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The path to chartered director status, includes two cornerstones of the Chartered Director Programme, the Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction. Once programme participants have completed these two steps, they may also be eligible to go on to become a fully accredited chartered director. IoD Ireland is the only body in Ireland that provides the full designation and recognition as a professional Chartered Director .
Aimed at people at a senior level and/or at Board level, the Chartered Director Programme consists of three stages: a Certificate, followed by a Diploma, and then finally the full Chartered accreditation. “When a person signs up for the programme, they are committing to ten months of learning with an average of two days a month in class,” Gleeson explained. “They join with a cohort of 20 people who all start and continue that same journey together.
“All of the tutors throughout the full Programme have similar top-level, relevant board positions and the quality of learning they can bring to the classroom is exemplary. For our programme participants, they can be assured that they get the academic knowledge that is relevant but also the real-world experience which is so important.”
“To be able to help an organisation plan a profitable and sustainable way forward, you need to be able to lead that organisation well, you need to have a great strategy, it needs to be very well governed, and it needs to be underpinned by substantial financial management. So, the Diploma phase brings together all the aspects from the Certificate module and helps our delegates feel confident in helping an organisation in its development.
The aim of the entire process is to instil confidence in a director to bring what they need to their role: knowledge, experience, expertise, skills, mindset – these enable them to help the organisation on its road forward. No matter what your sector is, these are the skills you need.