The CMO Agenda: Growth, Brand & the Boardroom
Marketing loses the boardroom the moment it speaks its own language — the CMO agenda is growth, argued in the institution’s numbers.
Format
Classroom · Virtual
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The CMO holds the shortest average tenure at the top table, and the reason is rarely creativity — it is accountability. This programme works the seat as a commercial mandate. Growth, owned: where it actually comes from — portfolio, pricing, channels — customer evidence over opinion, and the CMO–CFO treaty: a set of metrics both officers sign. Brand as an asset: its value and its risk read at board altitude, reputation in the bad week, and positioning decisions treated as the investment decisions they are. And the seat itself: the tenure problem examined honestly, the marketing operating model — agencies, in-house, AI — and the one-page report a board actually reads. For marketing and growth leaders across industries who intend to hold the seat, and to widen it.
What you will do
Who attends
Sitting chief marketing and chief growth officers; commercial executives with a confirmed path to the seat; CEOs who want the marketing investment argued in their numbers.
Programme agenda
Built for the decisions no textbook prepares you for
I.Growth, owned
- Where growth actually comes from: portfolio, pricing, channels
- Customer evidence over opinion — the research the board can trust
- The CMO–CFO treaty: metrics both officers sign
II.Brand as an asset
- Brand value and brand risk, read at board altitude
- Reputation in the bad week: the brand under pressure
- Positioning decisions treated as the investment decisions they are
III.The seat itself
- The tenure problem, examined honestly — and what survivors do differently
- The marketing operating model: agencies, in-house, AI
- Reporting to the top: the one page a board actually reads
Frequently asked
Who attends The CMO Agenda?
Sitting chief marketing and chief growth officers, commercial executives with a confirmed path to the seat, and CEOs who want the marketing investment argued in their numbers. The cohort draws marketing and growth leaders from across industries.
How does the programme address the CMO tenure problem?
Directly — the programme treats the seat as a commercial mandate. It works growth owned across portfolio, pricing and channels; the CMO–CFO treaty, a set of metrics both officers sign; brand value and risk read at board altitude; and the one-page report a board actually reads. The tenure problem is examined honestly, including what survivors do differently.
Is the programme available in French or as an in-house edition?
Yes. BIZENIUS delivers the programme in English and French, and a tailored in-house edition can be built around an institution’s own growth agenda and marketing operating model. Sessions run on a rolling calendar — dates confirmed on request — with fees and quotations provided on enquiry.
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