Powering High-performance Boards Programme
Build board effectiveness through governance discipline, financial insight, and strategic direction.
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in India (FT Global MBA Ranking 2025)
in Asia (FT Executive Education Open Ranking 2025)
Programmes delivered
Leaders nurtured
Key Takeaways
The programme equips you to:
- Strengthen governance capability across roles, responsibilities, and legal frameworks
- Navigate board dynamics, CEO relationships, and promoter expectations with clarity
- Build financial fluency across compensation, dividends, mergers, and risk
- Understand digital disruption, sustainability, and emerging business models
Expert Faculty
Learn from ISB faculty and seasoned board directors who bring deep expertise in governance, strategy, and risk oversight
Boardroom Insights
Gain a practical understanding of board interactions, stakeholder management, and real-world governance decisions
Fireside Chats
Join informal, interactive conversations with experts that offer candid perspectives and real-time learning
Case-based Discussions
Analyse governance and strategy challenges through case studies that translate board principles into actionable practice
Explore the role of the board, CEO, and promoters, and understand the responsibilities and liabilities of independent directors. Build clarity on governance expectations and the foundations of effective board performance.
Understand how boards function through interactions with CEOs, executives, and peers. Learn to manage promoters, evaluate fellow board members, uphold diversity and inclusion, and transition from executive to director roles while strengthening boardroom effectiveness.
Examine how digital disruption, platforms, and artificial intelligence reshape industries and board priorities. Through expert-led discussions and fireside chats, learn to assess digital opportunities, regulatory expectations, and board-level decisions in a technology-driven landscape.
Strengthen understanding of financial statements, executive compensation, dividend policies, stock buybacks, stock splits, and mergers and acquisitions. Build fluency to guide financially informed and accountable board decisions.
What You Will Gain
Is This Programme For You?
This programme is designed for leaders seeking to deepen their understanding of board responsibilities and enhance boardroom effectiveness.
It is ideal for:
- Corporate Directors
- Nonprofit board directors aspiring to join corporate boards
- C-level executives with board-facing roles
- Senior executives preparing for future board positions
Programme Eligibility: Diploma/Bachelor’s degree (10+2+3/4) or equivalent from a recognised university; Minimum 10 years post-degree work experience.
Professor, Accounting, ISB
Professor of Marketing, Singapore Management University
Visiting Faculty, ISB
Joe John Kuruvilla
CEO Entrepreneur, Coachmi
Bhavna Kumar
Director - HR, Deutsche Bank
Prasant Agarwal
Head of Marketing, Uneecops
ISB Executive Education programmes are designed for working professionals across career stages who are looking to accelerate their leadership impact, deepen domain expertise, or prepare for broader organisational responsibilities.
Our participants typically include:
- Mid-career professionals seeking functional depth or cross-functional growth
- Senior managers preparing for enterprise-level leadership roles
- CXOs and business owners looking to sharpen strategic thinking and future-ready capabilities
Time commitment varies by programme format and duration. Short-format programmes usually require a few hours per week over several weeks, while long-duration programmes may involve a higher weekly commitment over several months.
The learning experience typically includes:
- Live online sessions and/or in-person classroom sessions
- Asynchronous learning modules and readings
- Faculty-led discussions and case-based learning
- Individual assignments, group projects, and capstones
- Peer learning with a diverse cohort of experienced professionals
What are the programme fees, and are instalment or financing options available?
Payment options may include:
- One-time full payment
- Instalment plans
- Employer sponsorship or corporate invoicing
Know more about financing options here.
On successful completion of a programme, participants are awarded an official certificate issued by either ISB Executive Education or ISB Online, depending on the programme, recognising their professional development and learning achievement.
- You will receive a digital certificate for each certificate you earn. These can be shared with your organisation, potential employer, schools, or on your social media profile.
- Depending on the programme, you will also receive digital merit badges for each module you complete in your course journey. These digital badges can also be shared on social media to indicate progress.
Note: Certificate eligibility is subject to meeting attendance and assessment requirements specified by each programme.
