Executive Certificate
Dirigeant PME : innovation, impact & croissance
- Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
- Nov 30 2026
- 12 days
- French
- 15400 €*
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Executive Certificate
Gouvernance des entreprises familiales Gouvernance des entreprises familiales
In times of crisis, family businesses demonstrate greater resilience than other organizations and achieve better results. A strong entrepreneurial dynamism combined with cautious wealth management contributes to their success. They face specific challenges, particularly in terms of governance and management, which are built on a foundation of shared values across all generations. Millennials are now at the heart of this issue. Our goal is to equip participants with the best tools by allowing them to gain perspective on these crucial challenges. Moreover, in the next 10 years, half of family businesses will be in a transition phase; a significant portion of the business leaders involved have not yet formalized their succession plan. Shared family governance is essential to facilitate the handover between different generations of the owning family and the management team.
Place(s):
Paris – Jouy-en-Josas Campus
Duration:
12 days
Format:
In-class
Next start(s):
Jun 24 2026
Language(s):
French
Cost:
17 900 €*
Objectives
- Design a shared vision for the functioning and organization of family governance.
- Strengthen or prepare your mandate as a director by mastering the different skills required for each committee.
- Understand and decode the particularities, in terms of psychology and dynamics, of family businesses.
- Identify, understand, and know how to activate the necessary levers for the successful transition of family businesses.
- Develop an action plan to define and enhance your family governance (Family, Shareholders, Business).
Program
- Role and dynamics of the board of directors or supervisory board
- Board and committee composition, role of the family council
- Legal responsibilities of directors
- Family values and temporality: NowGen and NextGen, a quest for meaning?
- Innovation, business models, and resilience of family businesses
- Implementation, international acquisitions, and development
- The role of the strategic committee
- CSR: What vision for the company, board, and family?
- Adapt your governance before, during, and after the succession.
- Identify trusted partners to achieve this.
- Effectively structure your financial and tax arrangements.
- Unite and bring together the NowGen and NextGen around a family foundation.
- The case of the audit and risk committee
- Preparing for and experiencing a board meeting
- Embodying different types of mandates (president, family, independents, employees)
- Detaching emotions from the decision-making process
Profile
Who is this program for? Is it right for you?
Participant Profile
Shareholders, family council members, current or future directors of a family business involving the new generation; Non-family CEOs and future executives of a family business; Current or future independent directors of a family business who are not family members.
Prerequisites and Admission Criteria
Our certificate is designed for all executives, leaders, and functional or operational managers with at least 5 years of professional experience.
Participant Satisfaction and Success Rate
4,7 / 5*
*Average satisfaction rating given by participants (on a scale from 1 to 5) over the past year.
100% success rate, recorded during the same period.
100% success rate, recorded during the same period.
Faculty
Philippe PELE-CLAMOUR
Affiliate Professor, HEC Paris
Explore with us the complex links between family, business, and shareholders. Discover how values shape identity, purpose guides decisions, NextGens drive change, and succession ensures longevity. This odyssey will transform your vision of family governance !
Learning methods AND EVALUATIONS
- Case study of family businesses, simulations, and role-playing
- 60% case studies and practical scenarios / 40% theory
- Simulation and pre-readings
- Best practices of family businesses
- Tutored project "Governance Project": describe a family governance issue, write the problem statement, and present it before a jury.
Evaluations: Participants will be evaluated based on a 2.5-day simulated board meeting and their Governance Project
Admission
Would you like to submit your application?
We invite you to:
1. Contact our training consultant, who will guide you through the admission process.
2. Then, complete your application on our platform by clicking the button below:
This program is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Please contact us to discuss any additional needs or to obtain the Public Accessibility Register.
Tuition Fees and Funding
The program fee includes tuition and meal costs during training hours (lunch and breaks).
Not included: dinners (except in specific cases), transportation costs, and accommodation costs (except in specific cases).
Funding options: Depending on your profile and the program you choose, several funding options may be available to you. Visit our funding section for more information.
Program Eligibility:
RNCP*: The program is eligible for the skill block RNCP 39423BC05 – "Élaborer une stratégie de développement d’un projet innovant ou entrepreneurial", linked to the RNCP title 39423 – "Diplôme en "innovation et entrepreneuriat"".
Date of registration with the RNCP: 07/22/2024
Certifying body: Higher Education Institution HEC Paris)
*National Directory of Professional Certifications (RNCP)
Program eligible for Validation of Acquired Experience (VAE)
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