2023 Non-Executive Directors Course 1 Day

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Please Click Here to explore running this as an In-House Course   For in-house or internal courses, a Scottish version of this course is available.

Chartered Management Institute Recognised Training Centre for Director Training Courses. This Non-Executive Director Roles and Responsibilities Course is effectively Day One of the two day Company Board Director Roles and Responsibilities Course. The full 2-day training course is a CMI Recognised Director Training Course.

Non-Executive Directors carry the same Legal responsibilities as Executive Directors. Their legal duties are not reduced in line with their time commitments. The definition of directors within the Companies Act 2006 does not differentiate between Non-Executive Directors and Executive Directors. According to the Companies Act 2006, the only relevant definition is the one that defines a director. This is why the 1-day Non-Executive Director Roles & Responsibilities training course is the same as the first day of the Director Roles & Responsibilities training course.

Chartered Management Institute Recognised Training Centre for Director Training Courses and Workshops

This Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities course is assessed as “Excellent” by its delegates.  To ensure that the Company Directors attending this training course will continue to get the maximum possible benefit, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.

The Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities Training Course is for both experienced and newly appointed Company Directors.  The Chairman of the Board of Directors, along with all other Executive and Non-Executive Directors, will benefit from this course.

Institute of Leadership and Management approved Training Centre for Training Courses and Workshops

This is a very practical course, with extensive discussions around case studies that will highlight common Boardroom dilemmas.  It will enable you to make sound Board decisions, which comply with your statutory duties as a Director.

Topics covered include the Companies Act 2006, Board Director Roles and Responsibilities, UK Corporate Governance Code, Board Committees, Memorandum & Articles of Association, Companies House requirements, Insolvency Act, Liquidations, Director Disqualification Act, Shadow Directors, De Facto Directors, NEDs, iNEDs, Director Statutory Duties, Resolutions, Meetings and many more.

This course will explain the personal and corporate insolvency issues surrounding directors. It will help you to avoid inadvertently assuming any personal liabilities through an imperfect knowledge of the insolvency laws.

Formal Certificates of Professional Development will be issued to participants who successfully complete this training course.

These courses are recognised for CPD purposes by most professional institutes and associations including the Institute of Leadership and Management, the Law Society, the CIM, the CMI, the ICAEW, the Institute of Learning and the CIPD. Formal Certificates of Professional Development will be issued to all participants who successfully complete this course.

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• "Excellent" Delegate Comments on the Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities Course

  ‘Plenty of information, very adaptable to the needs of the group, plenty of pace, lots of case studies, very helpful two days.’
  Karen Mayhew – Chief Executive, Havebury Housing Partnership

  ‘Course Leader is Outstanding, Excellent course.’
  R. Senior – Operations Director, The Chord Company Ltd

  ‘Very informative and pitched at the right level. Answered all questions very well and from an informed background. Excellent course.’
  Emma Steele – Director, John Lamb LLP

  ‘Found the course really useful.’
  Sarah Selvanathan– Deputy Chief Executive, Elmbridge Borough Council

  ‘Open Discussions, not pretentious, great examples of scenarios to explain theory in practice.’
  Amanda Haley – Technical Director, Ian Firth Hardware Ltd

  ‘Phil has good knowledge and an enthusiastic and effective delivery.’
  Andrew Naismith – Managing Director, CAE Aircrew Training Services Plc

  ‘Great examples of practical applications. Encouraged discussions throughout the group. Very Informative.’
  Susanne Hughes – Deputy Chief Executive, Shaw Healthcare Ltd

  ‘As a director, it is exactly what I needed. The awareness and learning outcomes fit very well with my expectations. Thank you.’
  Darren Payne – Director, Rhodar Limited

  ‘Well Delivered Course, supported with excellent literature. Provided good information and structure’
  Martin Clarke – Technical Operations Director, Drywrite Ltd

  ‘Great interaction and good pace’
  Ben Ward – Director, Willmott Dixon Plc

  ‘Very clear; well structured; excellent examples. Course leader has a great presentational style leading to good discussions’
  Mark Simmons – Director, Plasser UK

  ‘Philip handled the course content and all of the questions really well. Very informative and highly recommended’
  Rory Curran – Non-Executive Director, Ecodesk

  ‘Excellent course, great participation, a good mix of attendees’
  Sarah Newbold-Hill – Senior Business Director, The Evolve Trust

  ‘Very happy with this course. Like the focus on practical problems.’
  Neil Hounslow – Vice President, Kowa Research Europe

  ‘Excellent all round’
  Frances Adcock – Adcocks Solicitors

  ‘Very good course’
  Adrian Lewis – Commercial Director, Cova Security

  ‘Thoroughly engaging and informative, I would not have believed that a subject, potentially so dry, could be made so interesting. Your professionalism and obvious depth of knowledge was a joy to watch’
  Rod Mountain – Chief Executive, Nelson King

  ‘Excellent, very clear and relevant examples.’
  Board Director

  ‘Great examples, Phil’s experience and stories to back up learning are great.’
  Geoff Stanley – Chief Technical Officer, Rock Insurance Group

  ‘Very good overview, the course was responsive to attendees’ questions and backgrounds.’
  Kath Webster – Director Scientific Services, Animal & Plant Health Agency

  ‘Well presented and engaging.’
  Trevor Phillips, Chief Operating Officer, Vectura Limited

  ‘Very good discussion and information for directors.’
  Natalie Spotswood, Legal Director, FM Insurance Company Limited

  ‘Very helpful to get a better understanding of a director’s role and responsibility. Gives good guidance on how to perform this role better.’
  Ralph Zaat – President, Kowa Research Europe Ltd

• Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities Course Overview

  This course is assessed as “Excellent” by its delegates.  To ensure that the Company Directors attending this training course will continue to get the maximum possible benefit, the delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8.

