Board Culture and Effectiveness

$2,895
12-15 hours
Self-paced

Develop the critical knowledge and strategic insight to lead effectively in the digital era. Accelerate your career with a technology and governance certification.

Qualification: Advanced Professional Certificate
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Shape board culture and effectiveness

As the expectations of boards continue to grow, both culturally and operationally, directors must foster effective governance, ethical leadership and organisational resilience. This advanced board culture and effectiveness course is designed to provide a comprehensive understanding of the critical factors that influence board dynamics, organisational health and strategic outcomes.

Globally recognised, industry-approved.

Examine how culture can act as either an enabler or a barrier to achieving organisational goals.
What you'll learn
  • Define organisational culture and its significance in shaping an organisation's values, beliefs, and behaviours.
  • State the key characteristics of healthy organisational culture.
  • Identify the enablers of a good organisational culture and the attributes necessary for creating a healthy culture.
  • Describe how a cultural diagnostic tool can be used to evaluate existing organisational culture.
  • Discuss the role that the board plays in influencing and shaping organisational culture.
  • Identify the characteristics of good and toxic board culture.

Interpret key financial statements, understand the significance of internal and external audits, and recognise early indicators of financial distress.
What you'll learn
  • Articulate the influence of organisational and board culture on governance and performance.
  • Confidently fulfil financial governance responsibilities, including interpreting financial health indicators.
  • Develop and oversee strategic plans that align vision, goals, and operational execution.
  • Strengthen oversight of enterprise risk management and respond to emerging risk trends.
  • Lead board and CEO evaluation processes to enhance governance effectiveness and accountability.

Understand, set and oversee strategic goals that align with the organisation’s vision and mission.
What you'll learn
  • Define organisational strategy.
  • Recognise the importance of setting strategic goals to align with an organisation's vision.
  • Outline the purpose and benefits of using tools for organisational strategy development and implementation.
  • Explain how to build and implement a well-aligned strategic plan for your organisation.
  • Describe the roles and responsibilities of the stakeholders involved in developing and implementing an organisation's strategy.

Explore key risk concepts, tools and frameworks, and understand the board’s critical role in oversight.
What you'll learn
  • Outline the concept of risk and how it impacts an organisation.
  • Recognise the role of the board in risk management and oversight.
  • Identify different tools and techniques to manage risk.
  • Explain how to respond to different types of risk.
  • Describe the global trends and technological advances influencing the future of risk management.

Learn how regular evaluations contribute to more effective governance and organisational outcomes.
What you'll learn
  • Recognise the purpose of board evaluations.
  • Describe the board evaluation process.
  • Identify key considerations when evaluating the board, individual directors and board culture.
  • Identify key considerations of the CEO evaluation process.
  • Explain how artificial intelligence can be used to support the board evaluation process.
  • Examine how board evaluations contribute to good corporate governance.

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All our courses have been designed and created by highly qualified and expert practitioners in their field. In this technology governance certification, you will access the latest thinking and practical methodologies used by the world’s most admired boards. You will learn through a mix of real life case studies, expert video interviews, reading material, quizzes and assessments.

All our courses are aimed at: Existing directors who want to strengthen their boardroom skills and insights Aspiring directors who want to upskill and secure a boardroom role Leaders or managers who want to become experts in corporate governance, ESG or one of the many related aspects of governance Advisors to the board who need a robust understanding of the many aspects of corporate governance Investors who need to fully understand corporate governance and ESG Our experienced team of education advisors can provide a detailed overview of our board effectiveness course offerings and help you choose the right technology governance certification for your goals. Book a call today.

Yes. However, all our courses are delivered in English, so you need to be proficient in English to get the most out of your advanced board effectiveness course. You’re not required to submit any qualifications or certifications related to your level of proficiency in English.

Once you’re enrolled on an online technology governance course, you’ll receive a welcome email with information about getting started, including your login details to the learning platform. The learning platform contains all your delegate information, learning materials and assessment information for your self-paced technology governance training.

From the moment you show interest in one of our courses and/or membership, up until you finish your technology governance leadership certificate, we will be with you at every stage. We’ll help you understand our courses and membership offering, how to get started, and answer any queries you may have along the way. Our teams are very supportive and always there to help you. If you need support choosing a certification or while you’re taking an online board technology governance course, please feel free to email us at info@globalboardinstitute.com and we will do our best to help you.