Building High Performance Board

Introduction

This Building High Performance Board training course provides participants with the professional knowledge, tools and frameworks to boost Board’s performance.

Recognizing that the Board of Directors plays a critical role in the organization’s success, the goal of this program is to examine all issues impacting the Board performance and the effectiveness of its strategic operations.

This training course will discuss in details all aspects related to the functional roles as well as the duties and responsibilities of the different Board players and will also emphasize the importance of the boardroom dynamics and the vital impact of the Board and company leadership in setting a positive culture.    

This training course will also address the importance of having a regular evaluation for the Board performance with an aim to detect areas for improvements and implement changes necessary to become more effective.

This GLOMACS Building High Performance Board training course will highlight:

• Roles, Duties and Responsibilities of a Board
• Board Composition & Structure
• Board Instruments and Tools
• Board Meetings
• Board Governance Framework
• The Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) perspective
• The Board Effectiveness Framework
• Board Evaluation

Objectives

At the end of this Building High Performance Board training course, you will be able to:

• Understand the Roles, Responsibilities and Duties of a Board
• Discuss Board Formal Offices, Composition and Structure
• Learn about Board Instruments, Tools and Procedures
• Discuss how to run effective Board Meetings
• Study the Board Governance Framework
• Understand The GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) Perspective
• Identify the Board Effectiveness Challenges
• Know about Board Evaluation Practices

Training Methodology

A highly interactive class, where all delegates will be encouraged to engage and participate, share and gain from each other’s knowledge and experience.

The classroom lectures will rely on a bullet based slide presentation enriched by group discussions around case studies and checklists wherever applicable.

Organisational Impact

This Building High Performance Board training course is of direct relevance to all types of Organizations - Public, Private, Family Owned and Non-Profit Enterprises - and will help in achieving tangible improvements through:

• Clarity on Roles and Responsibilities among the Leadership and with Stakeholders
• Efficient Productive Board Meetings
• Effective Decision Making
• Efficient Structure of Board Governance
• A Board focused on Governing rather than Managing
• Conducting Periodical Board Evaluation & taking results into actions

Personal Impact

This Building High Performance Board training course will benefit participants by gaining knowledge that will enable them to have a better understanding on:

• Their Duties, Roles and Responsibilities
• How to Play their Directional Role
• How to play their Oversight role
• How to play their Advisory Role
• Best Practices of Board operating procedures
• Running and participating in efficient Board Meetings
• Handling Boardroom Dynamics