Board Readiness
In today’s complex and volatile business and legislative landscape there is an increasing scrutiny on the role and performance of the board. This course equips Executive and Non-Executive Directors with the modern strategy skills needed to lead organisations and effectively challenge executive decision-making.
Who is this for?
- Executive Directors
- Non-Executive Directors
- Board Chairs
- Board and committee members
- Audit committees
- Clerks and administrative assistants
What will you learn...
Introduction to Corporate Governance
- Development of corporate governance in the UK from its origins to present day
- Best tools to use to examine your own organisation's governance arrangements
- Organisational frameworks
Audit committee
- How to be an effective Audit Committee
- Roles and responsibilities of Committee members
- Internal focus on risk management and internal control
- External focus on the corporate reporting cycle and relationships with the external auditors
- The annual Audit Committee Report – the constituents of a good report
Chairing the board & committees
- Chairing the board & committees
- Preparation for the meeting with planning and agendas
- Considering the content to cover
- Being efficient and valuable – time keeping vs. the right outputs
- Determining the flow of meetings
- Board on making decisions and achieving results Allocation of functions, design and risk
Board readiness for new and aspiring directors
- Directors' roles, legal obligations and responsibilities
- Roles of the board and its committees and relationships between them
- Behaviours and processes that make an effective, well functioning Board
- How to influence at board level
The high performing board directors
- Importance of corporate reputation
- Strategic and ethical behaviour, and understand personal impact in the board
- How to navigate potential boardroom politics
- Understanding your own strengths and development needs
Strategy for board directors
- PEST (EL) analysis
- SWOT
- Mission statements
- The value creation group
- Handy’s five steps to effective change management
- Deal and Kennedy’s cultural analysis
- Lewin’s force analysis
ESG Risks – the threats and opportunities
- Sustainability international standards and frameworks
- ESG agenda and what it means for boards
- ESG threats and opportunities
- More risk allocation to Contractor
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Course ID: LM01
Duration: 5 days
Course fee: £3,900.00
Meet your Tutor
Patrick opio
MSc MSc DIC MAPM
Project Managment Proffessional and trainer with nearly 20 years UK and overseas experience in planning and project controls.