Leadership for Directors – IoD Certificate in Company Direction

2 Jul 2026 09:00 - 3 Jul 2026 17:00

It provides a valuable opportunity for directors to explore the strategic leadership issues involved in implementing corporate strategy. You will gain practical skills and techniques that can be immediately applied in your organisation.

BritCham Shanghai invites you to attend the two-day ‘Leadership for Directors’ course, delivered by the Institute of Directors (IoD) on 3-4 July in Hong Kong. This course can be taken as part of the IoD’s ‘Certificate in Company Direction‘. Download the full intro pack here for more details.

This course gives you an understanding of the key competencies required to be an effective leader at board level. During the course you will assess different leadership and decision-making techniques, determine how to build and sustain high-performing teams, and evaluate how these can be applied in your own organisation for maximum impact.

Objectives
To give you the knowledge and skills to:

understand how leadership can be defined and understood in relation to the director’s role on the board
develop greater awareness of yourself and the motivations and behaviours of others
create a culture that constructively engages others in the organisation to achieve its strategic objectives, and to respond effectively to crisis and change
identify how leaders create influence and impact within and beyond the organisation and assess relevant stakeholder engagement strategies

Benefits
It provides a valuable opportunity for directors to explore the strategic leadership issues involved in implementing corporate strategy. You will gain practical skills and techniques that can be immediately applied in your organisation.

This course can be combined with other modules to qualify for the Certificate in Company Direction.

Dr Simon Haslam, PhD MBA CDir CMC FRSA

Course Leader,
Leadership for Directors

Business Experience

Dr Simon Haslam has 20 years’ experience as a strategy consultant and change facilitator, working with senior leaders around the world. Simon is a Chartered Director and the IoD’s programme lead for strategy. He is coowner and director of FMR Research Ltd, whose work has been cited in Westminster and Scottish Parliaments. He is also a Non-Executive Director with a transport organisation and a Non-Executive Director/Trustee of the Social Research Association.

Professional credentials and training experience

Simon’s clients include leading public, private and third sector organisations in a variety of countries, and he had personally provided over £3m of consulting and development support. His MBA explored ‘learning organisation’ approaches and his doctorate examined behaviour in the professional services sector.

He is a dual finalist in the UK Consultant of the Year awards and a visiting fellow at Durham University Business School where he leads on the strategic management module on the global MBA. He also teaches at a post-graduate level at Nottingham and Strathclyde Business Schools.

Simon’s book Strategic Decision Making, written with Dr Ben Shenoy, was published by Kogan Page in 2016.

For attendees who want to join the course, please register your interest with BritCham Shanghai by clicking the button below.

The Chamber staff will check your details and connect you with a dedicated IoD staff, who will then guide you through the enrollment and complete your payment.

The standard tuition fee for course training is GBP 2,995 for IoD members, and GBP 3,495 for Non IoD members.

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