| There are many different venues for corporate | | | | What to look for in corporate governance training |
| governance training, ranging from conferences | | | | You should always get a syllabus when planning to |
| that offer CEU courses to universities that offer | | | | invest in any kind of training. Go through the |
| degrees related to it. When looking for good | | | | syllabus and ensure that it meets all your |
| corporate governance training, you should keep | | | | objectives; if it misses something crucial, you're |
| several things in mind. | | | | out of luck after you've paid for the classes. Look |
| First, you should ensure you know what your | | | | through their class listings beyond the class you're |
| goals are. Unlike a liberal arts degree, there's really | | | | interested in; you might find trends you were not |
| no reason to take classes you're not going to use | | | | aware of taught in other classes. |
| in the course of your business. If you need to | | | | Avoid taking the class in management du jour - |
| learn about Sarbanes-Oxley, you should focus on | | | | instead, take the classes that offer good, solid |
| training there. If your company is getting ready to | | | | foundations in corporate governance. Focus on |
| open a new division in Europe, then you need | | | | classes that address specific issues directly. |
| corporate governance training on the specific | | | | Your classes should include such things as |
| issues you're going to run into there. | | | | information on audit trends, new governmental |
| Don't just look at training outside your company. | | | | regulations you need to be aware of in every |
| It may actually be cheaper and more efficient if | | | | country you have a presence, and software |
| you hire a consultant to come in and help train | | | | training. One particularly important training |
| your executives one on one. This is especially true | | | | segment today is information risk management. |
| if you are focusing on a particular project, such as | | | | For example, how can you properly safeguard |
| bringing your systems in line with the | | | | your customer's information? How can you |
| Sarbanes-Oxley act. | | | | safeguard the information in your own company? |
| If you do choose to go outside for training, look | | | | And how can you best prevent malicious |
| carefully at the vendors that are available. Do you | | | | software from getting on your corporation's vital |
| need the intensive training in a multiple-day | | | | computer systems? |
| workshop, or do you just need the basics that | | | | Maintain your skills after you've acquired them. |
| can be provided in a short training session? Do | | | | We live in an ever-changing world, and the skills |
| you have multiple needs that can best be | | | | you learn today for corporate governance are |
| addressed at a conference? There are also very | | | | likely to change by tomorrow. By staying on top |
| good resources available in the form of online | | | | of the skills you're going to need tomorrow, you'll |
| training and computer-based training. | | | | ensure your company is always prepared. |