Course Outline
How corporate boards got this way (and why it matters).
- Called to order - Why are you here?
- How the corporate board model took over the world (and why it so often fails).
- The changing mandates and structures of board committees
- Your boardroom liability dangers
The Structure and Workings of the Board
- Why boards are not designed to do the job we demand of them.
- The elements of an effective board and governance structure.
- Your director duties
- Committee structures
Get ready for your first board (and first meeting)!
- How a new director should prepare.
- Pre-meeting prep best practices.
- What most directors miss at their first board meeting.
- Finding your boardroom mentor.
What the board doesn’t know
- How little boards really know about what can go wrong in the company.
- Board intelligence-gathering tools.
- Boards and the corporate whistleblower system.
- What lessons can we learn from corporate scandals?
- Case study – What the board didn’t know at Steinhoff.
Testimonials (8)
I genuinely enjoyed the real examples of the trainer.
Joana Gomes
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Risk optimization is more clear than the other subjects
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Examples from "life" are provided and I was very interested in the topic of personality types
Tomek - Amer Sports Poland
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Marco van den Berg - ZiuZ Medical B.V.
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every thing
Elhadi - Sudan Ports
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Trainer, Richard was very good.
Lisa
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The trainer was very knowledgeable and well prepared. I think we was very well capable to prepare a training that was suitable for our needs.