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Training Course Summary:

As a company director, you're in the firing line.

Your personal exposure is growing all the time. The maze of legislation is getting denser with the implementation of the Companies Act 2006 and incurring penalties is a real possibility. There are now over 200 offences under company law, which can lead to company directors being fined - in serious cases a custodial sentence can result. It's the shareholders' liability, which is limited, not the directors'.

Finding the time to stay properly up-to-speed must sometimes seem impossible. However, there is a sensible way to get-to-grips with what you need to know without making life intolerable.

Falconbury have designed this course to give you expert, practical guidance on the duties, rights and obligations of this important role - all in just six modules.

What this distance learning course offers you:
1 FLEXIBILITY - learning at a pace and place of your own choosing

2 WELL-DESIGNED programme focused on practical relevance

3 MANAGEABLE weekly instalments and self-aid progress questions

4 NO NEED for time away from the office

5 REDUCED expenditure - no hotel or travel fees

6 SELF-MANAGED study - no marked tests or assignments for submission

7 ENJOY the flexibility of studying at work, home or on the move

8 ACCESS to professional advisors and authors of the course

This course will benefit you if:
You are a company director in any sort of organisation, small, medium or large
Or are part of the senior legal, accounting and administration support staff
Need to know what the law means and what you need to do
Want to minimize your risk of non-compliance with the law

Training Course Overview/Content:

MODULE 1 GENERAL PRINCIPLES

Personal Liability
Companies Act 2006 implementation schedule
Defining the nature of Directors and their role
Defining the term
How did we get here?
What is a company
Appointment
Appraisal
Joining the throng
What is a Director?
A Director's exposure
Aims and purpose
Rolling out the message
The variety of types of Directors and their responsibilities
A director is a director
Courtesy titles
Director's expectations
Appointment and status
Eligibility for appointment
Appointment of a Director
Notification of interests
Status - officer or officer and employee?
The service contract
The twin relationship
MODULE 2 BOARD MEETINGS - MAKING THEM EFFECTIVE

Procedures for effective board meetings
Determining the aims of board meetings
Dynamic agendas
Timetable and aims
Interested parties
The effective meeting
The chairman and secretary
Key players
General responsibilities of the Chairman
Progressing the meeting
Controlling the members
Motivating members
The role of the Company Secretary
Before and at board meetings
Preparation for and administration of board meetings
Preparing effective reports
Planning
Appointing subcommittees
Minutes - example and usage
Board meeting minutes
MODULE 3 AUDITORS, AGM'S AND SHAREHOLDERS

Access, authorities and auditors
General requirements to create and protect records
Controlling exercise of authority
Theft's vicious circle
Director's loans
Enhanced penalties
Shareholders' meetings
The Annual General Meeting
Briefing the Chairman
Minutes
Extraordinary General Meetings
Resolutions
Aspects of the PLC requirements
Corporate registration
Public flotation and the implications
Application for Stock Exchange listing
Notification of major interests
Corporate governance
Payment of directors
Shareholder communication
The Annual Report
Determining the target audiences
Filing the document and range of content
A timetable for action
The Chairman's statement
Corporate social responsibility
Human Capital Management
MODULE 4 LEADERSHIP, MANAGEMENT AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Leadership and management
Maximising the human resource
Communication principles
Briefings
Directing now
The combined code
Corporate governance - a checklist for boards
Good Governance Code
Corporate governance in the 21st century
Relationships
Working time/personal time balance
A sting in the tail?
The public image
Who do we serve?
Devising and using media releases
Media interviews
Communication aspects of crisis reaction
MODULE 5 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY - TRAPS AND PITFALLS

Liabilities and protections
Our litigious society
Personal liability for statements
Safety obligations
Employment obligations
Commercial requirements
The Enterprise Act 2002
The Insolvency Act
Operating in - and saving - the environment
The requirement to take risk
Contingency planning
Risk prevention planning
Contingency plan
Credit risk
Safety
Stress
Risk transference
Behaviour and approach
Confidentiality undertaking
Non-competition clauses
Electronic transmissions
Controlling other risks
Insider dealing rules
Share trading
MODULE 6 EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS - FINDING YOUR WAY THROUGH THE MAZE

Employment considerations
The 4 key employment 'abilities' for the 21st century
Pro-active recruitment
The 'family friendly' regime
Public duties
Avoiding age discrimination
The challenge of retirement - post October 2006
Comparability and consultation
Part-time employees
Fixed term contract personnel
Temporary personnel
Homeworking
Transferring employees
Consultability
Retention ability