Education & Events
eLearning
eLearning
- eLearning Overview
- Art of Directorship: Adaptive Governance
- Art of Directorship: CEO Succession
- Art of Directorship: Strategy & Value Creation
- CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight Program
- Directorship Essentials: Compliance & Ethics
- Directorship Essentials: Risk Oversight
- Director Proficiency: Financial Oversight
- Governing Into the Future
- Introduction to Directorship
- Introduction to ESG Oversight
- Virtual Director Professionalism®
- Webinars Archive
Webinars & Virtual Events
Education on Your Schedule
NACD maintains a portfolio of on-demand courses covering the most in-demand governance topics. These eLearning programs help you meet the increasing demands of the boardroom, and help your directorship career. Below, you’ll find a list of world-class programming designed to fit your schedule.
NEW Governing Into the Future
4 Credits
Prepare your board for tomorrow’s challenges with this on-demand course based on the Future of the American Board report. Explore key principles and approaches for ensuring effective governance, navigating evolving corporate responsibilities and trends, and mastering committee-specific strategies that drive long-term value creation.
Introduction to Directorship
Elevate your boardroom acumen with this new on-demand course. Expand your knowledge of essential boardroom principles to position yourself for future board seats.
Introduction to ESG Oversight
4 Credits
Explore the most important principles of ESG governance in this on-demand 10-module course. Understand the risks, advantages, and implications driving ESG board decisions.
Virtual Director Professionalism®
15 Credits
Our Director Professionalism foundation course in boardroom fundamentals, now with the flexibility to participate at any time, from anywhere. This course also serves as the prerequisite for NACD Directorship Certification®.
CERT Certificate in Cyber-Risk Oversight Program
22 Credits
This self-paced course helps governance professionals understand how to identify cybersecurity threats and provide oversight of critical digital assets.
Director Proficiency: Financial Oversight
2 Credits
All directors must have a level of financial literacy to fulfill their role as a board member. It is both a legal duty and a practical necessity. This course helps you attain, or maintain, that basic literacy in finance and financial statements.
Webinar Archive
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eLearning Series
Directorship Essentials Series
A fundamentals series for effective directorship, this series is perfect for onboarding new directors or as an ongoing resource. The series includes critical questions to ask management and the foundations of key regulatory and investor expectations. It is accompanied by practical tools and resources that you can use in your boardroom.
Directorship Essentials: Compliance and Ethics
Everything a board of directors does is a demonstration of a company’s commitment to compliance and ethics. This Directorship Essentials course is for new directors and others who want a comprehensive understanding of these responsibilities.
Risk Oversight
This dynamic and interactive e-learning series is designed to provide the fundamentals of risk oversight—through short case studies, key questions that directors should ask management, and introductions to key regulatory and investor expectations.
Art of Directorship Series
This interactive series explores the intricacies of board leadership. Each course explores a critical topic through panel discussions and interviews with experienced directors, investors, and executives. It is accompanied by practical tools and resources to use in your boardroom.
The Art of Directorship: CEO Succession
This Art of Directorship course provides directors with an advanced, nuanced, in-the-trenches consideration of the board’s role in planning for the succession of a chief executive officer, and in positioning that new CEO for success.
The Art of Directorship: Adaptive Governance
This course aims to help directors in not only identifying potentially disruptive risks but also in applying the principles of adaptive governance to mitigate and respond to those risks.
The Art of Directorship: Strategy and Long-Term Value Creation
This highly engaging and interactive e-learning series is designed to explore the intricacies of board leadership and to help directors navigate the complexities of today’s boardroom.
NACD Directors SummitTM
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