Concept
This is a St. Gallen program for individuals who are not themselves part of the management team as CEO or member of the management board, but who are supposed to monitor the fortunes of the company as a supervisory body. You will learn to perform your supervisory role from a holistic, comprehensive management perspective. You will learn to scrutinize management concepts and strategies and to assess opportunities and risks.
Procedure
Step 1: Please let us know if you are interested in attending this St. Gallen Management School. studies@sgbs.com or phone +41 71 225 40 80
Step 2: We will clarify with you in a telephone conversation whether the admission requirements are met.
Step 3: If so, please register with us and the study program will then begin on the date of your choice, with a 4-day seminar at our Study Center in St. Gallen. Topic: The holistic St. Gallen management approach.
Seminar modules: You then attend the planned seminar modules, see "Topics". Each module is organized 3 to 4 times a year, in CH or D, partly in A.
Individual coaching: Individual coaching in our Executive Center in Küsnacht on Lake Zurich (1 day) and in 2 virtual meetings. The dates for the coaching sessions are booked separately and arranged individually.
Participants
Responsible persons from controlling bodies of companies and organizations: Supervisory boards, administrative boards or authorized representatives. In addition, personalities from all areas who wish to perform such functions. Also suitable for owners and major shareholders.
Admission
Individuals who belong to the target group and who wish to receive intensive further training in the management aspects of these control functions. The group formation and the study plan are adapted on the basis of previous knowledge.
Service components
Seminar modules
Over a period of 12 - 24 months, you will attend 8 seminars, a total of 24 days in presence at St. Gallen Business School. You can choose between locations in Switzerland or Germany.
Certification module
The course is completed as part of a 4-day certification module in St. Gallen. No exams, but active contribution of knowledge and your experience.
Graduation
After successfully completing the St. Gallen Supervisory & Board of Directors School, you will receive a certificate from St. Gallen Business School. This proves that you have acquired a top-class qualification for the profession of a member of the Board of Directors.
Topics
The management tasks of an administrative or supervisory board at a glance
- What drives a company in the desired direction and what drives it in an undesired direction?
- Monitoring the future development of the company
- Questioning the management's concepts, strategies, budgets and plans
- Understanding and scrutinizing the financial development
- Understanding the factors influencing the successful survival of the company
- Understanding the opportunities and investment projects presented by management
- Understanding the potential risks and dangers of disruption and decline of the company
- Understanding the consequences of management's strategic decisions on the financial impact and on the development of the company's value or share price
- Knowing the drivers of value creation and value destruction
- Considerations when filling top management positions
- The great importance of the right corporate structure: Which structures promote growth, motivation, leadership and ultimately financial success?
- Which structures have the opposite effect?
- Beware of false incentive models!
- Commitment to the interests of the owners
- Specification of guidelines, values, corporate culture and management guidelines
- Approval of mission statement and corporate policy
- Other topics brought up by participants
The program does not cover the legal topics of supervisory board, board of directors or advisory board functions, as these depend on the respective legal systems and legal interpretations of the individual countries. This program focuses exclusively on management topics.
This program qualifies you from a management perspective for a responsible position on the supervisory board, board of directors or advisory board of a renowned company or organization.
Seminars*
Total of 30 seminar days, self-learning using St. Gallen tools.
- Holistic Management
Details : www.sgbs.com/e84 - Digital Innovation
Details : www.sgbs.com/eav14 - Strategic Management
Details : www.sgbs.com/e31 - Business Development
Details : www.sgbs.com/e57 - Executive Leadership
Details : www.sgbs.com/e87 - Finance management
Details : www.sgbs.com/e51 - Startup- & New Business Management.
Details : www.sgbs.com/e97 - High-performance organization and change
Details : www.sgbs.com/e32
*This seminar selection can be changed depending on the situation at the start event.
Certificate degree
After successfully completing the St. Gallen Supervisory & Board of Directors program, graduates receive a certificate from St. Gallen Business School. This proves that you have acquired a high-caliber qualification for the function of a member of the Supervisory Board or Board of Directors.
Private Coaching
Additional option:
- Individual board coaching
In addition to the services described in this program, you have the option of booking a personal 'Private Coaching' session separately.
Some topics are too personal to be discussed in a seminar. Others are simply too important or do not meet your personal expectations by attending the seminars alone.
Private coaching is intended for both cases:
- individually just you and an experienced coach from St. Gallen Business School
- in private at our study center in St. Gallen.
The private coaching appointments are arranged individually. We would be happy to create an individual, customized offer for you.
