Programme overview

This programme requires commitment. It includes residential courses, distance learning, assessments and one-on-one coaching and you are required to attend and complete all components of the programme.

By the end of the programme you will have:

• increased your knowledge about core governance subjects
• enhanced your leadership skills and competencies
• practiced working through governance scenarios
• gained greater insights into personality styles and how these can be used to effect change
• developed your capability for critical and reflective thinking within governance contexts
• participated in interactive sessions where competence can be developed and demonstrated
• established a new network of peers, and
• developed a personal and customised plan for governance growth.

Stage One focuses on developing your understanding of the fundamentals of governance, including:

• Developing awareness and understanding of the key requirements for effective governance
• Understanding personality styles and effecting organisational change
• Understanding unconscious bias
• Governance in co-operatives
• Governance versus management versus representation
• Decision making
• Legal and fiduciary duties, and risk
• Financial literacy for the boardroom
• Board papers workshop.

Stages Two and Three focus on personal development and putting governance in context, including:

• The role of the Board in strategy
• Capital allocation
• Financial literacy
• Board simulations
• The role of Board Chair
• Trust and influence in the boardroom
• Developing capability for critical and reflective thinking within governance contexts
• The perils of groupthink
• Enhancement of leadership skills and competencies
• The role of the board in people and culture, financial performance, and government relations
• Personal governance development plans

Fonterra shareholders (direct or indirect shareholding interest) and herd-owning sharemilkers may apply to participate in the Programme.

A limited number of places may also be made available for members of LIC, Foodstuffs and Silver Fern Farms.