2023 Spring BRI Core SCHEDULE
Spring BRI Virtual Kick-Off
Program Overview & Cohort Introductions
LCDEF leadership will review Spring BRI programming.
Corporate Boards 101: Ask the Expert on the Fundamentals
As part of BRI’s introductory sessions, this discussion will focus on providing executives with an overview of fundamental "must know" about corporate board service on a public or large private board. They would also discuss and take questions from members on the trending topics in the horizon for participants to prepare to navigate.
Happy Hour Networking Breakouts
Spring BRI Registration
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM at Grand Bohemian Hotel Charlotte
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM at Wells Fargo
Joint Spring BRI Welcome Reception
Spring BRI Registration
Joint Breakfast
Joint Session: Fireside Chat with Maria Fernanda Mejia and Juan Figuereo
Introductions and Practicing Your Value Proposition
LCDEF leadership will provide opening remarks, review BRI Core Agenda, and ask participants to introduce themselves and practice presenting their value proposition (board pitch).
Building Your Toolkit: Refining and Communicating Your Value Proposition with Peer Exercise
This session forms the basis for the BRI curriculum series for LCDA Members. Participants will learn about the importance of developing a board profile (resume and bio) that communicates the value proposition they bring to a board. Developing their elevator pitch and refining it to tell their story is also key to making the case for why their value proposition is an asset to the boardroom. Peer Exercise will follow.
Joint Lunch
Joint Session: Fireside Chat with Jose R. Rodriguez and Roel Campos
Spring BRI Group Photo
Tips to Excel Along Your Board Interview Journey: Hear from Board Search Professionals
This panel consists of board search professionals sharing behind the scenes tips to help LCDA executives successfully interview for board opportunities.
Trending Dynamics in the Boardroom
Featured panelists will lay out and discuss the new landscape of corporate governance and the increasing pressures from unprecedented challenges.
Joint Session: Shareholder Activism
First-hand accounts will discuss why Shareholder Activism happened, how it was handled and did results catalyze positive change or create unforeseen problems. Session will also provide advice on best practices.
Joint Spring BRI Mixer
Headshots
Spring BRI Registration
Joint Breakfast
Joint Session: Board Room Diplomacy
Learning how to be an effective director is both an art and a science. It takes great analytical skills (science) and board room diplomacy (art). The science is typically refined over many years of career experience but the art isn’t so clearly laid out to directors. Corporate governance experts will provide an overview of the hard skills needed to succeed as a director (private or public board) and concrete advice on the soft skills needed to be an effective director.
Mock Board Meetings: A Case Study on the Activist Investor
Corporate governance experts and scholars will facilitate a case study with LCDA executives. Session will explore what having an activist investor in a boardroom looks like, what it means for the board and what directors should do about it.
Group Breakouts
Group Debrief
Joint Lunch
Joint Closing Ceremonial Presentation of BRI Certificates of Completion
