Don’t Just Learn About the Role, Learn How to do the Job with our Board Administrator Essentials Course
Are you an Administrative Assistant or Executive Assistant who has been tasked with supporting the board of directors, but you haven’t received any training on how to effectively execute your role? Or are you looking to expand your current knowledge and experience to become a board administrator? Our Board Administrator Essentials is a hands-on course that doesn’t just tell you what the role is, we give you practical guidance and provide you with work plans, templates and ideas to help you provide superior support to your board and executive team.
Our Board Administrators Essentials training program is the only one that guides you through the role and provides you with checklists, templates, and ideas required to provide exceptional support to your board and executive team.
Why Are We Qualified to Teach You How to Be a Board Administrator?
It’s not theory; it’s real-life experience.
We’ve been supporting boards for over 20 years and we are still supporting boards today. Our real-world experience isn’t a decade old; we work with clients across the country and around the world every day, and we continue to learn and share our latest experiences with our students. We get rave reviews because we are real people doing the work alongside you, learning from you, as you learn from us.
A Tailored Approach
Small and mid-sized company boards need administrative support too, and we can tailor a training program to fit with your structure.
One of the most common things that we see in small and mid-sized companies that don’t have an in-house corporate secretary is that the board administration duties often fall to an executive or administrative assistant. While they are typically eager to take on more responsibility, it is imperative that they receive training to understand what this part of their role entails and how to execute it effectively while providing maximum support to the board. With our robust board administration training program we work with the designated employee to help them understand how a board functions and how they can best support the management team, and the directors, particularly the board and committee chairs.
Our board administration training program can be tailored to your company’s needs and includes:
An overview of governance basics which provides a foundation for the role of the Board Administrator
Developing a tailored board and committee meeting process from start to finish including
Drafting and managing work plans
Working with the board and committee chairs to draft agendas
How to prepare, circulate and follow- up on action item lists
Learning how to take better board and committee minutes
Developing onboarding manuals and director education plans
Guidance on liaising with legal counsel, transfer agents, and others
And much more!
Whether you need someone to be trained to take minutes or they need to learn the entire board administrator role, we have the experience to help them learn their role and execute it professionally.
Our Board Administrator Essentials Course Is Now Online
It's here! Our popular Board Administrator Essentials course is now available online in a flexible, self-paced format, bringing the same practical training and insights from our highly rated live sessions directly to you! Download a course outline HERE.
This course is a fully online, self-paced learning experience designed to provide practical knowledge, tools and resources you can apply directly to your role. Built on years of real-world boardroom experience, the course combines recorded video lessons, case studies, articles, podcasts, knowledge checks, practical exercises and templates to support your learning. You'll also have the opportunity to submit questions and request additional information as you work through the material.
We begin with the fundamentals of good governance, which form the foundation of the Board administrator's role, and then work through the enand post-meeting responsibilities. Along the way, you'll develop tire meeting cycle, from planning and preparation to meeting day materials for your own Board Administrator Manual, creating a valuable resource you can continue to use long after completing the course.
The six modules are divided into manageable sections, allowing you to learn at your own pace and fit the training into your schedule. Whether you're new to Board administration or looking to strengthen your existing skills, the course is designed to build your knowledge, confidence and effectiveness in supporting good governance.