Board of Directors Seminar

Learn To Make Better Decisions In This New Competitive World

 "Lucian has taught numerous utility finance courses for our EEI Executive Leadership Program and always received top ratings. The vice presidents learn a slippery subject in a power-paced course, and have fun doing it."
Cookie Palladini, Director
HR Planning & Development
Edison Electric Institute
Washington, D.C.

Course Objective:

The primary objective of this course is to teach a customized finance and accounting course to boards of directors. A second objective of this course is to teach board members about their industry and what they can do to deal with financial opportunities and threats. Participants will learn how to better understand their company's financial statements and annual reports, as well as how they can impact them. Participants will understand their duties and responsibilities related to budgeting, the financial markets, Capital vs. Operations & Maintenance, Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, and other subjects. Participants will understand Wall Street's view of their industry and company.

Some Key Deliverables:

• Understand how Wall Street views your company and industry.
• Learn to make decisions that will improve the four basic financial goals of your company under competition: efficiency, profitability, liquidity, solvency.
• Learn how to read your company's annual report and compare it to another company's.
• Learn six actions every employee can take to help the "Bottom Line".
• Learn what methods the top companies are adopting to evaluate departments and divisions and how to become "best in class" under these methods.
• Learn how to implement Sarbanes-Oxley internal control structures.
• Learn the key duties and responsibilities of financial stewardship.