DCRO Institute Leadership Circles

Global Networking and Learning Opportunities

DCRO Institute Leadership Circles feature live online and in-person peer gatherings of board members designed to address the most important issues facing boards. Leadership Circles include positive case study presentations of how strategic risk governance is done well and small group discussions of immediate challenges faced by directors or executives or topics of timely interest. There is no cost to join.

Qualifications for Membership

positive Case Study sessions

Fellow board members or expert executives lead Chatham House Rule examinations of a critical element of successful strategic risk governance. Leaders bring what they know to have worked well to 55-minute live events - popular venues to receive guidance on topical or transformative ideas. Attendees typically come from more than a dozen countries and across diverse industries.

Emerging Risk Briefings

Time-sensitive discussions of geopolitics, emerging risks, technologies, regulations, and more are assembled on short notice and led by experts in the area of concern.

Discussion Salons

Board members pose a specific question, and a small group discusses their ideas and approaches to tackle the challenge. Any member of the DCRO Leadership Circles can pose a question they'd like to have addressed.

examples of past leadership circle Events

Reinventing One of the World’s Most Successful Products
Self-Reporting and Self-Disclosure: A Case Study of How ABB Handled the Forced Choice No Board Member Wants to Encounter
Ethical Risks in Governance
Best Practices in CEO Succession Planning
Getting Past an Entrenched Board
Strategic Technologies and Your Ability to Compete Today and in the Future

Incorporating Gray Rhinos into Scenario Analysis
How Lockheed Martin Integrates the Governance of Enterprise Risk Management, Sustainability, and Internal Audit
What Makes a Director Credible?
Strategic Planning for the Metaverse
The Role of the Strategic Board and How to Build One
Boards and Technology: Moving Your Organization to a Zero Trust Architecture

Transitioning Technology Leadership to Board Leadership
Blockchain for Board Members
Cyber Risks and Rapidly Emerging Technologies
Responding to a Cyber Attack – What to Do Before and Immediately After
A Case Study of Two Board Members Who Advanced to Better Board Positions Through More Effective Storytelling About Their Board Value
Ukraine, the likely impact of sanctions, and what’s next