Essential Financial Skills for Board Members

This course provides an understanding of the concepts and the tools required to align culture and strategy for long-term success. It explores the board’s role in setting and monitoring culture, the difference between purpose and vision, what a good set of core values looks like, and how to ensure the effective implementation of strategy for strategic advantage.

This course provides an understanding of the concepts and the tools required to align culture and strategy for long-term success. It explores the board’s role in setting and monitoring culture, the difference between purpose and vision, what a good set of core values looks like, and how to ensure the effective implementation of strategy for strategic advantage.

This course is designed for existing and aspiring board directors who are not from a finance background and need to build the essential knowledge in the field to be effective and drive company’s performance. It will provide a solid foundation in finance and accounting from a board-level perspective and will focus on the methods of raising finance, reporting financial information, considering investments, valuations and acquisitions as well as the best practices of working with both internal and external auditors. Throughout this course, participants will also examine some of the key challenges and learn how to overcome them.

Aimed at people who are thinking about becoming a non-executive director, this half day workshop looks at the duties and liabilities of being a non-executive director, effective boardroom behaviour and how to go about getting that all important first role with advice on how to present your CV and tips on interview techniques. The workshop is designed to be interactive and finishes with an opportunity to hear from a very experienced non-executive director about their personal experiences.

Aimed at people who are thinking about becoming a non-executive director, this half day workshop looks at the duties and liabilities of being a non-executive director, effective boardroom behaviour and how to go about getting that all important first role with advice on how to present your CV and tips on interview techniques. The workshop is designed to be interactive and finishes with an opportunity to hear from a very experienced non-executive director about their personal experiences.

The Effective Non-Executive Director Programme is an intensive two-day course designed for existing non-executive directors who wish to further develop their skills or for people who have just taken on their first non-executive position and are keen to prepare themselves for a non-executive career. It is a very interactive course with recognised speakers and thought leaders who will help you with improving board effectiveness and increasing your contribution to the board.

The Effective Non-Executive Director Programme is an intensive two-day course designed for existing non-executive directors who wish to further develop their skills or for people who have just taken on their first non-executive position and are keen to prepare themselves for a non-executive career. It is a very interactive course with recognised speakers and thought leaders who will help you with improving board effectiveness and increasing your contribution to the board.

This course looks at the role of the board and how it works. It considers the relationships between the key board members, the board and the committees, and other stakeholders, internal and external. It discusses what makes an effective board and the role that board evaluations can play in improving performance and examines how important the whole issue of succession planning is. Although the course focuses on UK listed companies, the principles are equally applicable to other legal entities on a proportionate basis.

This course looks at the role of the board and how it works. It considers the relationships between the key board members, the board and the committees, and other stakeholders, internal and external. It discusses what makes an effective board and the role that board evaluations can play in improving performance and examines how important the whole issue of succession planning is. Although the course focuses on UK listed companies, the principles are equally applicable to other legal entities on a proportionate basis.

This course looks at the role of the board member, whether an executive or a non-executive director, in a UK Listed company. It considers board structure and practice and looks at the specific duties and liabilities associated with being a director. It discusses why corporate governance is important and why it should be so much more than a simple box ticking exercise. It sets out the key tasks associated with being a board member as well as the personal attributes and skills needed to carry out the role effectively. Although the course focuses on UK listed companies, the principles are equally applicable to other legal entities on a proportionate basis.

This course looks at the role of the board member, whether an executive or a non-executive director, in a UK Listed company. It considers board structure and practice and looks at the specific duties and liabilities associated with being a director. It discusses why corporate governance is important and why it should be so much more than a simple box ticking exercise. It sets out the key tasks associated with being a board member as well as the personal attributes and skills needed to carry out the role effectively. Although the course focuses on UK listed companies, the principles are equally applicable to other legal entities on a proportionate basis.