Program Brief

GCC BDI has launched the Diploma in Directorship Program, The Director’s Diploma Award is a professional designation conferred by the GCC Board Directors Institute and the Financial Academy. Achieving the award of Diploma in Board Directorship, means that a Director has demonstrated an internationally accepted level of application of knowledge and skills as it pertains to board performance. As the Diploma in Board Directorship encourages participants to develop their skills and to fulfill their role as board directors, in addition to equipping a director with an award of Diploma in Board Directorship to make a valuable contribution to any Board. This module explores the need for board leadership, key roles and relationships, leadership skills, culture and reputation.

Program Topic
  • Business Leadership and People Management
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Program Goals

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

  • Understand the vital leadership role of the board
  • Identify trends in board leadership and why the board needs to be future fit
  • Identify the effective characteristics of an effective director in terms of leadership attributes
  • leadership skills frameworks in director selection, appointment and development, talent management and succession planning
  • Provide solutions to board problems aligned within existing roles and responsibilities
  • Recognize the characteristics and the importance of having a balanced and diversified board
  • Understand the impact of board and organizational culture upon organizational performance
  • Apply leadership to culture change programs initiated by the board
  • Identify potential barriers to cultural change and develop solutions to overcome these
  • Understand the impact of reputation, ethics and integrity at a board and at an organizational level
  • Understand and apply leadership to ethical change programs initiated by the board
  • Identify potential barriers to ethical change and develop
Program Agenda
Topic 1: Board Leadership
  • 1 Defining board leadership – a call to action

    Topic 2: Board Roles and Relationships
    • 1 The key roles of:

      • The Chair and the CEO

        • Other executive and non-executive directors

          • Independent Directors and Lead Independent

          Topic 3: Directors
          • 1 The Board Secretary

            • 2 Corporate Advisors and Gatekeepers

              • 3 The balanced and diversified board

                • 4 Board relationships

                  Topic 4: Board Leadership Skills and Behaviors
                  • 1 Leadership skills frameworks

                    • 2 Director selection, appointment, induction and development

                      • 3 Director Development

                        • 4 Talent management and succession planning

                          • 5 Leadership behaviors

                            Topic 5: Culture
                            • 1 Board Culture

                              • 2 Collaborative board cultures

                                • 3 Task focused, individuality board cultures

                                  • 4 Participative and consultative decision-making board cultures

                                    • 5 Autocratic cultures in the board

                                      • 6 Organizational culture

                                        • 7 Changing culture, behavior and practices

                                          Topic 6: Reputation, Integrity and Ethics
                                          • 1 Reputation, Integrity and Ethics

                                            • 2 Developing an ethical culture in an organization

                                              • 3 Ethical responsibilities of Directors

                                                Program Requirements
                                                • Only participants who have completed the Certificate in Board Directorship, and who have been Certified from GCC BDI are eligible to attend

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                                                Program Path

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

                                                Names of the training programs that after the training program:

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                                                Program Method
                                                • Lecture
                                                • Case Studies
                                                • Dialogue Teams
                                                • Role-play
                                                • Exercises and assignments
                                                Evaluation Method
                                                • Other
                                                Training Type
                                                • In Class Training

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