In-Boardroom Programs

NACD's Board Advisory Services put you in charge of enhancing your board's effectiveness.

By designing a Board Advisory Services program specific to your needs, NACD addresses the key issues facing your board today. Best of all, NACD conducts the program on the date and location of your choice. Programs may be held in conjunction with your board meeting or as a board retreat. In addition to explaining the latest governance regulations and reforms, an In-Boardroom program can guide your board towards improving performance and ensure that your entire board is receiving consistent, quality information.

With the whole board present at the program you have a unique opportunity to do something that cannot be achieved in the public course: give added time and attention to the issues most important to your board. Including the Senior Management team helps foster a greater understanding of the board and managements' respective roles in risk oversight, strategy, and creating shareholder value.

The value of engaging NACD is apparent when the relationship continues well past the conclusion of the program. Drawing upon 30 years of governance research and experience, NACD can recommend resources and templates consistent with the program delivered. We work closely with you to help your directors maintain their Certificate designation as well as plan a progressive annual board development program for your board.

Many boards ask NACD to facilitate board evaluations as an integral part of a board's continuous self-improvement process. NACD can work directly with management and your directors to conduct full board evaluations, committee evaluations, and director peer-evaluations. One of the most important benefits about NACD's Board Evaluations is the flexibility to choose when, where, and how you want the evaluation process to take place. As a neutral party, NACD works with you to customize the assessment tool, facilitate the process, and provide the final results. NACD can also provide recommendations to improve board performance based on leading governance practices, research, governance guidelines, and peer comparison.

NACD's Board Advisory Services are a cost-effective and confidential way for your board, as a group, to review leading governance practices and enhance your current knowledge base. As a non-profit, independent organization, with 30 years of research on governance issues, NACD is an objective and essential resource for organizations in the ever-changing landscape of corporate governance.