Faced with complex industry, regulatory, and governance issues, board members are encountering a wide range of new challenges. Their actions are increasingly scrutinized by shareholders, regulators, and governance rating agencies. One crucial question remains unanswered for many boards, “How do board members turn compliance into a value-driven process that improves oversight performance?”
The challenge for the corporate governance professional is to provide the board with continuing education opportunities that are compelling and relevant—programs that focus on the unique needs of the organization.
To appeal to today’s corporate directors, continuing education programs must be delivered by a distinguished faculty that will have credibility with the board. A properly designed program becomes part of the board’s culture, offering opportunities to improve effectiveness, deepen the board’s knowledge of external forces and developments, and create a healthier working relationship between management and the board. It is then that board continuing education becomes something more valuable—director development.
Program Formats:
Deloitte & Touche offers both self-study and live in-the-boardroom programs. Whether you prefer a live working session with the board and our subject matter experts, or a convenient self-study module, our programs tackle the difficult issues that board members are most interested in. Click below to learn more:
Strategic Alliance:
Deloitte & Touche recognizes that board-level issues require specialized knowledge across a wide array of topics, which is why we have formed a strategic alliance with the University Of Michigan Ross School Of Business and The Directors’ Network. This unique alliance allows us to offer versatile programs and provide our clients access to a faculty of pre-eminent investor advocates, academics, and other thought-leaders.
Faculty:
Our faculty members are your peers, consisting of Deloitte & Touche partners, industry experts, academics, attorneys, and governance experts. Faculty members are seasoned practitioners with relevant and practical experience in the topics you are interested in.
Accreditation:
Certain live programs may qualify for Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) accreditation. Companies whose full board participates in an accredited program may receive maximum credit toward their ISS Corporate Governance Quotient.
Convenience:
We design programs that are convenient and flexible. Innovative technologies and approaches are employed to reach as many of your directors as possible with a minimum amount of disruption.
Customization:
We work closely with those who know your company best to align the program with the specific challenges facing your company and your board. Programs are tailored to allow the board to focus more time on the issues that are most important.
Comprehensiveness:
By establishing priorities at the outset, the education program is designed to provide directors with an array of resources and information useful to perform their duties.
