Marie-Françoise Damesin
Board Member
RENAULT SPAIN, RENAULT FOUNDATION, URBANIS
Marie-Françoise's Diploma Journey
Exam
IMD Diploma
Christian Gellerstad
Independent Board Member
PICTET GROUP
Christian's Diploma Journey
Exam
IMD Diploma
Till Bohbot
Founder and CEO
INFLEX’ON
Till's Diploma Journey
Exam
IMD Diploma

IMD’s Board Director Diploma has an established reputation in providing you with the knowledge and credibility so you can confidently sit on any global board. It is delivered as a hybrid learning experience. You can join some programs of the diploma on campus or connect from your home or office from anywhere in the world. You can attain the diploma certification within 9 days.

How board directors make a real difference
Length
3 days
Next program
May 01, 2023
Location
Lausanne
Exposes board members to the latest research on top performing boards and shares best practice from different global governance regimes.

Identify what makes best practice boards and drive positive board culture

Evaluate and mitigate risk and maximize opportunities through strategic board involvement

Learn how to manage a board in crisis and ensure the best succession planning

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Chart your company’s ESG path to long-term success 
Length
2 days
Next program
April 27, 2023
Location
Lausanne
Driving Sustainability from the Boardroom enables you to fulfill your role of influencing and steering the integration of sustainability into your company's strategy.

Be ready to lead conversations and ask the right questions in and out of the boardroom by acquiring full ESG literacy.

Identify and leverage ESG opportunities for your company’s long-term success and reputation. 

Understand how ESG expands your fiduciary and accountability duties in your role as steward of your company's long-term success.

Gain experience of handling difficult ESG conversations and responding to ESG crises through immersive in-class simulations.

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Get the right digital vocabulary and toolkit
Length
2 days
Next program
May 08, 2023
Location
on campus
Develop your understanding of the new digital landscape so you can evaluate digital opportunities and threats for your organization with confidence.

Grasp the potential impact of digital technologies on your company’s performance

Understand the new competitive dynamics disrupting your industry 

Identify the competencies and behaviours needed to lead successfully in a digital age

Be prepared to advise and support your management on digital transformation

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Build a high performing board team
Length
2 days
Next program
June 14, 2023
Location
Lausanne
Discover how you can influence these relationships to drive a culture of high performance.

Understand the formal behavior dictated to board members by governance frameworks compared to the informal dynamics of a team

Explore unconscious assumptions and hidden motivations that can derail board work 

Find the right balance for your board between supporting and challenging the CEO and top team

Gain insights into your board's team dynamics and the behaviors required to improve team effectiveness

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Get the right finance vocabulary and toolkit
Length
2 days
Next program
May 12, 2023
Location
on campus
Finance for Boards gives you the essential finance knowledge and tools you need to make tough board decisions in areas such as mergers & acquisitions and risk management.

Master the main financial valuation methods and their meaning

Be at ease reviewing and challenging financial reports presented to you

Understand the risk framework put in place by companies

Grasp the value behind mergers and acquisitions

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Risk governance and prevention in a chaotic world
Length
2 days
Next program
June 12, 2023
Location
Lausanne
Boards and Risks enables board members to benchmark board best practices on risks and update to the latest risk thinking.

Identify and assess your organization’s risks

Analyze how strategic risk can be assessed and managed

Gain techniques for setting risk appetite

Access the risk behaviors of the board and management

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Master stakeholder dynamics for effective corporate governance
Length
2 days
Next program
May 10, 2023
Location
Lausanne
Stakeholder Management for Boards enables board members to explore new ways of thinking about stakeholder dynamics and gain diverse tools for best-in-class stakeholder management.

Identify and map key stakeholders in your organization as well as understand the dynamics of the broader stakeholder ecosystem

Explore the goals of your organization and how it relates to stakeholder management

Identify novel opportunities to align stakeholder and shareholder interests

Develop tools and strategies to address specific key stakeholder situations

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Confidently guide corporate strategy in the digital age
Length
2 days
Next program
June 16, 2023
Location
on campus
Strategy Governance for Boards enables you to play a meaningful, advisory role in the governance of your firm’s strategy within the context of an increasingly complex business landscape.

Understand the role of boards in strategy formulation and validation

Ensure that board governance mechanisms are connected to your firm’s strategy

Monitor your firm’s strategy effectively

Strike the right balance between growing today’s business and investing in emerging opportunities

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