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"A commendable initiative by Adv. Ohayon in building a comprehensive course that enriches knowledge in a practical, applied way across a broad range of topics relevant to the director's professional functioning. A highly practical course, intelligently and thoroughly structured, with excellent lecturers, providing an effective pocket handbook that efficiently distills the foundations of the course. The connection to a group, led by Adv. Ohayon, creates a genuine network of relationships — of professional and relevant dialogue, and of ongoing enrichment so essential to the world of directors in today's era. Highly recommended for anyone who comes with a desire to deepen their knowledge and to become. Thank you for the course. The most significant insight in my eyes, one that should serve as a guiding principle for every director entering the role — Adv. Ohayon's vision regarding the meaning of boards' functioning. Directors form a strategic, guiding, and supervisory line that safeguards the reliability and integrity of corporations. The values established in board meetings permeate downward — to the CEO, to managers, and to employees. This is an essential foundation for building quality companies and employees who operate within worthy social, business, and value-based norms. Companies employ most of Israel's citizens, and so the creation of such value ultimately serves as a mirror for Israeli society as a whole."

"The course is highly professional and touches on many important aspects of board work. The content is at a high level and delivered in an engaging and clear manner, the lecturers are excellent and pleasant and answer every question. It is evident that there is a genuine aspiration to give participants practical tools and not just theories, with an emphasis on the importance of professional work in the boardroom. The course sharpened for me that being a director is a profession and that you need to come prepared. It also illustrated the importance of informed work, of protecting business judgment, and of truly understanding the business and accounting aspects in order to be a quality director. The lectures are interesting and highly relevant, and the Zoom format is convenient and allows participation from anywhere without missing sessions. The course is suited for people who want to understand the meaning of the director's role and prepare for it, as well as for new directors who want to gain confidence and professionalize."

"The course provides essential knowledge, insights, and tools across the full range of topics a board is responsible for, and brings clarity to what a director needs to know — what the relevant domains are, what questions they should ask, and how important it is to understand financial statements. Before the course, I saw the board primarily as a place where I report on what's happening in the organization and get approval for my actions as CEO. After the course, I see it as a thinking group that challenges me as CEO and helps me achieve better results. One of the most significant takeaways was the need to ask the right questions, stay true to your integrity, and not automatically follow the majority. What sets this course apart is the combination of practical board meeting exercises with analysis of real financial statements. The content level is high, the lecturers are excellent and articulate, the presentations are illuminating, and the ability to ask questions during the lecture — not just at the end — is very important. I particularly enjoy hearing Michel, with his rich experience and wonderful stories."

"This is a professional, high-quality, and well-structured program that combines practical knowledge with the expansion of managerial and business horizons. The content level is comprehensive and very high, and the lecturers deliver the material in a professional, clear, and fluent manner, while creating substantive and enriching discussions and providing broad responses to participants' questions. What sets the course apart is the high caliber of the lecturers, the practical experience they bring, and their willingness to impart knowledge and tools beyond the formal curriculum. Michel's ability to simplify the message, convey it in understandable language, and integrate practical examples makes the sessions especially meaningful. The course provides significant tools not only for board members, but for any senior executive in a private or public company. The tools and insights I acquired are already helping me examine financial and managerial issues more broadly and deeply."

"There are courses that only impart knowledge, and there are courses that also impart a way of thinking. Fortunately, the directors' course led by Adv. Michel Ohayon was of the second kind. Over decades of business activity, I learned that success is measured not only in results, but also in responsibility, leadership, integrity, and the ability to make the right decisions for the organization and its stakeholders. The course reinforced my understanding that the world of boards goes far beyond the legal aspects. It deals with people and values, strategy, and public and business responsibility. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Adv. Michel Ohayon, who led the course at an especially high professional level, alongside humanity, modesty, patience, and extraordinary generosity. His vast experience, combined with the ability to convey knowledge in a clear, practical, and inspiring way, made the learning a meaningful and enjoyable experience. I believe that learning is a process that never ends, and even after many years of doing and managing, one can always expand horizons, acquire new tools, and grow. Thank you very much to Michel, to the entire course team, to the lecturers and guests for the investment, dedication, and uncompromising quality. I warmly recommend this course to every manager, entrepreneur, business owner, or anyone who aspires to bear public and business responsibility — especially since it is delivered wonderfully via Zoom. It was an honor to be part of it."

"If you want to understand what is truly required of a director — not just through laws and theory but through dilemmas, real cases, and practical tools from the field — this is a course I wholeheartedly recommend. The most significant thing I took from the course is the understanding that a good director is measured not only by their knowledge, but by the quality of the questions they ask, the responsibility they take, and their ability to see the full picture even when information is incomplete and decisions are complex. That, in my eyes, is boardroom excellence. I learned to pause before rushing to a solution and ask: what information is missing, what is the real risk, what alternatives exist, and who bears responsibility. Slowly — there's no need to rush. The quality and precision of the decision are what matter and what determine the outcome. Today I deeply understand that the CEO and management are the executive tool, while the board, and especially the board chair, set the direction, the strategy, and the tone. This is essential training for anyone who wants to step into a director role, start a business, or serve on a company's board. I loved building the business plan, the integration of AI, the accounting, the dilemmas, the questions, and the discussions. Every lesson with Michel was teaching at a different level — in depth and breadth — and there wasn't a single lesson I considered unnecessary. The combination of professional depth, real-world experience, and the ability to translate complex issues into decisions and practical tools made the course especially meaningful. The lecturers were first-tier, and the course succeeded in turning laws and methodologies into a structured, practical, and effective work process."

