for Directors

LinXsus Elite^® Advantage

Today's corporate directors have various options when it comes to their own professional development and performance effectiveness. Typically, directors' options include: Directors' Colleges, participating in company training, or seeking expensive consulting from outside professionals. The investment is often substantial for these types of development options: Why invest the time and money for programs with cursory, finite, and invasive outcomes?

You should be enrolled in this program if:

• You are a newly appointed director
• You are a director looking to enhance board work opportunities
• You are a director looking to be more effective in the boardroom
• You are a director on a non-profit board and you are looking to transition to corporate board work or expand your non-profit opportunities
• You are a seasoned executive with board aspirations and are looking to position yourself for corporate board work

Brief Program Summary:

• An exclusive program which provides ongoing structured and on-demand support for newly appointed directors
• An effective and comprehensive curriculum which includes board positioning, networking, professional mentoring and much more
• Exclusive access to XCEO’s Enlightened Corporate Governance Evaluation Tools, including, our directorSPHERE^® 360° exercise, our individual director and board assessments
• Participate in an Individual Director Risk Oversight Module
• Receive support in the boardroom through our exclusive Concierge® service

Quick Facts: A look at Director Recruitment & Performance*

• American companies hold an average of eight board meetings a year. This number does not include telephonic meetings.
• For these meetings, board members are spending twice as much time to prepare as they did 20 years ago.
• 63% of board members surveyed say they spend on average 10 to 20 hours per month on board related matters for each board they serve on.
• Personal risk is the primary reason, potential board candidates refuse a board position.
• 55% of current board members indicate that it is more difficult to recruit high-quality directors.
• 80+% of board appointments are made through formal searches via contracts with professional organizations.

*Source: 34th Annual Board of Director Study, Korn/Ferry International, 2007

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