Director Led Courses
The IoD’s services for directors have been designed specifically to benefit the
personal and professional development needs of directors and senior business practitioners
in the private, public and not-for profit sectors.
There has never been greater pressure upon those who fulfil corporate direction
roles to perform to the highest standards. In response, the Institute of Directors
has created a versatile range of services to support you as an individual, as well
as your board of directors, to become even more professional.
The services include a series of director-led one day courses that
are practical and participative.
All courses are held at the Royal Scots Club, 29 Abercromby Place, Edinburgh, EH3
6QE, commencing at 9:15am and finishing at 4:30pm with a break for lunch between
1:00 – 1:45pm.
All the presenters of the courses are each experienced in their fields and in many
aspects of company direction through their work as NXDs, Chairs and MDs.
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The Nine Course Titles:
This course offers a full account of the role of corporate governance in your company
as a way not only to conform to the latest guidance from the regulatory authorities,
but also to achieve the highest standards in your board room and throughout your
leadership team. Too often corporate governance relies on regulation without offering
the prospect of raising performance; this course will help you to renew your role
as a director and to appreciate the full scope of your responsibilities.
This course offers an insight into the role of the NXD including those who are currently
NXDs, those seeking an appointment as an NXD and those seeking to appoint an NXD.
The course will appeal both to those who wish to become even higher performing NXDs
and those seeking to get the most from their NXDs. The course will help to clarify
your board?s purpose and tasks; exercise its governance to the highest standards;
appreciate the contribution that NXDs can make to sustaining your business success;
recognise the qualities and experience needed of NXDs and understand ways to find,
select and reward NXDs.
This course offers you guidance on the role, relationships and responsibilities
of MDs with particular attention paid to the relationship with the Chair and board
of directors. The course is designed to enable you to interact in an intimate setting
and will help you to appreciate your role to define and communicate corporate values
and strategy; lead and motivate your top team; lead change processes and combine
the role of not only creating corporate strategy and also delivering it.
This course will benefit those wishing to offer their services as a non-executive
director and those looking to recruit and appoint a non-executive director in the
NGO/NFP/Charitable/Quango sectors. This course will be of special relevance to current
NXDs who require help clarifying their role and their key accountabilities in what
can be an increasingly complex area. For those wishing to move from the private
sector this course offers an invaluable insight into what is expected.
This course will help you to understand how your voice works and how you can gain
confidence and ease in presenting at all levels. The key areas to be explored will
include breathing, alignment, resonance?and optimum pitch, vocal energy, articulation,
range and vocal variety, coping with nerves and building confidence. Each delegate
presents and receives constructive feedback and coaching.
This course helps you to develop and encourage strategic thinking for yourself and
your colleagues and learn best practice for forming a strategy to enable your organisation
to reach its business goals.
Stay in control and focused on business priorities by taking a day out to refresh
your effectiveness skills. Understand your own style, how and when to adjust it,
and what your behaviours cause in others. Discover your own emotional intelligence
quotient. Gain tools and techniques to support your self learning and develop a
better work/life balance.
What makes an inspiring leader? How do you create willing followers? This course
helps you place your leadership style and characteristics in context. It considers
different approaches depending upon the organisation, the situation and the person.
Identify what you might do to further develop your ability to lead others and your
organisation.
This course provides tools and methods to increase the levels of business creativity
and innovation in business. Learn why this is so important, the management techniques
that support successful innovation, compare experiences with other directors and
take tools away to implement in your own business.