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Board Director Certificate
Completion of the Board Director Certificate Course will demonstrate competency in all four of the core Board Directorship areas. This high level and prestigious certificate will only be awarded to those directors who show a commitment to becoming expert across all four of the core certificate courses. This achievement will authorise you to use the following words or letters after your name:
Board Director Certificate or B.D. Cert.
To ensure the directors attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time, delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.
The Board Director Certificate course can be booked today in one simple easy step, by clicking any of the packages below or by calling 01494 590447. The Board Director Certificate course can be booked without specifying the individual component courses dates, as these can be arranged later by selecting those dates that would be most convenient for you at the time.
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Excellent Delegate Comments on The Board Director Certificate Course Modules
‘Excellent and Comprehensive Course. I have learnt a lot.’
Conor Wilcock – Sales Director, B2B International Limited‘A very informative two day course on all matters finance. Provided a good knowledge of Finance.’ Steven Knowles – Regional Director, Harworth Estates Limitedd
‘Very engaging. Knowledge and experience of Philip very good.’ Ashleigh Dinsmore – Sales Director, Aptar UK Limited
‘Excellent content. Logical method of instruction. Both relevant and interesting.’
James Ormrod – Chief Legal Officer, International Personal Finance Plc‘An Excellent introductory finance.’ Daniel Allen-Baines – Offshore Operations and Performance Manager, E.ON Climate
‘Excellent delivery and pace of content.’Leon Elston – Managing Director, Coppice Alupack
‘Excellent two days with fantastic depth of information. The information was interesting and relevant.’Geordie Willis – Creative Director, Berry Bros & Rudd Plc
‘Very informative and fast paced.’ Sonya Russell – Business and Development Manager, Architectural Decorators Limited
‘Very well informed instructor and good material.’ Dr James Milnes – R&D Manager, Photek Limited
‘Good content conveyed in an engaging manner – real examples brought it to life.’ Michael Augur – Regional Director, Muse Developments Limited
‘Very informative and interactive course .’
Ricky Daniels – Managing Director, Joseph Lamb‘Many thanks, I have enjoyed the course and learnt a lot. The delivery has been really good. The second day has helped a lot in consolidating the concepts.’
Carmen Colomina – Practice Director, Social Care Institute for Excellence‘Excellent delivery at a great pace.’
Maria Iredale – Executive Director, Petroleum Society of Great Britain‘Philip is engaging, knowledgeable, very good at guiding the delegates and also (very importantly for this topic) encouraging.’
William Wainman – Managing Partner, Ecoffins LLP‘Very informative, thoroughly enjoyed the course and took a huge amount out of the two days – thank you.’
Katie Bowden – Group Business Director, Global Media and Entertainment‘Varied in-depth learning, which was informative as well as thought provokinge. I leave more knowledgeable’
Paul Lane – Operations Manager, Harlands Group‘I had no idea how exciting this subject could be.’
Christopher Schmidt– Managing Director, Sakura Finetek Germany‘Very informative. Style of presentation very good. Presenter very knowledgeable and helpful’
Peter Lane – IT Operations Director, BMW UK Ltd‘Excellent course. Upon completion more knowledgeable on the subject. Will recommend to colleagues’
Paul Doyle – Operations Director, Bauer Technologies Ltd‘Very interesting and useful course.’
Andrew Naismith – Managing Director, CAE UK Plc and CAE ATS Plc‘Excellent tutor who used appropriate and relevant real life examples.’
Graham McPhail – Head of Education & Training, CITB, Construction & Industry Training Board‘Very good course with a huge amount covered and great insights.’
Adrian Thomas – Director of Broadcast Schedule Operations, Discovery Communications Ltd‘Perfect way to learn about a rather difficult topic, good explanations and examples.’
CEO, large Danish medical equipment companyReally Great Practical Examples to bring the concepts to |life.’
Stephen Bowler – Associate Director, BGL Group Ltd‘Excellent course, very knowledgable course leader’
Damian Kerry – Director, Sunray Engineering Limited‘Phil delivered the course in a superb style: engaging and informative.’
Steve Doyle – Director, A.D. Construction Group‘An excellent course.’
Sukhjit Gill – Managing Director, Inclusive Technology‘A really helpful course for understanding Financial Statements.’
