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The Board Under Review: Leading When Your Own Governance Is Questioned

For chief executives, chairs and directors when a regulator, investors or a whistleblower question the board itself. Protect independence and the whistleblower, handle conflicts, support an honest review, face regulators and investors, and build a board that works. Includes a live simulation.

  • Price₦300,000
  • DurationAbout 240 minutes
  • Access365 days
  • LevelBoardroom
  • You get9 lessons and a boardroom simulation
  • CertificateYes, anyone can verify it

Who it is for

Chief executives, chairs, directors, company secretaries, general counsel and audit-committee members of listed, regulated and large private companies.

What you will learn

  • Understand why boards come under review and what good governance requires
  • Know the CEO's delicate role when the board itself is the subject
  • Identify and manage conflicts of interest and independence failures
  • Protect whistleblowers and refuse a hunt for the source
  • Support a credible, independent board evaluation
  • Work honestly with regulators, investors and proxy advisers
  • Take hard decisions on board renewal and build a board that works

Course outline

  1. Anatomy of a board under review
  2. The first hours: command with care
  3. Independence and conflicts of interest
  4. The chair and the chief executive
  5. Evaluating the board
  6. Whistleblowers and speaking up
  7. Regulators and investors
  8. Hard decisions
  9. A board that works
  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