Key themes include:

• The role of the company director and board in corporate governance
• Best practice: a look at the corporate governance codes
• Delivering good corporate governance and meeting the legal and regulatory challenges: the need for robust internal processes and systems
• Establishing, communicating and monitoring controls
• Managing risk
• Managing compliance through effective auditing

Key themes include:

• What is a director? Understanding the different types
• The purpose and use of director service agreements
• Understanding board structure and committees
• Role and duties of the board: best practice principles
• Delegate powers and matters reserved for the board
• Establishing an effective board: purpose, policies and evaluation
• Introduction to the 2006 Companies Act and a review of its implications for company directors
• Liabilities and accountabilities of company directors
• Knowing the consequences of a breach of duty

Key themes include:

• Who are corporate stakeholders?
• Identifying and mapping stakeholders
• Strategic stakeholder management
• Developing and implementing the action plan
• Communicating with stakeholders: strategy and progress
• Managing stakeholder conflict

Key themes include:

• Overview of the regulatory and legal framework – insight in to the breadth of legislation impacting businesses including competition, health and safety, employment, corporate solvency, wrongful trading and contract law
• Review of the 2006 Companies Act and its implications on the board and the business
• International framework and EU directives
• Liabilities and accountabilities of company stakeholders
• Legal reporting requirements and the disclosure of information

Key themes include:

• Understanding risk: what is risk?
• Identifying corporate risk
• Assessment, management, monitoring and risk reporting
• The risk culture: risk averse or risk taker
• Audit and risk committee
• Business continuity planning and crisis management