  This is a very practical course, with extensive discussions around case studies that will highlight common Boardroom dilemmas.  It will enable you to make sound Board decisions, which comply with your statutory duties as a Director.

  Topics covered include the Companies Act 2006, Board Director Roles and Responsibilities, UK Corporate Governance Code, Board Committees, Memorandum & Articles of Association, Companies House requirements, Insolvency Act, Liquidations, Director Disqualification Act, Shadow Directors, De Facto Directors, NEDs, iNEDs, Director Statutory Duties, Resolutions, Meetings and many more.

  This course will explain the personal and corporate insolvency issues surrounding directors. It will help you to avoid inadvertently assuming any personal liabilities through an imperfect knowledge of the insolvency laws.

  This Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities training course is constantly being updated, to always contain the latest issues and proposed legal and code changes.

  It will provide a sound theoretical knowledge base upon which to build and acquire new and more advanced corporate governance and strategic management skills. The theoretical knowledge will be reinforced by highly relevant hands-on case studies and group discussions.

  The Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities training course is delivered by some of the best Corporate Governance tutors in the UK. They are heavily involved with Corporate Governance at the highest possible levels and have a wealth of practical experience at their fingertips, as well as outstanding theoretical knowledge. The route to Board Director Excellence will be comprehensively covered by this training course.

  The Chairman of the Board of Directors, along with all other Company Directors, both Executive and Non-Executive Directors, would benefit from this course.

  Please Click Here to explore running this as an In-House Course   For in-house or internal courses, a Scottish version of this course is available.

• Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities Course Content

  The Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities training course will deal with director duties and director responsibilities as they arise, whilst covering:

  • Legal Framework
    • Trading Business Structures
    • Applicable Laws & Regulatory Framework
    • Constitution and Governance Framework
    • Proposed new company law
  • Companies Act 2006 Requirements
    • Scope and Relevance
    • Seven Statutory Director Duties
    • Director Qualifications
    • Shadow Directors and De Facto Directors
    • Director Liabilities
    • Duty of Independent Judgement
    • Non-Executive Directors
    • Promote the Success of the Company
    • Long Term versus Short to Medium Term
    • Director Contracts
    • Declarations of Interest
    • Director Transactions
    • Conflicts of Interest
    • Resolution of Conflicts of Interest
    • Relief for Breaches of Duties
    • Common Mistakes
    • Appointment and Removal of Directors
  • Memorandum and Articles of Association
  • Shareholder Relationships and Dealings
  • Strategic Reporting Requirements
  • People with Significant Control Reporting Requirements
  • Director Insurances and Indemnities
  • UK Corporate Governance Code 2018
    • 5 Main Sections of the Code
    • Leadership and Company Purpose
    • The Role of the Board
    • Board Evaluation
    • Division of Responsibilities
    • The Chairman
    • The Chief Executive
    • Non-Executive Directors
    • Board Composition and Succession Planning
    • Nomination Committees
    • Audit Committees
    • Remuneration Committees
    • Director Pay Principles
    • Shareholder Dissent
    • Stakeholder Engagement
    • Reserved Board Powers
  • Major Corporate Governance Failures
    • Causes
    • Impact upon the brands and their finances
    • Costs of failure versus the costs of prevention
  • International Corporate Governance
    • Relevance to UK companies
    • Context and relationship to the UK Corporate Governance Code 2018
    • EU Principles of Corporate Governance
    • Non-Executive Directors in the EU
    • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Insolvency Act 1986 and the Director Disqualification Act
    • Director Risks
    • Director Actions and Conduct before Insolvency
    • Insolvency Process
    • Insolvency Results
    • Pre-Packaged Administrations; “Pre-Packs” or Phoenix Administrations
    • What you can and cannot do to try to save the company
    • Common Mistakes and their consequences

  Through presentations, hands-on case studies and group discussions, the course tutor will impart exactly the knowledge and information that Non-Executive Directors need to become Excellent Board Directors, as well as to assess and maximise the effectiveness of their own Company Board. Every appointed Board Director, including both Executive and Non-Executive Directors, would benefit from this training course; from the most recently appointed Company Board Director to the Chairman of the Board.

• Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities Training Course Leaders

  The Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities training course is delivered by some of the best Corporate Governance tutors in the UK. They are heavily involved with Corporate Governance at the highest possible levels and have a wealth of practical experience at their fingertips, as well as outstanding theoretical knowledge. The role and responsibilities of Company Board Directors will be comprehensively covered by this course.