Anne Norris – Director, Gallium Fund Solutions Ltd‘Excellent course.’
Thomas Peace – Director, Jonarve‘Fantastic course’
Fiona Simons – Director of Content Operations, Discovery Communications Ltd‘Very good course and good supporting documentation’
Alex Low – Contracts Manager, Seajacks UK Limited‘Good examples (cases), which made presentation very good and easy to understand’
Azra Loncarevic-Srmic –Director of Screening & Research, Cardiac Risk in the Young‘Invaluable to any director’
Abigail Lock – Director, Croydon Churches Housing Association‘Superb knowledge and application.’
Ben Ward – Commercial Director, Willmott Dixon Energy Services Ltd‘Insightful, Useful, Relevant and Interesting – Thank you’
Ian Mogey – Director, Chemring UK‘Well delivered and the vast knowledge of Philip, combined with down to earth approach makes for easy understanding’
Darren Payne – Director, Rhodar Limited‘Very interesting – Superb overview’
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Board Director Certificate Course Overview
The Board Director Certificate Course has four component modules, which are all assessed as “Excellent” by their delegates. To ensure the director delegates attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.
The component courses are recognised as separate qualifications in their own right. Upon the completion of a component course you would be issued with a professional certificate validating your CPD hours. The four core component courses covered by the Board Director Certificate package are:
- Board Director Roles and Responsibilities; Chartered Management Institute recognised.The certificates awarded for this course will carry their logo alongside that of Excellence in Learning
- Strategy for Board Directors; Chartered Management Institute recognised. The certificates awarded for this course will carry their logo alongside that of Excellence in Learning
- Leadership for Board Directors; approved by the Institute of Leadership and Management. The certificates awarded for this course will carry their logo alongside that of Excellence in Learning
- Finance for Non-Finance Directors; Chartered Management Institute recognised. The certificates awarded for this course will carry their logo alongside that of Excellence in Learning
- There is also an optional later 1-day integration course, which would increase the total course days from 8 to 9
This Board Director Certificate Course is constantly updated to always contain the latest trends, strategic thinking, governance and legal requirements, as well as planned future changes.
The Board Director Certificate training course places great emphasis on hands-on case studies and discussions, where Directors get the opportunity to practice their recently acquired skills and knowledge. This will reinforce the learning process and help to integrate the skills and knowledge into their standard business approach.
To ensure the director delegates attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.
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Board Director Certificate Course Content
The Complete Board Director will be able to call on skills in all four of the key competency areas. These are well covered by the Board Director Certificate course programme, through its four component course modules, which are:
Strategy for Directors.
This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.This course will explain what good strategies look like. How to create and align them to the company purpose. It will cover the role of company purpose in strategy. It will explain the different types of strategies needed for companies to be successful ad how to create and implement them. How to create effective sales and marketing strategies will be covered as part of this course.
Directors will learn how to formulate and use strategic objectives to drive the successful implementation of strategies. They will identify how to ensure that the strategic thinking and decision making remain the province of the board.
The course will identify how use the best techniques and methodologies available to create the most appropriate long term and sustainable strategies to foster success for all stakeholders. At every stage, the directions on strategy will be supported by reference to the latest research and statistics supporting strategic thinking and its effectiveness on sustainable performance. Research papers will only be referenced, if they have been published in at least one reputable journal.
The certificates awarded for the completion of this course will carry the Chartered Management Institute logo, alongside that of Excellence in Learning.
Finance for Non-Finance Directors.
This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.This course will provide directors with all the financial and analytical skills needed to fulfil their legal duties as company directors and to financially steer the company towards sustainable financial success. It will enable directors to read, analyse and interpret any set of Financial Statements, including the Balance Sheet, the Profit and Loss Account and the Cash Flow statements.
Directors will identify the impact of the Fundamental Accounting Concepts and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, GAAP. They will become familiar with NPV, DCF, Net Asset Value, P/E Ratios, ROCE, ROI, Gearing, Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, Stock Days, Debtor Days and Creditor Days Enterprise Value and EBITDA.
The course will identify and explain the principles of costing, break even analysis, contribution analysis, marginal costing and overhead cost allocation. They will gain a good understanding of standard budgeting, zero based budgeting, cash management and cash forecasting.
The certificates awarded for the completion of this course will carry the logo of the Chartered Management Institute, alongside that of Excellence in Learning.
