strategies to manage boardroom conflicts and power dynamics
Core competencies to forge strategic partnerships between the board and senior management to advance stakeholder interests
Enhanced ability to leverage diversity to boost board performance

Content of the Program

The “High-Performance Board Member” program uses real-life examples to illustrate the main challenges and responsibilities of corporate boards, with a focus on strategy, operations, finance, leadership and stakeholder management, as well as implications for family-owned businesses.Among the areas examined are:

Key Roles and Responsibilities of Corporate Boards
Long-Term Strategy: Board Members Strategic Toolkit
Governance: Corporate Boards as Early Warning Systems
Board/Chair/CEO: Culture and Dynamics
Corporate Boards and Digitalization
Navigating Disruption
Boards and Activist Shareholders
Essential Questions for Boards: Finance, Marketing and Operations
Boards and Stakeholder Management
Boards, Executive Succession and Cultivating Next-Generation Leadership

Is This Program Right for You?

The “High-Performance Board Member” program is designed for:

C-suite executives currently serving on corporate boards
Top-level public officers
Next-generation leaders preparing to transition to a board role
Senior managers seeking to shape and engage their board of directors

Methodology

The “High-Performance Board Member” program will expand your understanding of the main responsibilities, dynamics and strategic challenges of corporate boards and equip you with actionable insights to boost overall board performance.

With a highly practical approach, the program merges a number of proven academic methodologies including the case method, interactive lectures, guest-speaker sessions, action-learning activities and team-based projects.

Two weeks before the program start, you will receive a package of pre-readings that offer a theoretical groundwork to optimize both classroom time and learning outcomes.

Faculty

The “High-Performance Board Member” program harnesses the joint expertise of faculty from IESE Business School and WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. As accomplished educators, they enrich the learning experience by integrating insights from their frontline research and experience as strategic consultants.

Marc Sachon (academic director)
Professor of Operations, Information and Technology
Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, Stanford University

Serden Özcan (academic director)
Associate Dean for Corporate Connections
Endowed Chair of Innovation and Corporate Transformation
Ph.D. in Business Economics, Copenhagen Business School
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management

Martin Glaum
Professor of International Accounting
Ph.D. in Business Studies, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen
WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management

Eric Weber
Associate Dean of IESE Business School and Professor of Accounting and Control
Member of both the Executive Committee of IESE and the Harvard Business School – IESE Advisory Committee
Ph.D. in Management (Accounting and Information Systems), Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

Admission Process & Fees

The “High-Performance Board Member” program entails a four-step admission process:

Participants must complete and submit the online application.
*The application process for the next edition will start March 1st, 2023
The Executive Education Department will contact the participant by email to acknowledge receipt of the application. It will also provide information about the program dates, sending of prior study materials and the bank details needed to pay tuition.
The participant pays tuition (payment must be made before the start of the course and before prior study materials are sent). This is an essential prerequisite for participating in the program.
Two weeks before the start of the program, participants will receive an email with a username giving them access to IESE’s Virtual Campus, where initial study materials will be available.

General fee: € 13,850*
Executive education Certificate fee: additional 5% discount on the general or membership fee.

*Materials, meals and activities. It does not included: tax on food and beverage, accommodation and travel cost.

The program requires preparatory coursework, which will be made available two weeks before the start date. Payment is required in order to access this material. Check the cancellation policy below.
Do you know about our corporate agreements and fees for multiple registrations? Feel free to ask us.

Cancellation Policy
Cancellations received within 20 days prior to the start of the program are subject to a cancellation fee equivalent to 25% of the program fee. IESE reserves the right to cancel this edition of the program or to change the dates up to 20 days prior to its start. IESE is under no circumstances responsible for travel expenses incurred. Participants should consider travel cancellation coverage in the exceptional event that the program is cancelled or that participants are unable to attend for personal or professional reasons.

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CONTACT US

IESE Business School
Executive Education
Barbara Breiter
(+49) 89 242 0979 25
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WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management
Open Programs
(+49) 211 44709 178
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EXECUTIVE EDUCATION CERTIFICATE

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• 5% discount on any future focused program.

• Possibility of becoming a member of the Alumni Association, which delivers a broad array of exclusive benefits, ranging from professional support services to access to more than 300 Alumni learning sessions per year. Delivered around the world, sessions are a chance to learn and build your network.
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• Complete at least four focused programs (in English or Spanish).

• Programs must be completed within three years.

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