Governance Education Information Session
Try a Governance Education Information Session and experience the Program before the next Cohort starts – with no strings attached! Join Debra Brown and David Brown for an obligation-free chat and get the answers you need.
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August 17th – Wednesday – 5pm
August 22nd – Monday – 1pm
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Module 1: Governance & Strategy
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Understand and fulfil the rights, roles and responsibilities of Board, Committees, the CEO and Executive
- Establish a clear sense of purpose, direction and priorities
- Effectively oversee, monitor, and ensure the accomplishment of strategic objectives
- Fulfill the board’s fiduciary duties

Module 2: Governance & Risk
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Fulfil the role of the board in risk governance
- Build the bridge between strategy and risk
- Oversee management and control of resources
- Set risk appetites and tolerances and measure the organization’s performance
- Understand the role of the board in ESG

Module 3: Governance & People
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Lead through difficult decisions and change
- Ensure board and management function effectively together and make decisions wisely
- Ensure accountability of the Board, Chair, Committees, CEO including succession, selection delegation, evaluation, and compensation
- Understand the impacts of leadership on the results of the organization
- Oversee human resource policy and development

Module 4: Governance & Board Effectiveness
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Ensure board effectiveness before, during and after the meeting
- Use in-camera and executive sessions appropriately and in a value-added way
- Build the optimal board and encourage the best mix of board members including board renewal and profiling
- Plan for board evaluations that enhance governance effectiveness
- Build board and deep board orientation and onboarding programs

Module 5: Governance & Resources
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Gain confidence that the budget aligns and resources the aspirations of the organization
- Receive accurate, complete and timely financial information at the board level
- Effectively oversee procurement, programs and projects of the organization
- Evaluate and oversee the financial system
- Provide value-added oversight of all corporate resources

Module 6: Governance Culture & Behaviour
In this module, you’ll learn how to:
- Forge healthy boardroom behaviour
- Frame and ask great board-level questions
- Understand the implications and issues of director liability
- Improving director engagement, performance, and boardroom behaviour through integrity
- Recognize the character, courage, competence and calling of board members
Final Examination
At the end of your 19-week guided cohort, you’ll complete a final exam covering material from all six modules. Once you’ve successfully completed the exam, you will be fully certified to use your Professional Director® designation: Pro.Dir.

About This Program
Designed to give you the competence and confidence you need to be more effective in your boardroom, The Professional Director Education & Certification Program® is available in three formats: self-paced, week-long intensives or guided cohort.