Director Roles and Responsibilities.
This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.This course will clearly explain the legal requirements of the Companies Act 2006, the seven statutory duties of directors under the Companies Act 2006, the latest version of the UK Corporate Governance Code, the personal and corporate insolvency issues surrounding directors and other specific laws applicable to company boards. It will enable you to define, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario.
This course will teach Directors their collective board responsibilities, as well as their individual responsibilities under UK laws and regulations. It will enable Directors to identify, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario.
Other topics covered include Board Committees, the Memorandum & Articles of Association, Companies House requirements, Insolvency and Liquidations, the Director Disqualification Act, Director Pay, Shadow Directors, De Facto Directors, NEDs, iNEDs, Director Statutory Duties, Strategic Financial Management, Risk Management, Dividends, Resolutions, Meetings, Voting requirements and many more.
The course also covers: Effective and Efficient Boards, Risk Management, EU Corporate Governance, International Board Structures, Wates Corporate Governance Principles, Major Corporate Governance Failures and their early warning indicators. Offence specific legislation will be covered at board level, such as the Bribery Act, the 2017 Criminal Finances Act, the Corporate Manslaughter Act, Pitfalls and Errors arising from the UK Data Protection Act & UK GDPR and the Health & Safety at Work Act.
Directors will have demonstrated and explained to them and be able to identify the latest thinking on ESG and its commercial application to financial sustainability and corporate governance.
The certificates awarded for the completion of this course will carry the logo of the Chartered Management Institute, alongside that of Excellence in Learning.
Leadership for Directors.
This course module is approved by the Institute of Leadership and Management.Outstanding leadership is critical to be able to initiate and implement successful corporate change. Leaders will be provided with the necessary skills, development and knowledge to truly fulfil their full leadership potential.
This module will explain why good leadership is one of the most important factors necessary to sustainable corporate success. It will explain the attributes and skills needed to be a great leader. It will demonstrate that the best leadership arises from personal attributes, which are skillfully applied using learned knowledge.
Directors will identify how to measure their personal leadership attributes and how to benchmark their current level of leadership skills. They will identify the importance of emotional intelligence and self-awareness. They will learn how to begin shape and develop their personal leadership characteristics as well as their leadership skills and knowledge.
Good leadership is about connecting the different functions of the business, so that their combined performance is greater than the sum of their separate parts. It is akin to the extra value and quality that a great conductor brings to a group of individual musical virtuosos.
The course will demonstrate the importance of creating a safe and secure environment of trust, in which people are willing to reveal and share their weaknesses and mistakes with others. This will allow them to be identified and improved.
The attitudes and mindsets of extraordinarily successful CEOs and Chairs will be identified and explained. The Directors will learn on which areas of their businesses, these directors tend to focus their leadership skills on, in order create the most effective transformations.
The course will connect directors with the latest research and thinking on the areas of leadership. Research papers will only be referenced if they have been published in a reputable journal.
The certificates awarded for the completion of this course will carry the logo of the Institute of Leadership and Management, alongside that of Excellence in Learning.
There is also an optional later 1-day integration course, which would increase the total course days from 8 to 9
To ensure the director delegates attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.
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Board Director Training Course Leaders
The Senior Course tutors are all highly qualified and very well experienced individuals. Their delivery styles are dynamic, approachable and highly interactive, enabling them to deliver a workshop that you will benefit from and that you will remember and be able to put into practice in your company. Their courses are typically assessed as “Excellent” by their delegates. A Senior Course Leader will assume the lead role on your course and deliver the majority of that course.
One Senior Course Leader is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, an FCA, and a Chartered Director. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Consulting and sits on the Thames Valley Board of the Chartered Management Institute. For several years he was also the Senior Course Leader on the Finance for Non-Finance Managers course of the Chartered Management Institute. His experience spans over 30 years of successful Global experience with multinationals and SMEs, including company acquisitions and disposals, as well as growing companies from start-up to multimillion pound businesses. He spent 10 years as the Finance Director and then the Chief Executive of a Plc. Prior to that he spent 14 years with KPMG Management Consulting, IBM and Arthur Andersen.
