New Director Orientation
Course 1
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Overview
Course #1 New Director Orientation
This course is a comprehensive class in governance best practices which covers all areas of how boards work. You will learn why boards exist, what must happen in board meetings, the roles on boards, how boards should evaluate CEO performance, what strategic planning and risk management is, how to do board self-evaluation, and so much more in the 8 modules.
This course is efficient, concise and jam-packed with good governance information to help you right away. The course is accompanied by the full PowerPoint presentation and exercises for each module.
This course is designed for:
- Anyone joining a board as new director orientation
- Experienced board members and CEOs to get new governance ideas that can be used right away.
Catherine Raso, the instructor for this course, has more than 30 years of experience in the non-profit sector—as a CEO, board member, and highly skilled facilitator consulting with more than 600 boards in her career around the world.
Course Curriculum
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What to expect from the course modules
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Course Materials
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Module 1 - First Principles: A Board's Governance Philosophy
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Module 2 - Ownership, Representation and Board Education
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Module 3 - Board-Management Distinction: Who Does What?
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Module 4 - Roles on the Board: Chair, Secretary, Committees and Board Size
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Module 5 - Strategic Planning, Generative Governance and Results
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Module 6 - Risk Management Made Easy
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Module 7 - CEO Performance Evaluation and Monitoring
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Module 8 - Board Process, Board Self-Evaluation and Board Documents
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About this course
- $299.00
- 1.5 hours of video content