Governance: Lead with Integrity, Navigate Risk, Align Actions
Overview
Governance: Lead with Integrity, Navigate Risk, Align Actions is a strategic course that empowers CFOs and senior finance professionals to lead with confidence, integrity, and impact. In a world of disruption and scrutiny, strong governance is a competitive advantage—and this course equips you to shape frameworks, foster ethical behavior, and align decisions with long-term accountability. Covering board dynamics, ethics, continuity planning, and risk management, the course offers practical tools and real-world insights to help finance leaders embed governance into culture, operations, and enterprise-wide leadership.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Identify the key components and principles of effective governance frameworks within a finance leadership context.
- Recognize the responsibilities of a CFO in board interactions and reporting, including how to structure and deliver relevant board-level communications.
- Select appropriate methods for integrating ethical standards into business decision-making and leadership conduct.
- Differentiate between the roles of board chairperson, board members, and executive stakeholders in a governance structure.
- Determine how governance tools such as continuity plans and codes of ethics support organizational resilience and alignment.
This course includes practical exercises, mentor insights, and scenario-based questions to reinforce learning and ensure participants can apply key concepts in real-world finance leadership situations. Upon successful completion, participants will receive a CPD-accredited certificate.
Lessons:
Lesson 1: Governance in Action
Step into governance leadership with confidence by mastering key principles, balancing control with agility, and guiding strategic decisions with integrity.
Lesson 2: CFO Communication with the Board
Strengthen your boardroom impact by communicating financial insights clearly, delivering confident presentations, and building trust to influence high-level decisions.
Lesson 3: Ethics, Resilience & Risk
Lead with integrity by embedding ethics into decisions, guiding through pressure with credibility, and building continuity plans that protect trust and value.
Additional Information
CPD Hours: 2
Field of Study: Management Services
No prerequisite knowledge is required to be successful in this course.
No advance preparation is required.
Program Level: Basic
Delivery Method: QAS Self Study
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