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Board-CEO Tensions at NLInvest

Published 21 Jun 2024
Reference 6884
Region Europe
Length 16 page(s)
Language English
Summary

You are a member of the board of directors of NLInvest, a government agency promoting foreign direct investment. You are preparing for an emergency board meeting that has been called by the chair to discuss two items: • The acquisition of a building by the Agency that took place two years ago. At that time, the CEO obtained an authorisation without following the required procedures, potentially compromising the reputation of the then board chair and the board as a whole. • The fate of the incumbent CEO. You will participate in a simulated board meeting along with other participants, each of them playing a role of a director

Teaching objectives

-Provide participants with the opportunity to participate in a board meeting and make important decisions -Understand the complex dynamics of board, chair, CEO and senior management interactions -Learn about effective and ineffective board process -Examine how boards of directors deal with governance crises -Review different elements of an effective CEO succession process -Provide participants with the opportunity to assess the CEO potential of candidates with different profiles

Keywords
  • Board chair
  • Board of directors
  • CEO
  • Corporate governance
  • Crisis at the board level
  • Indepndent director
  • Crisis at the board level
  • Board process
  • Decision making
  • Board committees
  • FDI
  • Government agency
  • Q22024