The Roles and Responsibilities of a Director - Virtual Training

9.30 - 9.45 Coffee & Course Objectives

9.45 - 11.15 Directors obligations, duties & responsibilities

• legal duties
• fiduciary duties
• other obligations arising through other legislation
• competition law
• health & safety
• employment law

11.15 - 11.30 Coffee Break

11.30 - 12.00 Directing v. managing

• identifying the differences between the roles

12.00 - 12.45 Leadership - what type of leader are you ?

• the range of leadership styles - where do you fit ?
• self appraisal exercises
• people v. task
• task, team and individual

12.45 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 14.15 Your decision making style - exercise

• are you tell, sell, consult or join ?

14.15 - 15.00 The fundamentals of communication

• verbal, vocal & non-verbal signals
• active listening techniques
• blocks to communication

15.00 - 16.00 Developing an assertive style

• what is assertiveness
• different styles of assertive behaviour and when to use them
• dealing with aggressive/non-assertive people

16.00 - 16.30 So what is your most productive style ?

• how do people perceive you
• how can you improve peoples productivity through your actions

16.30 Action plans