Strategy Governance for Board:
The Role of Directors and the Boards

Introduction

This training course is intended for Board Directors and Senior Managers who wish to grapple with good governance and strategic leadership. This training course is designed to provide delegates with a comprehensive overview of the roles, duties and responsibilities of Directors and Boards.

Sound governance is more than a ‘nice to have’, it delivers better results and outcomes as well as ensuring that regulatory demands are met. Good governance dictates the rules by which management and employees carry out the organization’s activities. It requires risks to be assessed, procedures to be complied with and an impartial audit function to ensure compliance and deliver improvements.

This training course highlights the importance of good governance practices for Boards and their relationship with risk management, compliance, and audit. 

Upholding the pillars of good governance requires sound policies and procedures combined with a supporting leadership culture cascaded throughout the organization. 

This GLOMACS training course will highlight:

• What is Corporate Governance
• Principles of Good Corporate Governance
• Understanding Directorship and Board Membership
• The Board’s role and responsibilities
• Fiduciary Duties, Oversight and Governance
• Strategy, Decision Making and Risk Management
• Enterprise Risk Management embedded in Governance
• Cooperation between risk, compliance, and internal audit

Objectives

At the end of this training course, you will be able to: 

• Demonstrate how the pillars of good governance are achieved
• Understand the role of the Director and the Board in-depth
• Carry out your fiduciary responsibilities with confidence
• Recognise the functions and roles held by the Board
• Show how strategy and delivery of key objectives are fundamental to sound governance
• Apply decision-making and risk-management strategies
• Understand the elements of Enterprise Risk Management
• Appreciate the importance of links between risk management, compliance, and internal audit

Training Methodology

A highly interactive master 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 coupled with practical workshops, relevant case studies wherever applicable.

Organisational Impact

This training course is of direct relevance to Private Sector, Public Sector, Government and Non-Governmental entities and authorities which can achieve improvements in their operations through: 

• Stronger corporate governance
• Having a strong, integrated Board
• Building an informed, capable cadre of Directors
• Recognition of the value of Non-Executive Directors
• Understanding how strategy and sustainable objectives form part of corporate governance
• Increasing strategic and decision-making caliber among Executives
• More robust risk management practices
• Audit and compliance functions working in tandem for organisational improvement
• Better relationships with key stakeholders

Personal Impact

This training course will benefit participants by gaining knowledge that will enable them to:

• Have a greater understanding of the pillars of corporate governance
• Realize the value of strong corporate governance in meeting regulations and delivering benefits
• Have greater clarity of the board’s roles and responsibilities, and its committees
• Understand how strategy forms a key part of governance
• Become a fully informed board member 
• Network and share experiences with other accomplished Directors and Executives
• Acquire deeper knowledge of enterprise risk management
• Recognize the value for linking risk management, compliance, and internal audit