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Get Ready for Your First Board of Directors Meeting
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8 students

Get Ready for Your First Board of Directors Meeting

Congratulations - you've made it into the boardroom! But now, how do you prepare, absorb all that info... and fit in?
Created byRalph Ward
Last updated 8/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Know your governance responsibilities before the first meeting
  • How to find (and use) a boardroom mentor
  • How do you cram on all that board meeting information?
  • Your first board meeting! What to do (and what not to do)

Course content

7 sections7 lectures1h 8m total length
  • Introduction3:35

    Welcome to the boardroom!  Here's what you must know before your first board of directors meeting.

Requirements

  • None

Description

You've made it... your first board role!  But now the real work begins. Joining a board of directors, especially for the first time, brings challenges that are much different from just starting a new job.  There is little or no training on how to be an effective corporate member, other than your previous exposure to the boardroom through career roles.   Too often, novice directors face "imposter syndrome" when they first walk through those boardroom doors and have to learn to fit in and make their voice heard.  For younger, diverse directors, the stress is even higher -- how do you handle yourself as the first woman or diverse member of that board?

Our "Get Ready for Your First Board of Directors Meeting" program is designed to start you right in the boardroom. We’ll give you what you actually need to know and what you need to function as an effective director. We’ll cover the essentials of your role as a board member, how to educate yourself from the outside about the company, its structure, and its leaders… how to absorb the huge amount of information a director needs to know today… how to build a board schedule into your busy life… how to best use the online and digital tools that make modern boards effective... and how to handle yourself in that first board meeting.

Who this course is for:

  • C-level career executives, entrepreneurs, investors, company founders, and others who are preparing for a potential board role.