Course Description

This program is designed to strengthen the knowledge, judgment, and effectiveness of current and aspiring board directors. It provides a structured understanding of corporate governance principles, director duties and liabilities, board dynamics, strategy oversight, risk management, financial stewardship, and ESG responsibilities. The course explores how boards operate in practice, how directors contribute to long-term value creation, and how governance supports organizational resilience, ethical leadership, and sustainable performance across private, public, and nonprofit sectors.

Course Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand the roles, duties, and responsibilities of directors.
  • Apply sound governance principles at board level.
  • Contribute effectively to strategy, oversight, and decision-making.
  • Strengthen board effectiveness, ethics, and accountability.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for board directors, aspiring directors, C-suite executives, senior leaders, company secretaries, governance professionals, and family business owners preparing for board roles.

Course Agenda

Registration

Welcome & Introduction

Pre-Test

Day 1: Foundations of Directorship & Corporate Governance

  • Role of the board and directors
  • Governance principles and frameworks
  • Legal duties, fiduciary responsibilities, and liabilities
  • Board structures, committees, and charters
  • Relationship between board, management, and shareholders

Day 2: Strategy & Performance Oversight

  • Board role in strategy formulation and approval
  • Strategic oversight vs management execution
  • Monitoring organizational performance
  • KPIs, dashboards, and reporting at board level
  • Decision-making under uncertainty
Day 3: Financial Stewardship & Risk Oversight

  • Financial literacy for directors
  • Understanding financial statements and key indicators
  • Risk governance and board accountability
  • Internal controls and assurance mechanisms
  • Crisis management and resilience
Day 4: Board Dynamics, Ethics & Leadership

  • Board composition, independence, and diversity
  • Effective board behavior and decision processes
  • Ethics, integrity, and tone at the top
  • Managing conflicts of interest
  • Board evaluation and continuous improvement
Day 5: ESG, Sustainability & the Future Board

  • Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) responsibilities
  • Stakeholder engagement and accountability
  • Regulatory and governance trends
  • Technology, innovation, and digital oversight
  • Preparing for future board challenges
  • Program review and consolidation

Post Test

End of the Course

Assessment Methodology

All courses conducted by EdTech will begin with a Pre-evaluation and end with a Post-evaluation. The instructor will evaluate the knowledge and skills of the participants according to the feedback given by participants. This will help to recognize the benefits and the level of knowledge gained by participants through the course.

Training Methodology

Facilitated by a highly qualified specialist, who has extensive knowledge and experience; this program will be conducted using extensively interactive methods, encouraging participants to share their own experiences and apply the program material to real-life work situations in order to stimulate group discussions and improve the efficiency of the subject coverage.

Percentages of the total course hour classification are:

  • ​40% Theoretical lectures, Concepts and approach
  • 20% Motivation to develop individual skill and Techniques
  • 20% Case Studies and Practical Exercises
  • 20% Topic General Discussions and interaction

Course Manual

Participants will be provided with comprehensive presentation material as reference manual. This presentation material is a compilation of core valuable information, references, presentation methods and inspiring reading which will be used as a part of the material guide.

Course Certificate

At the completion of the course, all participants who successfully accomplished the required contact hours will receive an EdTech Training Participation Certificate as a testimony to their commitment to professional development and further education.

Why Edtech ?

  • Industry Experienced; Internationally Qualified Trainers
  • Hands-on Practical Sessions & Assignments
  • Intensive Study materials
  • Flexible Schedules
  • Realistic training methodology
  • High-Quality Training in Affordable Course Fees
  • Achievement Certificate, as approved by the Ministry of Education (Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education Training - ACTVET), HABC, AWS, IAOSHE, SHRM, etc.