Segment - Board of Directors Consortium / Technology Management Series Curriculum
The Board of Directors plays a fundamental role in guiding organizations toward success.
Considering the Board’s critical role in ensuring shareholder returns as well as effective and ethical operations while maintaining alignment to the core mission and strategic objectives, leaders who gain a deeper comprehension and perspective in this area will have a significant advantage.
By prioritizing the essentials of strategy, leadership, and shareholder value, Board’s fulfill their primary governance responsibilities. Today’s leaders must be highly effective and fluent in communicating into this framework a satellite view but with the capacity to drill down to support effective decision-making, oversight, and accountability, ensuring that Board has what is needed to ensure the organization remains focused on its mission and objectives. This segment of the Technology Management Series is designed to equip CTOs with the skills and knowledge to effectively engage with their organization’s Board of Directors.
Participants will explore:
- Board Dynamics and Roles: Understand the roles and responsibilities of the Board of Directors and how to effectively engage with them.
- Board Communication and Reporting: Learn how to communicate technology-related risks and opportunities to the Board in a clear and concise manner.
- Board Expectations and Relationships: Develop strategies for building effective relationships with Board members and meeting their expectations.
- Board Risk Oversight: Understand the Board’s role in risk oversight and how to effectively communicate and manage technology-related risks.
Key Takeaways:
- Understanding the Board’s role in setting strategic direction and how to align technology strategy with the organization’s overall goals.
- Developing effective communication skills for presenting technology-related risks, opportunities, and initiatives to the Board.
- Building strong relationships with Board members and earning their trust and support.
- Designing an effective Board risk oversight framework that incorporates technology risks.
- Identifying strategies for engaging Board members in technology-related discussions and decisions.
- Understanding the impact of corporate governance on technology management and how to ensure compliance.