He spent 11 years on the Chartered Director Committee of the Institute of Directors, which determined what UK Board Directors should know, in order to properly fulfil their role as a company director. This committee helped to shape the Institute of Directors examination syllabus in the UK. After his time on the Chartered Director Committee, he served for a year on the Accreditation and Standards Committee of the Institute of Directors.
Another Senior Course Leader is probably one of the best qualified people in the world to deliver Leadership and Strategy modules. He is a former Microsoft Finance Director. Until late 2019, he was based in Seattle, in charge of the $4bn turnover Windows Application division. During his last years with Microsoft, he was part of the elite Microsoft Leadership Coaching team that nurtured and cultivated the talents of the Microsoft Senior Executive and Director talent pool.
He holds an Oxford University M.Sc. and is an accredited international executive coach. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, an FCA. He has extensive experience in Leadership training and coaching and in the UK has delivered leadership training courses and coaching for the Institute of Chartered Accountants, the ICAEW.
Another Senior Course Leader is a Professor of Organisational Resilience and over a 20 year period has chaired numerous national organisations with an emphasis on the healthcare sectors. Including appointments on the Board of NHS Providers, Leadership and Talent Academy Boards within the NHS and Vice Chair of the NHS Confederation’s Mental Health Network. In addition he serves on the Academy of Healthcare Science Regulatory Board. He has also been the Senior Course Leader for Strategy and Leadership within the Institute of Directors.
The Senior Course tutors are all highly qualified and very well experienced individuals. One of the these will take the lead on each course module.
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Who Should Attend This Board Director Certificate Training Course
This course is exclusively for Directors, Director Designates and Director level Senior Executives. These include Chief Executives, Chairs, Non-Executive Directors, Private Equity Investors, Bankers, Executive Directors and Director level Consultants.
The Board Director Certificate Course is for directors committed to the highest standards of professional directorship, including Corporate Governance, Corporate Strategy, ESG and Board Level Financial Management. This course will provide a solid and complete knowledge base covering all the critical aspects of being a Board Director.
The ESG elements of this Board Director Certificate Course deal with protecting and promoting the climate in a sustainable manner, that shows how being good for the climate can leave a positive legacy for the next generation as well as being good for the business.
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Board Director Certificate Course Learning Objectives
Strategy for Directors.
This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.- This course will explain what good strategies look like
- How to create and align them to the company purpose
- It will cover the role of company purpose in strategy
- It will explain the different types of strategies needed for companies to be successful and how to create and implement them
- How to create effective sales and marketing strategies will be covered as part of this course
- Directors will learn how to formulate and use strategic objectives to drive the successful implementation of strategies
- They will identify how to ensure that the strategic thinking and decision making remain the province of the board
- The course will identify how use the best techniques and methodologies available to create the most appropriate long term and sustainable strategies to foster success for all stakeholders
At every stage, the directions on strategy will be supported by reference to the latest research and statistics supporting strategic thinking and its effectiveness on sustainable performance. Research papers will only be referenced, if they have been published in at least one reputable journal.This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.
Finance for Non-Finance Directors.
This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.- This course will provide directors with all the financial and analytical skills needed to fulfil their legal duties as company directors
- and to financially steer the company towards sustainable financial success
- It will enable directors to read, analyse and interpret any set of Financial Statements
- including the Balance Sheet, the Profit & Loss Account and the Cash Flow statements
- Directors will learn how to identify the impact of the Fundamental Accounting Concepts and Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, GAAP
- They will become familiar with NPV, DCF, Net Asset Value, P/E Ratios, ROCE, ROI, Gearing, Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, Stock Days, Debtor Days and Creditor Days Enterprise Value and EBITDA
- They will learn to identify and explain the principles of costing, break even analysis, contribution analysis, marginal costing and overhead cost allocation
- They will gain a good understanding of standard budgeting, zero based budgeting, cash management and cash forecasting
This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.Director Roles and Responsibilities.
