Target audience<\/h2><\/div>The St.Gallen Board Retreat is open to chairs and senior non-executive directors from large European companies with revenues typically above EUR 2 billion. The Retreat promotes the diversity of thought and experience:<\/p>\n<\/div>
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All industries are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>
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All ownership types are welcome (e.g. publicly held, private equity-owned, family-controlled).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>
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The Retreat should reflect Europe\u2019s plurality of nationalities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>
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Only one member per company board will be admitted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Programme benefits<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/i><\/div><\/div>Engage with peers from Europe\u2019s most important boardrooms: <\/b><\/p>\n
At the St.Gallen Board Retreat you will meet your peers from boardrooms across Europe to discuss, reflect on and resolve challenges facing your board. Selective admission criteria will ensure that you meet relevant peers who can offer novel perspectives on your situation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/div>Obtain tailored solutions that will generate a positive impact in your boardroom:<\/b><\/p>\n
All the Retreat\u2019s content will be tailored to the challenges facing your board. Before the programme, we will ask you for your specific priorities and expectations. Based on these inputs the St.Gallen Board Retreat will be designed to address the challenges that are most relevant to you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/div>Get inspired by personal experiences and hear new evidence-based insights:<\/b><\/p>\n
Learn from St. Gallen Board Practice Advisory Board members, faculty, and participants as they share personal stories of overcoming major obstacles. In addition, you will benefit from the governance expertise of leading academics and board room consultants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Programme structure<\/h2><\/div>The St. Gallen Board Retreat is an initiative designed to enhance board effectiveness. Using an innovative design in an intimate setting, chairs and senior board members from large companies across Europe will work together with academic thought leaders and members of our high-calibre Advisory Board in order to exchange insights and explore new board practices and solutions.<\/p>\n
Our highly experienced Advisory Board members will share personal experiences as part of an initial inspiration stream. These experiences will be complemented by an insight stream where scholars provide novel tools and concepts to strengthen boardroom excellence. Finally, a large part of the Retreat will consist of small group discussions within the highly tailored impact stream. The impact stream will draw on participants\u2019 collective insights and will be closely facilitated by St.Gallen\u2019s faculty, board experts and the Retreat\u2019s distinguished Advisory Board members.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How to apply<\/h3><\/div>
The St.Gallen Board Retreat is open to chairs and senior non-executive directors from large European companies with revenues typically above EUR 2 billion. The Retreat promotes the diversity of thought and experience:<\/p>\n<\/div>
- <\/i><\/span>\n
All industries are welcome.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>
- <\/i><\/span>
\nAll ownership types are welcome (e.g. publicly held, private equity-owned, family-controlled).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>
- <\/i><\/span>
\nThe Retreat should reflect Europe\u2019s plurality of nationalities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li>
- <\/i><\/span>
\nOnly one member per company board will be admitted.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>Programme benefits<\/h2><\/div>
<\/div><\/i><\/div><\/div>Engage with peers from Europe\u2019s most important boardrooms: <\/b><\/p>\n
At the St.Gallen Board Retreat you will meet your peers from boardrooms across Europe to discuss, reflect on and resolve challenges facing your board. Selective admission criteria will ensure that you meet relevant peers who can offer novel perspectives on your situation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/div>Obtain tailored solutions that will generate a positive impact in your boardroom:<\/b><\/p>\n
All the Retreat\u2019s content will be tailored to the challenges facing your board. Before the programme, we will ask you for your specific priorities and expectations. Based on these inputs the St.Gallen Board Retreat will be designed to address the challenges that are most relevant to you.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/div><\/div>Get inspired by personal experiences and hear new evidence-based insights:<\/b><\/p>\n
Learn from St. Gallen Board Practice Advisory Board members, faculty, and participants as they share personal stories of overcoming major obstacles. In addition, you will benefit from the governance expertise of leading academics and board room consultants.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Programme structure<\/h2><\/div>
The St. Gallen Board Retreat is an initiative designed to enhance board effectiveness. Using an innovative design in an intimate setting, chairs and senior board members from large companies across Europe will work together with academic thought leaders and members of our high-calibre Advisory Board in order to exchange insights and explore new board practices and solutions.<\/p>\n
Our highly experienced Advisory Board members will share personal experiences as part of an initial inspiration stream. These experiences will be complemented by an insight stream where scholars provide novel tools and concepts to strengthen boardroom excellence. Finally, a large part of the Retreat will consist of small group discussions within the highly tailored impact stream. The impact stream will draw on participants\u2019 collective insights and will be closely facilitated by St.Gallen\u2019s faculty, board experts and the Retreat\u2019s distinguished Advisory Board members.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
How to apply<\/h3><\/div>
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