The High-Performance Board

COURSE DURATION 5 DAYS

Dates: 23^rd-27^th February 2026

The high-performing Board is excellent at monitoring changes in the governance needs and requirements of their companies, dealing with difficult issues, and selectively supporting and challenging their management teams. The Board’s selection and success in adopting governance styles, practices, and actions are highly contingent on the company or entity’s maturity, development stage, crises, and future strategic plans.

A High-Performance Board of Directors plays a critical role in the organization’s success. The goal of this program is to examine all issues impacting the Board’s performance and the effectiveness of its strategic operations.

This Course will highlight:

• Roles, Duties, and Responsibilities of a Board
• Board Composition & Structure
• Board Instruments and Tools
• Board Meetings
• Board Governance Framework
• The Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) perspective
• The Board Effectiveness Framework
• Board Evaluation

Objectives

The main objectives of the High-Performance Boards (HPB) Training are to enable participants to be able to:

• Understand the roles, duties, and responsibilities of a board
• Develop an improved board governance framework
• Know about board evaluation practices
• Learn about board instruments, procedures, and tools
• Identify the board effectiveness challenges
• Understand how to run effective board meetings
• Understand the board’s formal officers’ structure and composition
• Develop a good governance, compliance, and risk plan
• Learn how to create an effective board
• Effectively make decisions
• Understand the roles and duties of stakeholders
• Learn about board functionality
• Run and participate in efficient board meetings
• Understand their roles and duties

Training Methodology

A highly interactive class, where all delegates will be encouraged to engage and participate, share and gain from each other’s knowledge and experience.

The classroom lectures will rely on a bullet-based slide presentation enriched by group discussions around case studies and checklists wherever applicable.

Who Should Attend?

This High-Performance Board training is designed for all participants in the Boardroom, namely:

• Chairs, Committee Chairs
• Board Members, Committee Members
• Board Secretaries
• CEOs, Executive Directors, and Senior Management
• Officers-in-Charge of the Governance framework within the organization

Course Outline

DAY 1: Board Roles, Duties, and Responsibilities

• Board Positioning within the Power Hierarchy
• Roles, Duties, and Responsibilities of a Board
• The Strategic Planning Role of a Board
• Board Involvement Models
• Board Composition, Formal Offices
• Board Composition, Optional Offices

DAY 2: Board Structure and Operations

• Board Structure
• Board Instruments and Tools
• Board Meetings
• The Governance Challenge
• Governance Historical Evolution
• Board Governance Framework
• Characteristics of a High-Performance Board (HPB)
• Good Governance and High-Performance Board (HPB)

DAY 3: Governance, Risk, and Compliance Management

• The Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Perspective
• Compliance and Compliance Management
• Elements of an Effective Compliance Program
• Risk and Risk Management Process
• Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)
• Emerging Governance Practices

DAY 4: Board Effectiveness Challenges

• The Board Effectiveness Framework
• Clarity of Board’s Role vis-à-vis Management and other Stakeholders
• Board’s Duty in Establishing the Organization’s Strategic Plans
• Board’s Fiduciary Role
• Factors Influencing the Board’s Ability to Carry out Its Roles and Responsibilities
• Formal Structure and Operating Procedures of the Board
• Impact of Informal Board’s “Culture.”
• Influence of Leadership of  the Board and the Organization

DAY 5: Board Evaluation

• Board Effectiveness Pillars
• Board Failure
• Board Evaluation
• Board Evaluation Approaches
• Board Evaluation Framework
• Top Ten Commandments for a Great Board

Certificate

• On successful completion of this training course, the ALARDI Africa Certificate will be issued to the participants.

Venue:

DRC-Goma                            Cost USD 2100

Uganda-Kampala                 Cost USD 2100

Dates: 23^rd-27^th February 2026