Date: April 24^th to May 29^th (6-week course)
Location: Online
Time: 1:00pm – 2:30pm (ET), every Thursday
Early-Bird Offering: CAD$ $1695.95 (ends on April 10^th , 2025)
Standard Price: CAD$ 1,895.95

About This Program:

“If you’re not leading your culture, your culture is leading you.”

While the board’s primary responsibility is to set and approve strategy, culture and bias significantly influence what gets done – and what doesn’t. Culture, bias, and strategy are deeply intertwined. Every boardroom has biases – both conscious and unconscious – but they can be overcome. Every boardroom also has a culture that needs to be navigated: It may be generally positive, or negative, but, whatever the case, it requires a deft touch to ensure your organization is reaching the best outcomes from your board’s efforts.

Why This Program Stands Out:

In this certificate program, you will explore the 10 key roles every board plays in shaping an organization’s culture, and navigating its biases. Guided by the Governance Solutions and Professional Director Institute faculty members, who have helped boards identify bias issues and enhance their cultural understanding for over 30 years, you’ll learn how to identify and mitigate harmful biases in the boardroom, build an inclusive and effective board culture, and leverage that culture to drive your strategic goals forward.

Become the Bias & Culture Expert on Your Board:

You may have already mastered a governance designation, but board members typically don’t receive training on what culture is and how to understand their role in shaping it – that has direct implications for board effectiveness and organizational performance.

Without this fundamental understanding, the board is, at worst, operating in the dark, and at best trying to function with blinders on. On the other hand, we must identify which biases are valuable and which are destructive. Harmful biases often originate in the boardroom and can permeate throughout the entire organization, ultimately impairing its overall effectiveness.

Recognizing and understanding your leadership role in bias and culture can be a game changer – both for the board you serve and for your professional development in tackling future challenges.

Program Schedule:

April 24^th: Know the Role of the Board in Culture
May 1^st: How to Recognize Boardroom Bias
May 8^th: How to Reduce Boardroom Bias
May 15^th: How to Create Healthy Boardroom Culture
May 22^nd: How to Evaluate Your Boardroom Culture
May 29^th: How to Leverage Culture to Accomplish Strategy

Who Should Attend:

This course is perfect for Board and Committee Chairs, Board Members, Senior Directors, CEOs, C-Suite Executives, and staff who support governance functions.

Group Discount Available: Good governance is best when it’s a shared effort. Group discounts are available for teams of 5 or more. Contact Rafael Mazotine at mazotine@governancesolutions.ca for discount codes or to arrange an invoice.

Worried you will miss a session? Replays, handouts, and presentations are available on your materials page for one year after the course.

^{Cancellation Policy: The registration fee is non-refundable for cancellations made less than 30 days prior to the program’s first live session. In this case, you may either transfer your registration fee, once, to a similarly priced seminar future training course, or arrange for a substitute person to attend. Those who do not cancel and do not attend are responsible for the full registration fee. Governance Solutions reserves the right to cancel or reschedule and will give notice in advance.}