Welcome to the Boardroom! Training Course
You might be aiming for your first seat on a board. Perhaps you have already secured a board role and need to prepare for your initial meeting. Or a company may wish to align its rising managers and diverse talents with the essential knowledge required for effective boardroom participation. This one-day program equips you with everything necessary to become capable, well-informed, and prepared for the moment you enter the boardroom.
This course is available as onsite live training in Slovakia or online live training.Course Outline
How corporate boards evolved (and why it matters).
- Called to order - Why are you here?
- How the corporate board model spread globally (and why it often fails).
- The changing mandates and structures of board committees
- Your potential boardroom liabilities
The Structure and Operations of the Board
- Why boards are not inherently designed to fulfill the roles we expect of them.
- Key components of an effective board and governance framework.
- Your duties as a director
- Committee structures
Preparing for your first board term (and first meeting)!
- How a new director should prepare.
- Best practices for pre-meeting preparation.
- What most directors overlook during their first board meeting.
- Finding a mentor within the boardroom.
What the board doesn’t know
- The extent to which boards are unaware of potential company risks.
- Tools for board intelligence gathering.
- Boards and the corporate whistleblower system.
- Lessons we can learn from corporate scandals?
- Case study – What the board didn’t know at Steinhoff.
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Attila - Lifial
Course - Compliance and the Management of Compliance Risk
Risk optimization is more clear than the other subjects
Munirah Alsahli - GOSI
Course - CGEIT – Certified in the Governance of Enterprise IT
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