Introduction
Leading the board of directors is a major challenge, requiring great wisdom and sensitivity. Those who have led boards know it is a role that requires a delicate touch as well as a firm hand. Unlike leading other teams: meetings are infrequent, limiting the opportunities for bonding; the routines are often stilted and rigid; and fellow directors are all accomplished individuals, leaders in their own right.
Doing the chairperson’s job well rarely brings personal credit, as that is usually shared between the board and management; doing it badly, however, can lead to a dramatic loss of reputation as the leader of the board tends to shoulder most of the blame.
How does one pull off this most demanding of roles? – ‘being first among equals’ and ‘leading the leaders’?
Besides, a good board chair must perform a wide range of activities, including running board meetings, guaranteeing statutory compliance, handling interpersonal issues, maintaining the focus on high-level issues, watching the ethics, to managing one’s succession and that of fellow directors and senior officers.
Target Participants
Leading the Board is for sitting chairpersons and vice-chairs of private and public-sector entities.
Directors who are close to ‘taking the reins’ of board leadership will also be considered.
A small, carefully selected group of participants is assembled each year to provide a mix of experiences and contexts and create lively and insightful debate.
Programme Benefits
By the end of the programme, you should be able to:
- Validate your own experience against your peers and best international practices
- Explore the nuances and subtleties of board leadership
- Learn the tips and techniques of handling board members with ‘invisible skill’
- Examine the leading issues that you must always focus on as a board leader
- Restart your personal journey towards high-impact board leadership
Programme Objectives
The aim of this programme is to participants with valuable strategies for strengthening board/ committee performance, as well as specific ideas for improving personal contribution to their boards.
The programme will concentrate on cutting-edge techniques, strategies and action plans for improving board design, refining approaches, maximizing individual contributions, and enhancing corporate governance.
Key Focus Areas
- Understanding the role of chairperson
- The key responsibilities of board leadership
- Wisdom from those who have done it well – case studies in leading boards
- The top issues that every chairperson must be on top of
- The interpersonal dynamics of managing the board
- The ‘wise chair’ – how to develop wisdom in leading the board
- Chairing badly – common traps to avoid
Programme Delivery
This 2-day non-residential programme utilises a combination of learning aids and approaches such as pre-reading materials, lectures, syndicate group discussions and peer group learning.
A strong emphasis is laid on performance management concepts and on world-wide best practices which are applicable in the local and regional business environment.
Faculty
SBS faculty members hold PhD’s from world-renowned institutions and are internationally acclaimed experts for their research on current business issues.
Moreover, they are successful business people, many with their consulting firms, operating in the real world of international business.
As a result, classroom discussions provide conceptual frameworks for effective decision making, along with practical tools for real-life implementation.
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Key Details
Date: 13th – 14th June 2024
Cost: USD 2,500
For further details about the course and the application process, please contact
Kevin Kiiza on krwanyarare@strathmore.edu or
call her on +256 312 170 030 (office)/ +256 700 422 600 (cell).
