Board ready
How boards work, duties, finances and getting appointed.
- Level
- Bitesize
- Learning time
- 2 hours
- Where
- Women on Boards
- Price
- £39
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Certificate of Completion
Overview and Outcomes.
Overview
This module looks at boards from the inside: what they are for, how governance differs from management, and where influence really moves. It draws on the Davies Review and the FTSE Women Leaders Review, the Higgs Review's four elements of the non-executive role, Rosabeth Moss Kanter's work on tokens and the critical mass of three found by Konrad, Kramer and Erkut, and weighs the evidence on quotas honestly. This module sets out what you take on when you join a board, and why it is manageable. It covers the seven general duties in sections 171 to 177 of the Companies Act 2006, the Dorchester Finance case, trustees' duties in the Charity Commission's CC3, codes from Cadbury and Nolan onwards, practical routes through annual reports and board papers, and the collapse of Kids Company. This module covers becoming board-ready and getting appointed: recognising what you already bring, using the board skills matrix, the four routes onto a board, and how public appointments work under the Governance Code on Public Appointments, with a Welsh case study. It draws on Chamorro-Premuzic and Ibarra, sets out how a board CV differs from a job CV, and covers due diligence and warning signs before you accept.
What you'll develop
In this Bitesize, you will develop the ability to:
- Distinguish governance from management, set out a board's core duties and the four elements of the non-executive role, and recognise how board models differ across sectors.
- Explain where power sits on a board, from the chair and committees to pre-meeting conversations, and how token pressures and critical mass shape influence.
- Explain the legal duties of company directors and charity trustees, including the double test of care, skill and diligence and the limits of insurance.
- Use a structured approach to read annual reports and board papers, and ask well-framed questions before and during the meeting.
- Identify the experience you already bring and translate it into the language of a board skills matrix.
The Modules.
2 hours of learning.
- 01How Boards Work, and Where Power SitsThis module looks at boards from the inside: what they are for, how governance differs from management, and where influence really moves. It draws on the Davies Review and the FTSE Women Leaders Review, the Higgs Review's four elements of the non-executive role, Rosabeth Moss Kanter's work on tokens and the critical mass of three found by Konrad, Kramer and Erkut, and weighs the evidence on quotas honestly.39 min
- 02Duties, Governance and Reading the FinancesThis module sets out what you take on when you join a board, and why it is manageable. It covers the seven general duties in sections 171 to 177 of the Companies Act 2006, the Dorchester Finance case, trustees' duties in the Charity Commission's CC3, codes from Cadbury and Nolan onwards, practical routes through annual reports and board papers, and the collapse of Kids Company.39 min
- 03Board Readiness and Getting AppointedThis module covers becoming board-ready and getting appointed: recognising what you already bring, using the board skills matrix, the four routes onto a board, and how public appointments work under the Governance Code on Public Appointments, with a Welsh case study. It draws on Chamorro-Premuzic and Ibarra, sets out how a board CV differs from a job CV, and covers due diligence and warning signs before you accept.37 min
Go deeper, and pay only the difference
- You are hereBitesize, 2 hours, £39
- The whole topicFocus, A seat of her own, 3 hours, £69. Already own the Bitesize? You pay £30.
When you step up to a higher level, what you paid in the last 12 months for lower-level courses inside the bigger course comes off its price, in proportion to how much of each is inside it, whichever topic it's from. Courses at the same or a lower level don't give credit against each other. A Focus course or above always costs at least £15. Prices per person. Read the full terms
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