The Roles and Responsibilities of a Director

Overview

This 1 day workshop style course identifies the particular legal, and other duties and responsibilities, that are implicitly conferred on a director immediately upon their accepting the position. It will also consider the change in status and expectation of directors compared to managers.

Course Duration: 1 day (9:30am - 5:00pm approx)

CPD Value 5.5 Hours

This course is run by our partners PTP Training.

Benefits

An understanding of their legal, fiduciary and other duties and responsibilities as a director

An appreciation of the different roles of directors and managers

The essential skill of effective communication

The range of possible leadership styles and their most productive style

Course Syllabus

The syllabus of the Roles and Responsibilities of a Director course covers the following:

Module One

Introduction and course objectives.

Module Two

Directors Obligations, Duties & Responsibilities:

Legal duties

Fiduciary duties

Other obligations arising through other legislation

Competition law

Health & safety

Employment law

Module Three

Directing Versus Managing

Identifying the differences between the roles

Module Four

Leadership - What Type of Leader Are You?

The range of leadership styles - where do you fit?

Self appraisal exercises

People versus task

Task, team and individual

Module Five

Your Decision Making Style - Exercise

Are you tell, sell, consult or join?

Module Six

The Fundamentals of Communication

Verbal, vocal & non-verbal signals

active listening techniques

Blocks to communication

Module Seven

Developing an Assertive Style

What is assertiveness?

Different styles of assertive behaviour and when to use them

Dealing with aggressive/non-assertive people

Module Eight

So What is Your Most Productive Style?

How do people perceive you?

How can you improve peoples productivity through your actions?

Module Nine

Summary and action plans.