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Behind Boardroom Doors

Learn how boardrooms work including who should be a director, which discussions to have, and how to make better decision.

Created byBlair Cook Jennifer Nicholson
IntermediateUpdated Mar 13, 2021
Behind Boardroom Doors

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleDefine the roles and responsibilities of the Board, directors, and the CEO
  • check_circleIdentify and bring ideas to your next board meeting for developing the three critical board leadership roles necessary in every boardroom.
  • check_circleDevelop meeting agendas the focus on important matters.
  • check_circleDevelop board information packages that meet the needs of the directors.

About This Course

Learn how the boardroom functions and become a more effective director and/or executive supporting a Board of Directors. A strong Board of Directors presents any organization with the opportunity to achieve a point of competitive differentiation, yet sadly, the reality is just the opposite - boards that are overly cautious and caught up in the semantics of governing.

Executives and directors should be working cooperatively to maximize the contribution of their board and individual directors. These collective talents can meaningfully improve strategic management, leadership development, and organizational performance.

Course Content

1 activity • 7 videos • duration: 1h 13m

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Section 17 videos • 1 quiz • 1.2 hours
  • videocamWelcome the the course!
    Duration 9:27
  • videocamRoles & Responsibilities of Directors
    Duration 10:33
  • videocamBoard Leadership Roles
    Duration 10:15
  • videocamCONDUCTOR: Setting the agenda
    Duration 15:16
  • videocamINFORMER: Information management
    Duration 9:10
  • videocamFACILITATOR : Essence of strategy
    Duration 12:38
  • videocamGovernance Advantage
    Duration 6:38
  • quizAssessment questions

Your Instructor

Blair Cook Jennifer Nicholson

CPA, CA Leadership

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Blair is a seven-time CFO, a director, and an educator at Executive Finance Partners - a professional development and executive coaching firm for financial professionals and executives. He also serves as a corporate director and audit committee chair of publicly listed companies: Terravest Industries and Clarke Inc. He is also the Board Treasurer of the Devour Food & Film Festival and serves on various committees of CPA Nova Scotia. Blair is the author of The Illiterate Executive: An Executive’s Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

4.6 out of 5
Student's Choice
81 reviews
  • MD
    Monique D.
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    Great match to start my journey in understanding clear purpose, roles and responsibilities of the board.

  • MG
    Mathieu G.
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    great course

  • AM
    Ahsan M.
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    Very informative!

  • DB
    Doug B.
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    This was a timely and practical summary. Very useful.

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