C-Suite Programs

Corporate Governance

Effective board members bring to the table skills and capabilities that differ distinctly from those of management and other corporate leaders. This corporate governance program paves the way to mastering the skills required to govern successfully.

Who should attend:

• New board members or senior executives who expect to be on a board in the near future
• Experienced board members who are in need of a "refresher"
• Executives from outside North America who wish to learn about North American governance practices

• Past Participant Profile

Key benefits:

• Develop a deeper understanding of board governance models
• Analyze the role of the board vis-à-vis management, internal and external auditors, and other outside advisors
• Understand how to navigate boardroom conflicts
• Engage in a “board in crisis” case simulation
• Study the legal and ethical challenges faced by today’s boards in areas such as executive compensation
• Become conversant in current boardroom topics such as cyber security and activist investors

Family Enterprise Boards

Family businesses are uniquely complex enterprises. This program empowers current and future directors of family-owned businesses to navigate the challenges posed by those organizations while learning to design, engage and lead boards that leverage their companies’ strategic advantages.

Who should attend:

• Current family and non-family board directors, trustees and chairs of family-controlled firms
• Family members developing themselves for future roles as board members in their enterprise
• Family and non-family executives who interact with or who will soon be appointed to the board

• Past Participant Profile

Key benefits:

• Define the board's role in understanding family business strategy
• Explore the differences in board decisions for a family enterprise
• Understand the unique challenges of selecting family and non-family directors
• Learn to effectively link the board with the family

Governing Family Enterprises

Join peers from leading family-run organizations to learn how family governance can help sustain business continuity, family unity and commitment. Come away equipped and energized to realize your vision for the future of your family enterprise with confidence.

Who should attend:

• Family and non-family directors, CEOs, board chairs and trustees of family-controlled firms. The enterprise must be 3rd generation or beyond, with a significant number of family owners and minimum annual revenue of US$100m with a preference for $500m or above
• Family members involved in governing their family councils, family office or their family foundations
• Family shareholders

• Past Participant Profile

Key benefits:

• Define the roles and responsibilities of owners, directors, board chairs, the executive team and the family council
• Improve your board’s effectiveness
• Learn about critical governance policies needed to sustain the relationship between the enterprise and the family
• Learn how a common vision can unite family owners in a long-term commitment to continuity
• Learn how governance can be used to gain trust among family owners, directors and top management
• Leverage governance as a key competitive advantage of family business

Kellogg Corporate Governance Conference

Exclusive, by-invitation-only annual conference that brings together more than 200 corporate directors and CEOs to discuss critical issues in corporate governance.

Who should attend:

Experienced corporate directors and CEOs

Key benefits:

Network and share best practices in corporate governance with other experienced directors and CEOs from leading companies.

Women's Director Development Program

Discover the keys to unlocking boardroom doors in this first-ever director development program for women seeking a role in governance. Develop the skills required to contribute meaningfully and come away with practical tools for landing a seat at the table.

Who should attend:

• Senior women executives seeking directorships
• Women directors seeking opportunities on Fortune 1000 boards
• Women with the financial literacy, business acumen, perspective and experience necessary to perform well in a governance role
• This program is limited to women with specific business experience. You must receive approval from Kellogg to participate. This will require a completed Kellogg application and a recommendation from either your CEO or a sitting board member of your choice endorsing you as qualified for board opportunities.

• Past Participant Profile

Key benefits:

• Broaden your understanding of the role of the board
• Hone your skills crafting and delivering your value proposition for a board seat
• Increase your visibility with executive search firms and nominating committees
• Analyze opportunities to harness your network to identify and create board opportunities
• Learn to detect red flags and read between the lines in financial statements

Enterprise Leadership Program

Leadership at the enterprise level means rising to the challenge. No longer is your growth linear — it’s exponential. The focus moves past the single team or unit to the enterprise as a whole, beyond functional skills to strategic decisions based on a broader perspective. Kellogg Executive Education’s Enterprise Leadership Program prepares you to lead at height and scale and helps you develop an anticipatory mindset.

Who should attend:

Proven senior business leaders who have been identified as having the potential to move into the C-suite within five years and are considered central to the company’s succession plan.

