Key details
Mode of delivery: Online Course
Course code: CG15CO
Duration: 5 days
Fee: £3,748.00 + VAT
CPD Hours: 30
Course Overview
This course provides a deep dive into the human and relational dimensions of effective board leadership, emphasizing how governance quality is shaped not only by structure, but by behaviour, judgment, and group dynamics. Participants will explore the legal and behavioural expectations of directors, the importance of clearly defined roles, and how to manage the complex relationships between the board, executives, and key governance actors. The programme examines the psychological foundations of board effectiveness, including how to foster trust, enable challenge, and avoid groupthink—especially in hybrid or high-pressure settings. It also addresses performance evaluation, aligning incentives with accountability, and navigating succession planning in times of uncertainty. Finally, the course builds capabilities in strategic foresight and adaptive leadership, equipping board members to anticipate systemic risks and lead resiliently through disruption and change.
Agenda
Day – 1 Board Roles and Relationships
- Legal duties and behavioural expectations of directors
- Functional collaboration: Chair, CEO, Company Secretary, NEDs
- Board–Executive interface and managing healthy tension
Day – 2 Behavioural Governance and Group Effectiveness
- Boardroom psychology: trust, groupthink, and challenge
- Chairing for psychological safety and constructive dissent
- Board dynamics in hybrid and high-stakes environments
Day – 3 Performance, Reward, and Succession
- Evaluating board and director performance
- Linking accountability to incentives and outcomes
- Board renewal and succession planning under pressure
Day – 4 Foresight and Resilient Leadership
- Strategic foresight: how boards anticipate systemic change
- Scenario thinking and governance for long-term resilience
- Resilient and adaptive leadership in times of systemic change
Day – 5 Course Review
- Summary and recap of key learning objectives
- Action Planning
Post-Course
Three (3) x hour-long Executive Coaching sessions at monthly intervals following Course Completion
Target Audience
This course is suitable for:
- Non-Executive Directors wanting to understand their role;
- Other Board members wishing to refresh their knowledge and skills;
- Chairs of organizations, Chief Executives, Company Secretaries, Other Heads of organizations;
- Professionals, practitioners, and managers in corporate investment, as well as Leaders in state owned enterprises, public, voluntary, and non-profit organizations;
- Those needing to get to grips with good governance such as Inhouse counsel and Regulatory and Compliance professionals.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Explain the wants and needs of institutional investors and how they may behave.
- Put into practice the duties of directors.
- Address the “stakeholder agenda”.
- Apply the FRC’s guidance on risk management and board effectiveness
- Explain how corporate governance can operate in different types of companies, including those owned by the state.
- Appreciate the emerging trends in corporate governance, such as ESG issues and Climate Change.
- Implement an Action Plan at your workplace using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course.
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