By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL
A new edition of the Board Member Training program, from EGADE Business School’s Executive Education portfolio, was launched in March in a 100% online format and with 31 participants from different cities in Mexico and Latin America.
In this delivery, the program, which targets board members, strategic decision-makers, and company owners, shareholders and directors, has a duration of 60 hours and is divided into 12 modules.
Participants were welcomed by Jaime García Narro, Associate Dean of Executive Education, EGADE Business School; Carlos Serrano, independent director and Executive Director of the Board Member Training Program; and Jaime Martínez Bowness, Raúl Montalvo and Daniel Maranto, directors of the EGADE Business School sites in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey, respectively.
In addition, master coach Benjamín Arriola led an icebreaker session, before the start of module 1 of the program, "Functioning of the Board of Directors ", taught by Roberto Danel, Chairman of the Best Practices in Corporate Governance Committee of the Business Coordination Council (CCE), and Gregorio Vázquez, EGADE Business School professor and Director of the consulting firm Vázquez Consultores.
This program helps participants hone their competencies and acquire specialized knowledge of how a Board of Directors functions, including the reinvention of the business model, acquisition of companies as a growth strategy, successful continuance of the family business, among other key topics for the company’s prosperity.
The modules are “Setting a Strategic Course”, “Capital Budgeting System”, “Measurement and Evaluation of Corporate Performance”, “Executive Compensation Systems”, “Legal Framework for the Board of Directors”, “Comprehensive Risk Management”, “Internal Control Systems”, “Governance in Entrepreneurial Families”, “A New Leadership Paradigm”, “Executive Succession Process” and “Negotiation Skills”.
The program’s outstanding educational model is based on experiential learning, conferences and discussion panels with special guests, practical experiences and high-level virtual networking.
Learn more about the Board Member Training program here.