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
25 November 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.

Developed and led by the IMD Global Board Center, this program is grounded in the latest insights and best practices, empowering you to lead the future of governance with confidence and foresight. 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 environment for enhanced governance.

Ensure seamless succession

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

Manage risks, opportunities and crises

Evaluate risks and opportunities, and master crisis management techniques.

Elevate your board’s strategic capacity

Enhance the strategic capability of your board.

 

Elevate your board performance

The role of today’s boards is rapidly evolving, are you prepared? Learn how IMD’s High Performance Boards program has equipped board members, since 1974, with the skills and best practices to excel.

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.

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.

George Vadakkekara Executive Chairman, Thejo Engineering Limited, India

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
Board community
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

Dates
25 Nov – 28 Nov 2024
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
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10 Feb – 13 Feb 2025
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
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5 May – 8 May 2025
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
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16 Jun – 19 Jun 2025
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
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6 Oct – 9 Oct 2025
Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
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Location
Lausanne
Length
3-day program over 4 days
Price
CHF 12,500
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