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Stage two

Diploma in Company Direction

Deepening your knowledge and developing your board performance.

The Diploma in Company Direction develops your board performance with practical simulated boardroom challenges.

This qualification has been SCQF credit rated by Qualifications Scotland.

Objectives

Our Diploma in Company Direction is designed to build on the knowledge gained from the Certificate in Company Direction and boost your expertise and confidence as a director. The diploma will give you:

  • an understanding of your board’s role, its dynamic, power, influence and conflicts
  • an insight into key topics such as risk and crisis management, decision-making, and mergers and acquisitions
  • access to techniques and tools to improve your own competencies and evaluate the performance of your board

Benefits

The Diploma in Company Direction uses the latest real-world scenarios and insights, the course encourages peer learning, challenge and reflective practice. Course content is designed by directors for directors. The Developing Board Performance course must be completed in order to gain the diploma, allowing you to move on to the final step of the Chartered Director Programme.

Free introduction webinar

Hear from a course leader who will offer a comprehensive overview of the programme, giving delegates an insight into what can be expected of them over the 3 days and the learning outcomes.

Eligibility

All four module exams which make up the Certificate in Company Direction must be taken and passed before candidates can progress onto the Diploma in Company Direction.

Dates and booking

Full membership for just £44.46 per month

Member

£5,750 £4,895

Non-member

£5,750

Please note this is not a residential course.

All prices shown exclude VAT

10 Jun
9:00am
12 Jun
5:00pm
Online
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22 Jun
9:30am
24 Jun
5:00pm
Apex Waterloo Place Hotel, Edinburgh
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6 Jul
9:30am
8 Jul
5:00pm
116 Pall Mall, London
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10 Aug
9:30am
12 Aug
5:00pm
116 Pall Mall, London
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21 Sep
9:30am
23 Sep
5:00pm
116 Pall Mall, London
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The skills I acquired through the Diploma in Company Direction were invaluable to me in providing a toolset I could use to strategically appraise and navigate the last 12 months.

Jayne Brady Head, Northern Ireland Civil Service

Chartered Director Programme

Overview

Here to help

Please get in touch if you have any questions about our business courses. Our contact hours are 9am to 5:30pm Monday to Friday. If you would like someone from our team to contact you, please email us at [email protected] and we will get in touch within 24 hours on weekdays.

IoD Professional Development

+44 (0)20 3855 4309 [email protected]
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