Participants represent a rich diversity of disciplines, geographies and career experiences. They come from a wide variety of industries, not-for-profit and government. Candidates are chosen not only for their stated learning goals but also for what they can contribute to the cohort of peers in the program.

Key benefits:

The Enterprise Leadership Program (ELP) is uniquely designed to help high-potential senior executives acquire key leadership essentials:

ENTERPRISE MINDSET
Adopt a mentality and frame of reference that extends beyond your specific function and puts the interests of the organization first.

Learn how to set strategic direction, vision, plans and initiatives; identify connections, challenges and opportunities for the organization; and think with depth, scope and an enterprise leadership perspective.

ANTICIPATORY FOCUS
Adjust plans, priorities and resources to achieve desired results, and be agile and willing to change course if needed.

Learn how to take calculated risks to position the organization for present and future success; make sound decisions without perfect information; and accurately anticipate customer needs and emerging competitive threats in a turbulent environment.

COMMUNICATION AND INFLUENCE
Manage and disseminate critical information, using organizational narratives and stories to inspire, connect and convey messages.

Learn how to present data driven information in compelling ways; leverage media platforms to communicate organizational messages; and build relationships and influence beyond your own organization.

TALENT AND CULTURE
Create a culture of learning while mentoring and coaching talented individuals to achieve their full potential and organizational goals.

Learn how to provide formal and informal learning opportunities; deliver constructive feedback; enable collaboration across boundaries; and harness the power of organizational talent.

ONGOING SELF-DEVELOPMENT
Continuously develop interpersonal skills by understanding how and why you are a leader.

Learn how to practice self-reflection and pursue self-development opportunities; lead with character, by example and with authenticity; build resilience by developing routines to sustain energy, focus and well-being.

Chief Marketing Officer Program

Master the insights needed to navigate significant challenges faced by CMOs today, by engaging in meaningful discussions with Kellogg's top faculty and industry executives. This program is specifically designed to increase the odds of success for enterprise marketing leaders.

Who should attend:

Newly appointed CMOs and candidates for the CMO position or equivalent. Program is by invitation only.

Key benefits:

Gain a broadened point of view on key marketing topics through our proven learning framework with a small, select group of cross-industry participants from non-competitive firms.

C-Suite Growth Catalyst

Propel your C-Suite team to accelerate enterprise growth. Catalyst is a unique, thought-action partnership between a single senior team and a select group of best-of-class Kellogg faculty designed to dramatically strengthen growth efforts at critical inflection points.

Who should attend:

One CEO and the members of her/his senior team

Key benefits:

• Entirely customized program built around key growth opportunities for your company
• Content and faculty selected on the basis of an intensive assessment and discovery process
• Designed collaboratively with the CEO and team after identifying the company’s most constraining barriers and highest value growth opportunities
• 2.5 days in-residence component at the Kellogg School of Management - results in the collaborative drafting of a ‘blueprint for growth’
• Follow-through to ensure action and results

Leading Family Enterprises

For both established and aspiring leaders of a family-owned business, this program focuses on how to lead the family and the enterprise, manage the strategic and personal pressures inherent in such complex entities and strike an optimal balance between family and work obligations.

Who should attend:

• New or emerging leaders of an enterprising family
• Established leaders in roles such as: board chair, CEO or CEO candidate, family council chair, family foundation chair, family office head, family director or trustee (whether from the family or not)

• Past Participant Profile

Key benefits:

• Articulate a detailed vision for the future of the family, the enterprise, and for your own leadership role
• Learn to communicate your vision and imbue it with the significance and purpose needed to engage your family and your employees
• Understand the fundamental importance of emotional intelligence for successfully leading in senior roles
• Learn to manage the unique dilemmas that confront family enterprise leaders in ways that harness the strategic advantages of these organizations
• Learn to manage generational transitions and to collaborate effectively with your seniors, juniors and generational peers
• Discover how best to constructively influence the many stakeholders of a family enterprise
• Discuss the special challenges and skills needed to earn trust and authority as a leader of a family enterprise
• Master working effectively with the board of directors, the shareholders, the management and the family