  One is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales, an FCA, and a Chartered Director; the Board Director qualification awarded by the Institute of Directors.  He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Consulting, a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and a former Town Councillor. He serves on the Thames Valley Board of the Chartered Management Institute and was the lead Finance for Non-Finance Directors tutor for many years for the Chartered Management Institute. He has just completed 12 years on the Chartered Director and Standards Committees of the Institute of Directors. The Chartered Director Committee of the Institute of Directors was the body that advised the Institute of Directors for more than 12 years, as to what UK Board Directors should know in order to properly fulfil the role of a company director.  This committee helped to shape the Institute of Directors examination syllabus in the UK.  He has been closely involved at a senior level, for more than 20 years, in all aspects of the professional development of company directors and managers; he has also served on a Plc audit committee and a remuneration committee.

  In addition to professional executive and director development services, he is actively involved in company acquisitions and disposals, as well as providing board level financial consulting services. He has practical experience of funding new start-ups and investments, including raising new Equity Share Capital. He has over 30 years of successful UK and International experience, including 7 years as the Finance Director, Company Secretary and then the Chief Executive of a Plc, as well as 14 years with KPMG Management Consulting, IBM and Arthur Andersen.

  The other is a Chartered Company Secretary and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and has spent many years as a Corporate Governance Tutor at the Institute of Directors and elsewhere. He has many years of experience as a Company Secretary and as a company director; both as a non-executive director and as an executive director.

  The course tutors are very well qualified and highly experienced individuals; one of these will deliver your workshop. They possess a delivery style, which is dynamic, approachable and highly engaging, enabling them to deliver a workshop that you and your company will benefit from and equally importantly, one that you will remember. Their courses are always assessed as “Excellent” by the delegates.

• Who Should Attend This Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities Training Course

  This 1-day training course is designed for both experienced and newly appointed Company Directors, as well as their specialist advisors and consultants, who want to ensure that they are complying with all of their statutory obligations under the Companies Act 2006, the insolvency laws and regulations, as well applying the highest standards of Corporate Governance within their companies. The Chairman of the Board of Directors, along with all other Company Directors, both Executive and Non-Executive Directors, as well as current and prospective, will benefit from this training course.

  To provide the best possible course, delegate numbers will be limited to a maximum of 8 directors.

  Please Click Here to explore running this as an In-House Course   For in-house or internal courses, a Scottish version of this course is available.

• Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities Training Course Learning Objectives

  By the end of this 1-day Non-Executive Director Role and Responsibilities training course participants will be better able to:

  • Define, analyse and interpret the corporate governance issues inherent in any business scenario
  • Understand and quantify the impact of any particular course of action upon the fundamental corporate governance issues and concepts
  • Recognise and comply with the statutory requirements of the Companies Act 2006
  • Become familiar with the key aspects of the range of the insolvency laws and regulations with which Company Directors should comply
  • Understand the key aspects of the UK Corporate Governance Code and how good corporate governance can maximise company performance
  • Identify and discuss the key ethical and governance issues facing any organisation
  • Analyse and make sound Board decisions based upon a deeper understanding of the corporate governance issues and the statutory duties of a Company Director
  • Understand the wider corporate governance impact of any business decision and its strategic interaction with all aspects of the organisation
  • Become better able to make a strong contribution to Board discussions and decision making
  • Understand and implement a framework for Strategic Risk Management
  • Understand the personal and corporate ramifications of any potential insolvency issues
  • Avoid assuming any unnecessary personal liabilities through an imperfect knowledge of the law relating to Company Directors
  • Communicate more effectively and easily with fellow Board Directors and key advisors; through an in depth understanding of corporate governance and the roles and responsibilities of Board Directors
• Internal Staff Training and Development

  This training workshop, along with most of our other best practice training workshops, can be delivered as an internal training course at your premises. Even with groups as small as 6 delegates, the course fees per person for internal training workshops can be lower than for open events. The potential savings are even greater, if the travel time and the travel costs of the delegates are included.

  Running training workshops internally is very convenient and it allows the participants to explore how key issues will impact on them and their organization. Then as a team they can begin to agree upon a development action plan, with priorities. This approach is favoured by many of our clients as it combines a high quality service with excellent value for money and is a highly effective route for staff development.

  Please Click Here to explore running this as an In-House Course   For in-house or internal courses, a Scottish version of this course is available.

   

• Certificates of Professional Development

  This course is recognised for CPD purposes by most other professional institutes and associations including the Law Society, the CIM, the CMI, the ICAEW, the Institute of Learning and the CIPD. Formal Certificates of Professional Development will be issued by email to participants who successfully complete this course. These certificates will enable participants to evidence the update of their CPD records. The workshop will consider how to best apply the knowledge gained by the delegates upon their return to the workplace. This element of the programme is designed to maximise the benefits of attending and enable participants to make valued judgments when recording CPD activities.

  Please Click Here to explore running this as an In-House Course   For in-house or internal courses, a Scottish version of this course is available.