Course Details
Course Outline
5 days course
The Role of the Company Director and the Board
- Director duties as defined in the Companies Act
- Corporate and ethical governance
- Risk management in the current climate
- Offering both challenge and support in the boardroom and managing stakeholders
- Considering on-going legislative changes
Finance for Non-Finance Directors
- The key financial reports and metrics of a business, including cashflow, balance sheet, and profit & loss / income statements
- How to interpret the financial information from a non-financial perspective
- Understanding accounting principles and standards
- Methods that can be used by finance directors to create financial information that is non-financial friendly, including financial ratios
- Understanding the relationships between a company’s financial stakeholders and its directors / business owners
- Recognising the signs of a failing company
- How to rely on and gain the most from the finance function
Advanced Leadership for Directors
- Self-awareness in leadership and 21st Century leadership practice
- Developing an inquisitive mind-set and leading organisational change and knowledge
- Managing performance and measuring progress
- Influencing a positive culture in the workplace through effective, responsible, and sustainable leadership
- Managing diverse inter-dependent teams
- Developing soft skills for performance (coaching and mentoring) and developing effective teams and resilience in the workforce
Advanced Strategic Planning for Directors
- Understanding differences between strategic and operational thinking
- Strategic business planning concepts
- Designing and managing a process for successful organisational change
- Defining the business environment and influential factors
- Reviewing a range of strategic leadership and management theories to inform best practice
Strategic Marketing and Communications for leaders
- Deriving value and market share from research and insights
- Developing a brand and ‘the universal truth’
- The purchasing decision making process
- Public affairs and stakeholder communications
- Digital and social marketing
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