Program Resources

Stikeman Elliott LLP | Directors and Officers in Canadadownload
WGOB Board Career Planning Tool - Worddownload
WGOB Board Career Planning Tool - PDFdownload
Finding Your Focus Slidesdownload
WGOB Network Mapping Tool - PDFdownload
WGOB Network Mapping Tool - Worddownload
20 Questions Directors Should Ask About Building and Sustaining an Effective Board July 2015download
Your Board Value Proposition Slidesdownload
GBR-Board Skills Matrix -PDFdownload
GBR-Board Skills Matrix - Worddownload
1. BIOZEST Inc. Fact Situation.pdfdownload
2. BIOZEST Confidential Board Briefing.pdfdownload
3A. BIOZEST Board Meeting November 25, 2020 Agenda and Notice - Group 1.pdfdownload
3B. BIOZEST Board Meeting November 25, 2020 Agenda and Notice - Group 2.pdfdownload
BIOZEST Inc. SUPPLEMENTARY Fact Situation November 2020download
Director Competency Self Assessment FINAL.pdfdownload
Board Resume Samples.pdfdownload
Getting board ready - module 4 january 5 FINAL.pdfdownload
Norma Beauchamp bio August 2020.pdfdownload
WGOB - Module 5 final.pdfdownload
Anar Shamji Popatia CV 03 2021.pdfdownload
GBR 2 - Player Cards .pdfdownload
Getting Board Ready Module 6 cohort 2 -final.pdfdownload
About GBR Program-Cohort 4.pdfdownload

Harvard Business Review: Are you Ready to Serve on a Board? 


CPA Canada: 20 Questions Directors Should Ask about Building and Sustaining an Effective Board 


Want to Join a Corporate Board? Here's How, Part One - Jill Griffin in Forbes


4 Ways to Up Your Board of Directors' Value Proposition  Julie Ritzer Ross in Chief Executive 


The Silver Lining: Women on Boards and Tackling Climate Change Published by

Andrea Plotnick, Ph.D.,  SVP Board and Executive Solutions at LHH-Knightsbridge


Six Key Behaviors of The Savvy Director - from directorprep.com


Want to Join a Corporate Board? Here's How By Susan S. Muck, Fenwick & West LLP


7 Ways to position yourself to get on a board - By Katie Sanders


Banish Groupthink from the Boardroom - from directorprep.com

Module Topics & Dates

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Finding Your Focus

September 30, 2020 | 11:30 -1:30pm EST


Your Board Value Proposition

October 28, 2020 | 11:30 -1:30pm EST


Your Board Impact

November 25, 2020 | 11:00am- 12:45pm OR 12:15pm-2:00pm EST


How to Get your Next Board Role

January 13, 2021 | 11:30 -1:30pm EST


Board-Ready Basics

February 10, 2021 | 11:30 -1:30pm EST


Action Planning

March 10, 2021 | 11:30 -1:30pm EST

Facilitators

  • Deborah Rosati, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D (Founder & CEO of Women Get On Board)

    Deborah Rosati, FCPA, FCA, ICD.D

    Founder & CEO of Women Get On Board

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahrosati/

    Deborah Rosati is an accomplished corporate director, entrepreneur, Fellow Chartered Professional Accountant (FCPA) and certified Corporate Director (ICD.D) with more than 30 years of experience in technology, consumer, retail, cannabis, private equity and venture capital. An experienced Audit Committee and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee chair, Deborah provides extensive knowledge as a Corporate Director in the areas of financial and enterprise risk management, corporate strategy, transformational changes, M&A, corporate governance and CEO and board succession planning.

    Deborah currently leads and serves as a Corporate Director for Khiron Life Sciences (TSXV: KHRN) ad Chair of the Audit Committee as well as Lift & Co.(TSXV:LIFT) as Vice Chair and Chair of the Audit Committee. Deborah recently served on the board of MedReleaf (TSX:LEAF) as the Chair of the Audit Committee (-acquired by AuroraCannabis (TSX: ACB)- July 2018, as well as she, chaired the Audit Committee, for NexJ Systems (TSX: NXJ) and was on the board of Sears Canada (TSX: SCC).

    She is the Founder & CEO of Women Get On Board, a leading member-based company that connects, promotes and empowers women to corporate boards. Deborah has been selected as a Diversity 50 2014 candidate and was recognized in 2012 as one of WXN’s Top 100 Canada’s Most Powerful Women in the corporate director award category.

    Deborah’s thought leadership on corporate governance, board diversity and entrepreneurship-are profiled on her website: www.deborahrosati.ca

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  • Andrea Plotnick, Ph.D (SVP Board & Executive Solutions at LHH Knightsbridge)

    Andrea Plotnick, Ph.D

    SVP Board & Executive Solutions at LHH Knightsbridge

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-plotnick-ph-d-5554b71/

    Andrea Plotnick brings to Lee Hecht Harrison-Knightsbridge a Doctorate in Applied Social Psychology (specializing in Organizational Psychology) and over 25 years of consulting experience, with Boards and Leaders. Andrea’s skill set addresses the full Board and CEO lifecycle, from succession planning, to assessment and on-boarding to coaching and development and executive transitions. She is a past faculty member of the Directors College, and regularly consults with Boards.

    Andrea provides extensive knowledge in the areas of corporate strategy, strategic change, corporate governance, Board, Director, and Executive effectiveness, Assessment strategies, and CEO and Board succession planning. Her clients span the private, public and not-for-profit sectors and cover a range of industries, including biotech, pharmaceutical, health care, utilities, high technology, manufacturing, consumer products, insurance, media, financial services, and government.

    An avid writer, some of Andrea’s recent thought leadership on Boards, Leadership and Organizational Challenges can be found on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-plotnick-ph-d-5554b71/detail/recent-activity/posts/

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