Governing Your Organization: A Deeper Dive

Governing Your Organization: A Deeper Dive takes an in-depth look into some of the key functions of your board and the challenges it faces, building on the foundations established in the Boards That Work course.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Try different approaches to governance with greater confidence
• Build a toolkit that can enhance key elements of board effectiveness on an ongoing basis
• Enhance the quality of governance dialogue inside your boardroom and between the board and management
• Improve the efficiency of your board meetings
• Keep board dialogue focused as much as possible on the future

Course Curriculum

Part One: To Whom Does the Board Owe a Duty?

Part Two: Building a Great Board

Part Three: The Board’s Role in Strategy

Part Four: Effective Time Allocation

Part Five: Different Organizations Need Different Governance Approaches

Links and Additional Resources

7 downloadable resources and course transcript

Course Access & Duration 

This course is on-demand, meaning that you can take it anytime, at your own pace. The course will take approximately 1.5 hours to complete from start to finish. You have one year (365 days) to complete the course from the date of purchase before it will automatically expire in your account. However, once you open a course for the very first time, you will have unlimited access to complete the course within 3 months. You can choose to take the course in one sitting or in smaller bites. Either way, the course is entirely flexible and up to you how fast you complete it within the 3-month time frame!

Course Level/Prerequisites/Certification Credits

Introductory level, Boards That Work (recommended, but not mandatory)

The Better Board Kit — for organizations

Does your board already know the basics? Improve your overall effectiveness with the Better Board Kit that includes an online Board Self-Evaluation Survey and a facilitation guide that will walk your board through a planning session based on the survey results. Contact us to find out more!

Recommended companion courses: Boards That Work, Strategic Planning, Writing Effective Policies and Procedures

This training may be used to meet the requirements for renewing the Certified in Volunteer Administration (CVA) credential, but you will need to contact the CVA directly. One Professional Development Unit (PDU) is awarded for each 50-60-minute session or contact hour in topics related to volunteer resources management. For more details about the CVA program and whether this course meets the renewal requirements, visit www.CVAcert.org or email info@cvacert.org.

Continuing education certification may be eligible through the Professional Administrators of Volunteer Resources – Ontario (PAVRO). For more information, please email pavro@pavro.on.ca.

Price

$99 – this price includes unlimited access to the course for 3 months and all the course downloads.

Final Exam

The final exam is optional but highly recommended. If you choose not to complete the final exam, the course status on your eLearning dashboard will show as incomplete and you will not receive a certificate of completion.

About the Course Author

Matt Fullbrook is a board effectiveness researcher and consultant based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Matt is Manager, David & Sharon Johnston Centre for Corporate Governance Innovation, University of Toronto. Under his direction, the CCBE has evolved into the central hub of governance research in Canada. Matt has overseen the development and execution of all the CCBE’s projects since 2004, including the Globe & Mail’s Board Games governance ratings, various Pay/Performance studies, SME governance ratings, and an ongoing study of the governance of family firms. As an independent consultant, Matt has advised dozens of boards of directors as an educator, facilitator, and researcher, helping them to maximize their effectiveness through the development and implementation of valuable governance processes, policies, and structures.