Strategies for Effective Board Membership

This program is designed to provide board members with the skills and knowledge to develop a winning vision and business strategies that give shareholders value and create a competitive advantage. How should boards make leadership decisions and ensure these become the road maps for developing good execution tactics and measures? How should boards address evolving leadership needs in areas such as board recruitment, board effectiveness, succession planning and managing boardroom and executive conflict for organizational effectiveness? What do boards ask the management team while minimising conflict of opinions?

The changing nature of governance in the global business economy means today’s boards of directors must rethink the way they view, address and communicate strategy. The strategy has become a greater concern for boards, thanks largely to its close link to competitiveness and sustainability – both of which have become harder to achieve in today’s turbulent and hypercompetitive business environment. The strategy is also tied to another important board concern: risk management, which can be defined as anything that prohibits strategy goals from being attained. Strategy competencies have changed from a “nice to have” to a fundamental requirement for all directors, to ensure the board fulfils its expected role. Digitalisation only adds weight to this new requirement, which in earlier days was filled by a few directors, or by executives and consultants. However, the strategy is not something that can be delegated solely to executives – even when they typically play a major role in proposing, executing and evaluating strategies.

Participants on this Board Member training course will be able to:

• Deepen your understanding of the strategic challenges brought about by today’s global environment (from both internal and external perspectives).
• Review and explore how boards, in collaboration with executives, can play a role in anticipating and overcoming such challenges.
• Know what resources are required to ensure that strategies can and will be executed with discipline (and with reduced conflict).
• Engage with topical issues such as the growing impact of digital technology on strategy and organisations and on the role of the board.
• Practice formulating, implementing and evaluating strategies in a board environment.
• Develop your strategic competencies as a director

This Board Member training course is designed for executive and non-executive board members. It is also useful for senior professionals who wish to become a board of director.

This practical and results-oriented Board Member training course is based on adult learning concepts The facilitator will give plenty of input and then help participants to make sense of the themes through discussion and practice. It incorporates short inspiring demonstrations, role play and much practice to enhance learning. There will be ample time for Q&A, discussions with ‘return to work’ action planning. The course will reinforce key concepts within an inspiring and engaging learning environment.

Pre & Post course assessments will be used to measure the effectiveness of this training and measure the skill and ability of participants.