For details and registration for additional private coaching: coaching@sgbs.com
General Information
Registration, administration, admission
Office
St. Gallen Business School
St. Gallen Practical Studies
Rosenbergstrasse 36
CH-9000 St. Gallen
Phone: +41 71 225 40 80
Internet: www.sgbs.com/practicalstudies
E-Mail: practicalstudies@sgbs.com
Study advice, Registration
Our study directors are available to provide you with detailed information and answer questions about admission to the individual degree programs by phone or in person. Registration takes place online at www.sgbs.com/practicalstudies .
Approval procedure
Before you submit your written application, you are welcome to speak to one of our directors of studies by phone to clarify whether the requirements for admission are met. To register, use the registration card in the brochure or register online at www.sgbs.ch. You will then receive an application form, which you must fill out and submit to the director of studies in our office. After you submit your application, you will be informed in writing of the decision on definitive admission and the next steps within a few days.
Study plan and start of studies
The start of the course is the day of written confirmation of definitive admission. After that, the individual study plan is drawn up. We will provide you with working documents and electronic tools, which you fill out and return to us. In a subsequent telephone conversation, we will then clarify which special skills and learning in-depths you want to acquire or achieve with the ‘St. Gallen Practical Study for Managers’. From this, we will develop the individual study plan with you, including all the activities, studies and seminar modules, project work, colloquium, as well as the dates and locations. The individual scheduling situation will be taken into account - as far as the study regulations allow.
Tuition fee
The tuition fee (plus statutory VAT) includes the costs for the study modules in St. Gallen, seminar attendance, colloquiums, electronic seminar documents, assessment of project work and ongoing support. Not included are all hotel services (accommodation, meals, daily rates for hotels or seminar centers) that are incurred as part of the seminar and colloquium attendance. These are to be paid directly by the participants at the respective event location. The tuition fee can be paid in 2 or 3 installments.
All tuition fees can be charged and paid in euros at the current daily rate upon request.
Hotels, Seminar Centers
Some of the seminars and colloquia take place directly on site at the St. Gallen Business School or in hotels carefully selected by us. Participants benefit from seminar package. Hotel reservations are made by the participants themselves. You will receive detailed hotel information with the registration confirmation. The hotels invoice participants individually. The daily flat rate for the conference centers in St. Gallen, London and Boston is invoiced to participants in advance by the St. Gallen Business School and forwarded to the conference center.
Rebookings of Seminar-Modules
Rebookings of individual seminars, colloquia and study modules are possible up to 3 times in total, each up to 4 weeks before the corresponding date, without a rebooking fee. From the 4th rebooking, a rebooking fee of CHF 400.- per rebooking is due. The Certified Experts degree should normally be completed within 9 - 12 months; in justified exceptional cases, the study period can be extended by a maximum of 6 months. Services not completed and claimed by then expire without compensation. At the St. Gallen Management Schools, a study period of 9 - 18 months should normally be aimed for; in justified exceptional cases, the study period can be extended by a maximum of 9 months. Services not completed and claimed by then expire without compensation.
Withdrawal, cancellation, annulment of the Study Program
Cancellation of a registration is possible free of charge up to 2 months before the start of the Study Program. If you withdraw between 2 months before the start of the course and 2 months after the start of the course, you must pay the first instalment (33% of the tuition fee). If you withdraw between 2 months and 5 months after the start of the course, you must also pay the second instalment (33% of the tuition fee). If you withdraw more than5 months after the start of the course, you must pay the full tuition fee. The start of the program begins either with the development of the individual study plan (in the Certified Expert line) or with the 4-day start seminar in St. Gallen on the topic of the holistic St. Gallen management approach ( St. Gallen Schools, St. Gallen Certificate Programs).
Awarding of the Certified Expert St. Gallen or final certificate
The awards ceremony takes place as part of a final module in St. Gallen.
Cancellation insurance
We recommend that you take out cancellation insurance with your insurance company to cover cancellation costs due to illness and other events.
Internet – Download
You have the option of viewing our entire seminar and study program or downloading it to your computer at www.sgbs.com/downloads .
Upgrade to academic studies
At www.sgbs.com/upgrade you will find a description of the upgrade from the St. Gallen practical course to the academic course. As a graduate of the SGBS Certified Executive Management Expert, you can, under certain conditions, apply for an accredited Executive MBA in General Management course, which can be completed in a further 1 to 2 semesters while working. We would be happy to inform you about the separate admission and study requirements for these academic programs EMBA Executive MBA.
