Elevate Your Strategy with Tailored Board Sessions
Competent Boards, Inc. is a front-runner in the learning industry trusted by more than 1,000 board members and business executives in over 55 countries. We focus on inspiring and building strong, competent boards through forward-looking training, education and certification, flexibly tailored to your needs.
Custom training sessions
Tailored sessions are designed to meet the specific needs and goals of boards and executives, focusing on enhancing governance, leadership, and long-term sustainability. Gain current, practical insights on best practices, with a global perspective on boardroom trends, who’s doing what, and why.
Choose from the following topics:
- New evolving sustainability regulations
- Sustainability and ESG integration, risk and opportunities management
- Dealing with dilemmas, including geopolitical challenges
- AI oversight
- Supply chain resilience
- Human capital management and DEI
- Stakeholder engagement and materiality assessment
- Integrated and systems thinking (assess connected risks and opportunities)
- Climate change, nature and biodiversity
- Enterprise risk management
- Corporate stewardship
- Scenario planning
- Board structure and transition planning
- Effective oversight
Gain synthesized insights from Competent Boards’ flagship programs covering 19 core sustainability, climate and biodiversity modules, the latest regulations and trends, and questions to ask for effective board and management oversight.
Need to brush up your board skills matrix? Get a comprehensive assessment aimed at evaluating board members’ capabilities in managing sustainability-related challenges.
Format:
Session format and duration is tailored to meet specific learning objectives, participant engagement levels, and your scheduling needs.
Speaking Engagements
Engagements can range from a formal keynote address to more interactive panel discussions and roundtables, covering specialized topics relevant to the audience and event theme.
“Helle has dedicated her career to inspiring business leaders to be true stewards of the future. Her positive energy and tremendous foresight prepare business leaders to make better business decisions that affect not just their companies, but their stakeholders, and the planet. She is not only highly knowledgeable, she’s a great person and a joy to work with.”
Sheila A. Murray
Chair of the Board of Directors, Teck
“Through practical examples and real life experiences, Competent Boards programs will help any leader who wants to keep up with new environmental, ethical, financial and societal demands.”
Claudia Sender
Non-Executive Director at Telefonica, Embraer, Holcim and Gerdau
“Competent Boards programs are hands down the best-advanced director education out there, a testament to Helle’s experience and overall competence and foresight in this emerging arena.”
Eric Wetlaufer (GCB.D)
Member, Board of Directors, TMX Group & Investment Management Corporation of Ontario (IMCO)
“I think this program is more relevant than ever, and I would highly recommend it. I feel better equipped to oversee ESG and sustainability issues in my board rooms.”
Leslie F. Seidman (GCB.D)
Former Chair, Financial Accounting Standards Board (Fasb), Non-Executive Director and Audit Chair, Moody’s Corp. & General Electric
“Invaluable guidance on what boards must do if the businesses they guide are to respond successfully to today’s enormous economic, environmental and social challenges.”
Martin Wolf
Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times
“Not many have the insight and foresight of Helle Bank Jorgensen to see the risks and opportunities of the future that will help you ask the right questions.”
Charles O. Holliday Jr.
Chair of The Mission Possible Partnership; Former Chair, Royal Dutch Shell and Bank of America
Bespoke Board and Executive Education Sessions
Are you interested in a program or session tailored to your company? We’ll work with you to customize our educational offerings. Sessions can be co-facilitated with the CEO, Chair, corporate secretary, or another appointed person.
Board Assessments
Are you looking for an assessment for your board? Competent Boards conducts insightful and structured board assessments to help your board reflect on risks, vulnerabilities, and opportunities, providing valuable feedback to enhance board structure and governance.
Coaching / Strategic Advice
Do you have a question you want to discuss and get our view on? Helle Bank Jorgensen, Founder and CEO of Competent Boards and experienced board facilitator, offers online coaching and intelligence gleaned from many years of global consultancy experience across a wide range of industries.
Board Presentation / Facilitation
Could your Board benefit from a facilitated dialogue or an insightful presentation? We will thoughtfully prepare a session that will inspire while providing honest and constructive feedback to help drive long term success.