How to get more value out of your board meetings
If you think that board members experience their competencies to be fully leveraged or that the senior executives perceive the board to add significant value, then think again. Our numerous years of working with boards and senior executives tell us that all boards have untapped potential.
Therefore, we have developed a highly focused and engaging session where board members are put to work. Using a simple yet effective structure, we facilitate a discussion around setting the right agenda, tap into board members' and senior executives’ experiences, and avoid psychological traps.
How to make better board decisions
Are you considering how your board can become better at making the right decisions without, for example, being swayed by how options are presented to you by the senior executives?
As we have observed many board meetings, we know that boards (like most people) lack a solid decision-making toolbox and fall prey to group thinking, psychological traps, and various biases. Research shows that when making “good” decisions, process matters more than analysis by a factor of six. Still, boards and senior executives spend much more effort on the analysis than ensuring a solid and sufficient process. Superb analysis is useless unless the decision process gets a fair hearing. As all non-executives and senior executives want to make the best possible decisions (“the core of exemplary leadership”) and that it is easier said than done, we have pulled together a focused seminar based on well-acknowledged research about how you can improve the board’s decision process and better safeguard the organization’s future.
How to become a board that is on top of the organization’s talent management and succession planning
When boards evaluate themselves or when we evaluate them, one thing is sure: respondents score the board low on its ability to ensure effective talent management and succession planning. Leaders tend to agree that establishing and developing the right top team is vital for all business success, and the board should not hesitate to get better involved. The big question is how.
This workshop is highly relevant if you want to learn more about how the board can get on top of the organization’s talent management and succession planning.
How to ensure the most relevant board composition
This is a focused workshop for the nomination committee. Topics covered are how to increase transparency and trust in the board’s off- and onboarding process, how to identify and communicate whom to take off the board, how to develop and use a framework to determine what you need in terms of board competencies, how to create a high-quality brief to a search company, how to avoid paying too much and keep the search consultants focused and on their toes.
