About the Course

This 5-day interactive Strategic Corporate Governance training course is carefully outlined to take the delegates through a blend of three key interlinked corporate topics: Governance, Strategic Management and Strategic Leadership, aiming to enrich their knowledge and understanding of those mission-critical practices. It elaborates on all the processes of Corporate Governance covering frameworks at both the Board level (Board Governance) and the Executive Management levels (Assurance and Control). Delegates can assess the strength of their Organisation's Governance Practices and identify where change and improvement are needed.

It addresses all the elements of the strategic management system from setting the purpose until successful implementation and elaborates on the role of the leadership in realising this success. Delegates will be able to establish the strategic dimension tying Corporate Governance with Strategic Planning across the organisation. Likewise, it will also present the Guiding Principles of the Governance Standard Codes and how Corporate Governance is measured and benchmarked worldwide. Moreover, this programme will elaborate on the segregation of duties between the board and the management to ensure a quality management system; it will elaborate in detail on reporting the control functions to the board committees instead of the executive management.

Core Objectives

The delegates will achieve the following objectives:

• Explore a comprehensive governance model based on key principles for any organisation
• Know about the roles, duties and responsibilities of the board
• Understand how to develop and implement a corporate strategy
• Acquire a comprehensive model of governance assurance and control within the organisation
• Understand the Integrated model of governance disclosures and reporting within the organisation
• Understand about the standard codes of corporate governance and its guiding principles
• Acquire an understanding of board evaluation, governance measurement, and benchmarking
• Understand and apply the respective ISO governance requirements

Training Approach

This training course will follow the latest advanced educational approaches. It will use a variety of proven, highly interactive and communicative learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, assimilation, and retention of the information presented, including, but not limited to, group and individual exercises, relevant videos, case studies, and role plays. It elaborates on recent worldwide cases and is directly related to this programme. Also, it is highly open and requires the delegates' interventions. A complete electronic version of the training manual will be provided, including copies of all slides, handouts, and checklists.

The Attendees

Attaining success is initially derived from the right strategy. Strategic Corporate Governance incorporates policies, standards, procedures and processes that the Board uses to accomplish its strategic role. Furthermore, an excellent corporate strategy is a preventive measure against risk and failure.

Likewise, it will be valuable to the professionals but not limited to the following:

• Board Secretaries
• Chairs and Committee Chairs
• Board Members and Committee Members
• CEOs, Executive Directors, and Senior Management
• Corporate Governance Officers and Professionals
• Strategic Planning Officers and Professionals
• Risk and Compliance Management Function
• Internal Audit Function, Internal Control Function
• Corporate and Legal Affairs

Daily Discussion

DAY ONE: INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

• What is Corporate Governance?
• Governance Historical Evolution
• The Governance Challenge
• Principles for Good Corporate Governance
• The 4 Ps of Corporate Governance
• Who’s Who in Corporate Governance

DAY TWO: THE BOARD

• Board positioning within the Power hierarchy
• Board’s Roles, Duties and Responsibilities
• Board Structure
• Board Instruments and Tools
• Board Governance
• Board Committees
• Board’s Dynamics
• Influence of Leadership of the Board and the Organisation

DAY THREE: STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT

• The Prevalence of Strategy
• The Essence of Strategy: Strategy Definitions
• Strategic Leadership
• Levels of Strategy
• The Strategic Management System
• Strategy Governance

DAY FOUR: INTEGRATED ASSURANCE & CONTROL, DISCLOSURES, AND REPORTING

• ISO Requirements in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)
• The Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Perspective
• The Three (3) Lines of Defense Model
• Role of Internal Audit
• Role of External Audit
• Emerging Governance Practices
• Integrated Disclosures and Reporting Framework

DAY FIVE: THE GLOBALISATION OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

• Corporate Governance Standard Codes
• Why is Compliance becoming a priority in the GRC globalisation?
• International Guiding Principles
• Inspection and Board Evaluation
• Governance Measurement and Benchmarking