This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.- This course will clearly explain the legal requirements of the Companies Act 2006
- Directors will understand the seven statutory duties of directors under the Companies Act 2006
- The latest version of the UK Corporate Governance Code, the personal and corporate insolvency issues surrounding directors and other specific laws applicable to company boards will be clearly explined
- It will enable you to define, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario
- This course will teach Directors their collective board responsibilities, as well as their individual responsibilities under UK laws and regulations
- It will enable Directors to identify, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario
- It will discuss Board Committees, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, Companies House requirements, Insolvency and Liquidations
- It will define the responsibilities and duties of Shadow Directors, De Facto Directors, NEDs and iNEDs
- Director Statutory Duties will be explained and learnt through case studies and discussions
- Strategic Financial Management, Risk Management, Dividends, Resolutions, Meetings, Voting requirements and much more will become very familiar to the director delegates
- Directors will have demonstrated and explained to them and be able to identify the latest thinking on ESG and its commercial application to financial sustainability and corporate governance
The Director Roles and Responsibilities course also covers: Effective and Efficient Boards, Risk Management, EU Corporate Governance, International Board Structures, Wates Corporate Governance Principles, Major Corporate Governance Failures and their early warning indicators. Offence specific legislation will be covered at board level, such as the Bribery Act, the 2017 Criminal Finances Act, the Corporate Manslaughter Act, Pitfalls and Errors arising from the UK Data Protection Act & UK GDPR and the Health & Safety at Work Act.This course module is approved by the Chartered Management Institute.
Leadership for Directors
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Outstanding leadership is critical to be able to initiate and implement successful corporate change.
- Leaders will be provided with the necessary skills, development and knowledge to truly fulfil their full leadership potential
- This module will explain why good leadership is one of the most important factors necessary to sustainable corporate success
- It will explain the attributes and skills needed to be a great leader
- It will demonstrate that the best leadership arises from personal attributes, which are skillfully applied using learned knowledge.
- Directors will learn how to measure their personal leadership attributes and how to benchmark their current level of leadership skills
- They will identify the importance of emotional intelligence and self-awareness
- They will learn how to begin shape and develop their personal leadership characteristics as well as their leadership skills and knowledge
- The course will demonstrate the importance of creating a safe and secure environment of trust, in which people are willing to reveal and share their weaknesses and mistakes with others. This will allow the weaknesses and mistakes to be identified and improved.
- The attitudes and mindsets of extraordinarily successful CEOs and Chairs will be identified and explained.
- The Directors will learn on which areas of their businesses, these directors tend to focus their leadership skills on, in order create the most effective transformations
Good leadership is about connecting the different functions of the business, so that their combined performance is greater than the sum of their separate parts. It is akin to the extra value and quality that a great conductor brings to a group of individual musical virtuosos. The course will connect directors with the latest research and thinking on the areas of leadership. Research papers will only be referenced if they have been published in a reputable journal.There is also an optional later 1-day integration course, which would increase the total course days from 8 to 9
To ensure the director delegates attending this Board Director Certificate training programme will achieve the maximum possible benefit from their time spent on the course, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.
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Internal Staff Training and Development
The Professional standards of the Professional Directors Association are extended to cover our standard scheduled training courses and our in-house courses, which can be delivered as internal training courses at your premises or some other suitable location.
The Board Director Certificate Course can be delivered as an in-house Director Development Programme at your premises. Even with small groups, the fees per person can be lower than for open in-person events. Especially once the travel costs and the travel time of the delegates are taken into account.
Please click here information about In-House Courses for Director Training and Development
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Certificates of Professional Development
The Professional standards of the Professional Directors Association are extended to cover our standard scheduled training courses and our in-house courses, which can be delivered as internal training courses at your premises or some other suitable location.
The Board Director Certificate Course can be delivered as an in-house Director Development Programme at your premises. Even with small groups, the fees per person can be lower than for open in-person events. Especially once the travel costs and the travel time of the delegates are taken into account.
Please click here information about In-House Courses for Director Training and Development
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Net Zero Carbon. We plant 100 trees per delegate day - 100Trees Climate Carbon Dioxide Reduction
Together, we can help you and your organisation to reduce your personal and corporate Carbon Footprint to zero.
We will plant 100 trees for every delegate booking day you attend, plus a bonus planting of several hundred extra trees, when you complete our full Certificate Board Director Course Program. The total trees planted on your behalf will be enough to make you “Net Zero Carbon”. If you attend just 3 days of our training courses modules, we would plant 300 trees for you; offsetting 3,690kg, or 23%, of your annual CO2 emissions.
Net Zero Carbon Footprint. If you attend our full Certificate Board Director Course Program, we will plant enough trees to offset 100% of your annual CO2 emissions. You could become Net Zero within one year!