A12 · Board and governance programmes

The Effective Chair

Running the Board as an Instrument

Open enrolment and in-house

What it covers

The five disciplines of chairing: agenda as strategy, the quality of challenge, managing the voices, the chair and chief executive axis, and decisions under pressure.

What you leave with

The Chairing Protocol, carrying agenda design rules, challenge and canvass mechanics, the axis compact, the pressure protocol and the record standard.

Learning outcomes

  • Design an agenda from the year's stakes, allocating time by decision weight.
  • Run challenge as a discipline and canvass the room's silent seats.
  • Apply the Instrument Test to a chaired or presided finding.

Who it is for

Serving, incoming and prospective chairs, deputy chairs, senior independent directors, committee chairs.

Open enrolment

Register for dates.

We will tell you when the next cohort is confirmed.

In-house

Bring it to your board.

Delivered to your board or team alone, on your jurisdiction module. Lola replies personally within two working days.