Women's Directorship Programme 2021 Session 1

Agenda

• WDP 2021 Session 1 Agenda

Module 1 (6-7 May): The Roles and Responsibilities of Board Members

Pre-reading materials

Background Readings (required):

• Harvard Business Review, Managing Yourself: Deciding Whether That Board Seat Is Right For You
• Harvard Business Review, Spotlight on Managing for the Long-Term
• McKinsey, The CEO guide to boards

Case (required):

• The Uber Board Deliberates: Is Good Governance Worth the Firing of an Entrepreneurial Founder?

Reference Readings (optional background readings):

• McKinsey.The board perspective

(solely for reference, no need to print out as it is over 100 pages long)

• BlackRock Larry Fink’s Letter to CEOs

Module 2 (17 Jun): Strategic Leadership

Pre-reading materials

Background Readings (required):

• Deloitte, On the Board’s Agenda: The board’s role in guiding the return to work in the future of work
• Harvard Business Review, Strategic Leadership: The Essential Skills
• Strategy+Business, Practicing Strategy in a Changing World

Case (required):

• Unilever’s Response to the Future of Work

Reference Readings (optional background readings):

• Harvard Business Review, Before You Make that Big Decision

Module 3 : Ethics and Compliance

Pre-reading materials (18 Jun)

Reference Readings (optional background readings):

• Commonsense Corporate Governance Principles
• Business Roundtable Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation

Pre-reading materials (19 Jun)

Background Readings (required):

• Daniel Pink On Incentives And The Two Types Of Motivation

Case (required):

• How Will You Measure Your Life

Reference Readings (optional background readings):

• Harvard Business Review, Before You Make that Big Decision