Board development

Building a Future-Proof Board of Directors

Disruptive change is the # 1 concern of many Boards of Directors. If you are looking for tools to better deal with change, the Institute is the right place to start. As masters of change we have developed an extensive toolkit for both executive and non-executive directors. This toolkit is focussed on proactive supervision and excecutive leadership agility.

Proactive supervision

Both in one-tier and two-tier boards professional supervision is crucial for longterm viability of your organization. We invite your supervisory board (members) to use our tools designed to check and improve its structure, roles and culture. In particular, board dynamics can be a challenge. With our support, your Board will become a true strategic and proactive team. Please contact us for more information.

Board reviews

The Institute offers two types of Board reviews: online questionnaires and face-to-face meetings. Or, a combination of both. All members will receive a pdf-report with our recommendations elaborating on the results of the online self-assessment in a clear and concise way. With our support, your Board will become more aware of its strengths and challenges. Please contact us for more information.

Permanent education of your Board members is easy with our incompany development programmes. They focus on improving leadership agility for executive directors, professional supervision for non-executive directors, and board dynamics and board decision making. Each participant will receive a copy of one of our e-books to accelerate his or her development. This service is only available for companies headquartered in the Netherlands.

Executive leadership agility

In turbulent times, your change capacity as a CEO, General Manager or Executive Director is a highly valuable asset. To develop this capacity to a higher level of leadership agility, you need an integrated approach. We invite you to apply our easy to learn but highly effective techniques based on the universal principle of deepening personal stability while simultaneously broadening your flexibility.

Online Board support

Live web meetings are a fast and easy way of (inter)national communication. Log in from your computer or mobile device and you have instant access to our expertise and services. Due to extended opening hours of our office (09.00-21.00 hrs.), even international meetings can be scheduled flexibly and comfortably. How to contact us?

About the Institute

The Institute for Governance & Leadership is an independent and privately held organization in the Netherlands to support the development of (inter)national boards of directors. Both partners have extensive experience as (non) executive directors, as board consultants and coaches. They authored seven e-books for (non) executive directors to improve Board governance and leadership.

Brochure 2018 coming soon

Reference

Excellent Board Culture
Based on over 100 interviews, the authors, Daniel Le Gras and Jacques Gerards, thoroughly canvas what really and universally impacts board performance. This book is very important, user-friendly, and a must read for board and committee chairs, other directors, and senior management and advisors reporting to boards.
Dr. Richard Leblanc
PhD Associate Professor, Law, Governance & Ethics
York University, Toronto, Canada

The Workbook Board Leadership and Change Capacity is a must read for any CEO or Executive Director of a profit or non-proft organization. As an experienced Chairman of the Board, I can confirm that the Workbook is spot on regarding the approach our educational institution needs in order to keep up with all the changes we are confronted with. In addition, I was delighted by the many new insights the book has to offer helping me to continue to grow as a Chairman and as a change leader. The book is well structured and easy to read. A must read!
Drs. Jonne Gaemers
Chairman of the Board
Educational Institution Tabijn

Workbook
Compliments for the Workbook Board Leadership and Change Capacity. In my opinion it touches the core of good leadership in the constantly changing environment of our medical institutions. It is well written in a comprehensible and inspirational way.
Drs. Ton Kessels MA
Former Chairman of the Board
Hospital Panteijn

Board Leadership and Change Capacity
The Workbook is inspirational and practical! The author has succeeded in translating the relevant theory into a plain formula useful for everyday practice.
Mrs. Hedwig Loeffen LLM
Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board
Medical Institution Zorgspectrum

A very well structured approach for Executive Directors, presenting a clear explenation of relevant perspectives on change. Any leader will benefit from the highly efficient transfer of expertise and the subsequent tailor-made coaching or sparring sessions.
Em. Prof. dr. Jan van den Akker,
Professor in Educational Sciences
Former CEO National Institution for Educational Sciences

Noticing that “Nothing remains the same except change” of the Greek philosopher Heraclitus, 2500 years later the ‘Workbook Board Leadership and Change Capacity” presents a practical follow-up on this theme. In a straightforward way, the book initiates Executive (and Non-Executive) Directors in the art of becoming an agile leader in a turbulent professional world. A hands-on book, filled with useful tips and best practices. Highly recommended!
Dr. Hans Stam PHD
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Medical Institution Kwintes

Board Leadership and Change Capacity
The Workbook is clearly written and analytically well built. It presents a mirror to any member of the Board who values more awareness of how to deal with complex organizational change. I will consult it regularly in my daily practice.
Mr. Paul Rijksen LLM
Chairman of the Board
Association of General Practioners Amsterdam

About the Institute

The Institute for Governance & Leadership offers hands-on tools to improve governance and Board leadership, agile leadership and change leadership.

For more information in Dutch please visit our Dutch website:
www.governanceleiderschap.nl

Accredited facilitators

Our goverance experts and external facilitators have been accredited by the National Association for Non-Executive Directors in the Healthcare sector (NVTZ) and the Education sector (VTOI), and by the VTW for housing corporations.

Contact

Would you like more information about our services? We'd be happy to talk to you. Please feel free to call us, or send an email.

Institute for Governance & Leadership
T: 0031-(0)33-47 55 558
E: office@governanceleadership.org

H: Mo - Fri 9.00 tot 19.00 hr

Postal address:
Parelhoenstraat 23
3815 AE Amersfoort
Netherlands

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Governance & Leadership

Building a Future-Proof Board of Directors

Proactive supervision

Board reviews