Community Bank Directors Workshop Series II

The Demands on Your Board Are Growing.
ABA's Directors Workshop Training Series Is Growing Too!

ABA's second series of training tools helps community bank board members understand and handle their changing responsibilities. Designed to average 30-45 minutes, these flexible training units can easily be incorporated into your board meetings. Each 24-page workbook tackles a timely and important subject, and includes interactive exercises, discussion points, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading. This is a resource that your directors can incorporate into their board books, and refer to again and again.

Each unit contains:
10 copies of the workbook
A leader's guide (a quick reference sheet)
A CD-ROM (with PowerPoint presentation)

Unit Six: The Role of the Compensation Committee
Employees are community banks' greatest assets, and the job of the compensation committee is to ensure that they are being provided with pay and benefits that help the bank stay competitive and meets its goals. This unit delves deeply into developing a compensation philosophy, compensation committee composition, and best practices from a number of expert sources. Also discussed are differences for mutual institutions and regulatory considerations in light of recent corporate scandals.

Unit Seven: Evaluating Board Performance
Board evaluations are the best way to measure and improve the effectiveness of the board of directors—and they are quickly become a best practice. Regular evaluations also ensure that directors are informed of their duties. This unit provides performance goals, guidelines for conducting evaluations, and reviews executive evaluation practices.

Unit Eight: Understanding Asset/Liability Management
Asset/liability management is the art of structuring a bank's balance sheet to take advantage of the current economic environment, and anticipated changes in the economy and interest rate. This unit explores the complicated process, making it more approachable for directors. Topics discussed include goals of ALM, structuring the balance sheet, liquidity management, interest rate risk management, and the board's role in monitoring risk.

Unit Nine: The Role of the Governance Committee
The Governance Committee is charged with some of the most important tasks facing a board of directors. This unit provides a comprehensive overview of the roles and responsibilities of today's governance committees and keeps directors informed about the processes, policies, and regulations having the greatest impact on community banks.

Unit Ten: Understanding Bank Examinations
Bank examinations have become an essential tool for evaluating an institution's compliance with banking laws and regulations. This unit explores in detail the full examination process and factors being assessed by examiners, to help your directors understand their roles before, during, and after examinations.

Unit Eleven: The Board's Role in Management Succession Planning
Succession planning is an integral process of organizational management that ensures leadership continuity. This unit discusses the changes and complexities that an organization must address, along with effective strategies to successfully move the bank forward.

Unit Twelve: Enterprise Risk Management
Enhance your board's risk assessment capability with a strategic framework for success.This unit discusses the importance of risk management by examining its inherent cross-enterprise characteristics.

Two Ways to Order
1. Full seven-unit set (Five sets of 10 workbooks)

2. Individual units (includes 10 copies of the workbook) Note: You can also purchase extra five packs of the workbooks.

Complete Series II Workshop 7-Unit Set
Catalog #3004354
$925  List Price
$600  Member Discount
 

Extra 5 packs of Complete Series II
Catalog #3004789
$200  List Price
$150  Member Discount
 

Workshop, Unit 6 (Individual Copy)
Catalog #3004351
$250  List Price
$150  Member Discount
 

Workshop, Unit 6 (Extra 5 pack)
Catalog #3004783
$85  List Price
$65  Member Discount
 

Workshop, Unit 7 (Individual Copy)
Catalog #3004352
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$150  Member Discount
 

Workshop, Unit 7 (Extra 5 pack)
Catalog #3004784
$85  List Price
$65  Member Discount
 

Workshop, Unit 8 (Individual Copy)
Catalog #3004353
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$150  Member Discount
 

Workshop, Unit 8 (Extra 5 pack)
Catalog #3004785
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$65  Member Discount
 

Workshop, Unit 9 (Individual Copy)
Catalog #3004776
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Workshop, Unit 9 (Extra 5 pack)
Catalog #3004786
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Workshop, Unit 10 (Individual Copy)
Catalog #3004777
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Workshop, Unit 10 (Extra 5 pack)
Catalog #3004787
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Workshop, Unit 11 (Individual Copy)
Catalog #3005059
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Workshop, Unit 11 (Extra 5 pack)
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Workshop, Unit 12 (Individual Copy)
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Workshop, Unit 12 (Extra 5 pack)
Catalog #3005845
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Complete Series I & II Combo
Catalog #3004830
$1,550  List Price
$   950  Member Discount
 

Extra 5 packs of Complete Series Combo
Catalog #3004832
$250 List Price
$300 Member Discount