Directors Education Program
The Directors Education Program (DEP), jointly developed by the Institute of Corporate Directors and the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, helps you to clarify your governance mission and fully exercise your leadership potential as a board director.
Delivered by Canada’s leading corporate governance experts, it is a highly interactive 12-day program that incorporates roundtable discussions, real-time case studies and insights from world-renowned faculty, experts in the field of board effectiveness and executives-in-residence.
Program Details:
Module I - Guiding Strategic Direction and Risks
Module I provides a comprehensive overview of fundamental board tasks and processes, including director legal duties and responsibilities, overseeing strategic decision, as well as managing group dynamics and decision making in the boardroom.
Module II - Monitoring Financial Strategy, Risks and Disclosure
Module II focuses on the board's responsibility to oversee and monitor financial performance, health, and disclosure. Sessions will illustrate how to effectively organize and run audit committees, and includes exercises to improve personal effectiveness in the board meeting context.
Module III - Guiding Human Performance
Module III focuses on the board's role in enhancing human performance, including the appointment, evaluation, compensation and renewal of the executive team. This module also examines how to improve board effectiveness through board selection, director skill development and director evaluation.
Module IV - Assessing Enterprise Risk and Directing Extreme and Unique Events
In Module IV, participants integrate their learning across the four modules by helping them identify and prioritize the wide range of issues influencing their organizations. Specific topics include mergers and acquisitions and technology investments. Time will also be spent on exercises designed to improve communication within the boardroom.
This four, three-day module program connects you to an extended network of leading directors who are bringing better governance to Canada and its business community. Taking the Directors Education Program is the first step in attaining the ICD.D designation granted by the Institute of Corporate Directors, the professional body representing the director community in Canada.
“The component parts of good Board Governance can be found and read in many books and articles. The DEP brings to life tools and approaches to help you ‘do’ what you’ve ‘read.’ The consistent focus on how to be a ‘value add’ Board Member differentiates this program from many others.”
F. LANKIN, United Way, Toronto DEP 32
“A wonderful end to the best learning experience of my life. I am a better board member and CFO for this. Thank you for your work and enthusiasm.”
DAVID SANCHEZ, McCain Foods Limited, Toronto DEP 26