Corporate Governance (Online): Driving Business Value Creation and GrowthNEW

Corporate Governance (Online): Driving Business Value Creation and Growth

The Corporate Governance (Online) program from Columbia Business School Executive Education is designed to equip corporate leaders with the skills to overcome emerging challenges of the new era, from navigating regulatory disruption to leveraging technological transformations. The program aims to help current and future board members and senior executives deepen their understanding of their roles and responsibilities while aligning to strategic organizational goals. Participants can harness the insights, frameworks, and tools they learn to enhance the value they bring to the boardroom and ensure high-performance governance practices.

This immersive seven-week online program combines valuable academic research with practical business and finance strategies that aid in creating long-term value for the organization. From assessing the board structure using a skills matrix to formulating succession plans for senior executives, the concepts learned through this program will be further reinforced by peer interactions, knowledge checks, and case study analyses.

Please contact our partners at Emeritus at columbia@emeritus.org, +1 315-982-5094, or +1 315-277-2746 for a personal conversation about this program and how it may benefit you.

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Emeritus

Impact

This program will enable you to:

  • Excel at understanding and working with boards
  • Assess whether capital received from shareholders is being deployed efficiently by the board and senior management
  • Ensure that internal controls adequately prevent ethical breaches, operational inefficiencies, and financial mismanagement
  • Create attractive compensation plans for senior executives that are also aligned with organizational goals and performance
  • Monitor, analyze, and evaluate current risks and devise contingency plans to safeguard the business from potential backlash
     

Program Structure

This program provides a structured understanding of corporate governance and its principles and processes, encompassing key aspects such as risk management, compensation planning, and strategic direction.

 

The Role of a Board

Identify the fiduciary duties of directors and analyze the scope of their responsibilities against those of the management. Explore the various board committees and their roles.

Participant Profile

This program is designed for senior executives with board or management experience, those preparing to take on such responsibilities, and C-suite executives.

Senior executives who are current or upcoming board members and wish to equip themselves with a structured understanding of proactive corporate governance, risk management, and compensation planning:

  • Board member
  • Board adviser
  • Board director
  • President
  • Vice president

C-suite executives who seek to understand the duties and nuances of board service and wish to enhance their organization's financial returns, risk management efforts, governance diversity, and strategic direction:

  • Chief executive officer
  • Chief technology officer
  • Chief strategy officer
  • Founder or co-founder
  • Managing director
  • Executive director

Faculty

Shiva Rajgopal | Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing at Columbia Business School Executive Education

Shiva Rajgopal

Roy Bernard Kester and T.W. Byrnes Professor of Accounting and Auditing

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