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CEO Contagion: Protecting the Institution When the Chief Executive Is Under Scandal

For chairs, directors and senior executives. Learn to separate the person from the institution, run a fair and independent inquiry, put people first, keep the company running, sequence communication, protect the brand without a cover-up, and rebuild. Then prove it in a live boardroom simulation.

  • Price₦320,000
  • DurationAbout 240 minutes
  • Access365 days
  • LevelBoardroom
  • You get9 lessons and a boardroom simulation
  • CertificateYes, anyone can verify it

Who it is for

Chairs, independent directors, general counsel, people and communications heads of African groups where a chief executive or founder could be at the centre of a scandal.

What you will learn

  • Act in the first hours: sort known, alleged and unknown, put independent directors in charge and preserve evidence
  • Design a fair, independent and timely inquiry, with protections for the complainant and fairness for the accused
  • Fulfil the duty of care to the complainant, the accused and the workforce, and prevent retaliation
  • Put interim leadership, decision rights and tightened approvals in place and address key-person dependence
  • Sequence communication to lenders, regulators, staff, partners and the press using one set of facts
  • Protect the brand without scapegoats or cover-ups, and write statements that survive scrutiny
  • Plan for each outcome of the inquiry and rebuild trust with visible governance changes

Course outline

  1. The first hours: separate the person from the institution
  2. Facts before narrative: a fair and independent inquiry
  3. People first: the complainant, the accused and the workforce
  4. Governance and continuity: who runs the company now
  5. Stakeholders and sequencing: who hears what, first
  6. Brand isolation without betrayal
  7. The public narrative: statements that survive scrutiny
  8. Disclosure, legal exposure and the regulators
  9. Resolution and rebuilding
  10. Boardroom simulation

What is included

  • 9 lessons On a live whiteboard, with an AI instructor who answers from the lesson and cites its source. Questions can go to faculty.
  • A virtual boardroom simulation Face AI board members in a fictional crisis. Scored against a clear rubric (pass mark 75), checked by a person when it is close, with an appeal.
  • A verifiable certificate A certificate of completion with a QR code, with a public page where anyone can check it is genuine. It is not a regulated or accredited qualification.

Level: Boardroom · About 240 minutes · Access for 365 days