Program Brief

Board secretaries have an important role to play as governance professionals in all types of organizations in the private, public, and non- profit sectors. Governance is about more than just complying with laws, regulations, standards, and codes; it is also about creating cultures of good practice. This means that board secretaries need more than the technical skills and experience to know what corporate governance practices are needed in an organization and why. They also need the emotional intelligence skills, and experience to ensure that they know how the practices typically would be implemented to work effectively. The modern board secretary provides professional guidance to shareholders, boards, individual directors, management, and other stakeholders on the governance aspects of strategic decisions. This training program designed to provide participants with the knowledge, skills and practical tips for carrying out their duties as board secretary. The program will be interactive and skills-based, providing participants with practical examples.

Program Goals

At the end of the training program, the participant should be able to:

  • Describe the board secretary’s role in advising a board member on their role and responsibilities
  • Explain a board members’ duties, rights and liabilities
  • Develop policies and strategies to deal with conflicts of interest, related party transactions and breaches of duty
  • Describe the board secretary’s role in developing and organizing a board evaluation
  • Identify the key elements of board evaluations and issues arising from them
  • Develop strategies to deal with issues raised by a board evaluation
  • Explain the system of delegation within an organization
  • Analyse the board secretary's role in helping to make the system of delegation work
  • Describe the purpose and importance of Board Committees
  • Describe the different types and sizes of boards
  • Identify the characteristics and benefits of a balanced board
  • .Identify the characteristics and benefits of a balanced board
  • Explain the processes for director selection, appointment and departure
  • Develop an induction programme
  • Explain a board members’ duties, rights, and liabilities
  • .Develop policies and strategies to deal with conflicts of interest, related party transactions and breaches of duty
Program Agenda
Topic 1: Board Members
  • 1 The Board Secretary’s Role in Advising Board Members on their Roles and Responsibilities

    • 2 Board Members– Duties, Rights and Liabilities

      • 3 Board Members– Related Party Transactions

        • 4 Board Members– Conflicts of Interest

          Topic 2: Board Evaluation and Delegation of Authority
          • 1 Experiences of regional board evaluations

            • 2 Role of the Board Secretary in Board Evaluation

              • 3 Strategies for dealing with issues from Board Evaluation

                • 4 Board Secretary’s role in promoting professional development

                  • 5 Delegation of Authority

                    • 6 Board Committees

                      Topic 3: Board Composition and Succession Planning
                      • 1 Board Composition– the characteristics and benefits of a balanced board

                        • 2 How a Board Secretary can assist the Chairman in achieving a balanced board?

                          • 3 Succession Planning

                            • 4 Board Members’ Selection, Appointment and Departure

                              • 5 Induction Programme for new board members

                                Topic 4: Financial Oversight and Analysis
                                • 1 The role of the board secretary in assisting the board (audit committee) in fulfilling their financial oversight responsibilities

                                  • 2 The role of the external auditor, contents and importance of financial statement and ratio analysis

                                    Program Requirements

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                                    Program Path

                                    Names of the training programs that are integrated (enriched) with the training program:

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                                    Program Method
                                    • Lecture
                                    • Brainstroming
                                    • Dialogue Teams
                                    • Exercises and assignments
                                    Evaluation Method
                                    • Other
                                    Training Type
                                    • Online Training

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