"The most significant thing I took from the course is the understanding that for a modest investment, you can turn a new, large, and complex topic into something less intimidating, and even understand it well enough to make decisions. Another tool I took to work is focusing on strategy and not just putting out fires. Before the course, the board was in my eyes a group of people representing shareholders. Today I see it as a whole that needs to act in sync and transcend the sum of its parts. The topics that particularly caught me were decision-making and the effective board model. What sets the course apart is its orderly structure and the conceptual continuity across all the sessions. The clarity and delivery of very complex material in an 'almost simple' way made the sessions meaningful. The course is suitable for people who want to learn board work in an orderly way, from A to Z. In the previous course I took, there was too much diving into corporate legal issues, when that's the company's general counsel's job to handle. Here we focused much more on formulating strategy and analyzing the company's situation. The practical value and overall value of the course were, for me, 5 out of 5."

"Being a director is a serious, responsible, and proactive profession. Adv. Michel Ohayon is an inspiration to me, and I'm sure for all course participants. The tool I took from the course is a better understanding of directors' liability. Before the course, I didn't quite understand the importance of an effective board for an organization. After the course, I understood the importance and the great responsibility of a director in general and of a quality board chair in particular. The topics that caught me were directors' liability, strategy, and the role of a quality board chair. What made the sessions meaningful was the practical tools. What sets the course apart is the practical tools and practice, and it's suitable for people who want to deeply understand board work."

"This is a professional and high-quality course, with extensive content and knowledge and excellent lecturers. Everything is at a very high level and a great deal of investment is evident. During the course, a great deal of knowledge is imparted, alongside an emphasis on exercises that help understand the work of directors in practice. The variety of topics and lecturers, alongside a curriculum built around a wide range of fields related to board work, create a professional and in-depth learning experience."

"The course is very well-organized in terms of materials, content, delivery, and knowledge accessibility. The team's dedication to operating everything is at a premier level and well beyond expectations, and the Zoom format is excellent. The lecturers are at a very high level, come prepared for every lesson, encourage questions, and give respectful and detailed responses. Michel is a special person who maintains a high standard throughout the course. The atmosphere is pleasant, serious, and respectful, the materials are presented in an orderly manner, and the explanations are detailed. The lecturers are excellent, every question gets a proper response, and the lessons are delivered precisely. I highly recommend it."

"Thank you very much for the interesting, professional, and useful course, and for the certification I received. As the owner of a private family business, the course opened a window for me to a broader and deeper perspective on how an organization with multiple opinions, tasks, responsibilities, and challenges operates — alongside the shared desire to lead, make the right decisions, and succeed. I am taking with me important tools for understanding the role of the board, corporate governance, the liability of office holders, and decision-making processes in a changing business environment. I thank you for the professionalism, the investment, and the way you led the course, and I wish you great success in the future and in training additional generations of directors."

"Being a director is a profession. The board was an important tool in my eyes even before the course, and its importance only grew during the course. The most significant thing for me was the importance of full and accurate documentation of the entire discussion and decision-making process, as well as the topic of strategic thinking and long-term forward-looking. I'm fairly well-versed in most of the topics covered in the course, since I also deal with them. However, the importance of strategic thinking rose significantly in my eyes during the course. The combination of the legal world, corporate governance, with the real business world really appealed to me. This is a practical, not theoretical, course. The entire course, not just one lecturer or another. All the lecturers have hands-on practical experience in their fields of expertise. I've participated in other courses. This course is the most practical by far. Just keep going as you are!!! The course is suitable for senior executives, directors or director candidates, and finance people."

"The experience in the course is excellent, and for me it mainly brings order to my thinking. I come from the field, from daily work with budgets and cash flow, and the course gives me the tools to look at the data from above, the way a director truly should. What particularly caught me was the connection between the numbers in the financial statements and the business strategy and legal liability of the company. The course helps understand the deep economic process behind the numbers and how to translate a financial report into strategic decisions on the ground. This isn't a theoretical course, but highly applied learning, based on real case studies that helps understand how to make decisions, manage risks, and ask the hard questions in the boardroom. Michel Ohayon's lectures on corporate governance and the director's role are simply a school of management. He brings a rare combination of common sense, deep understanding of the laws and market changes, and a strong connection to practice and the real life of the boardroom. The course brings together a rare group of talented people from all fields, all connected to practice and the field. Taking complex worlds like law, finance, and strategy and conveying them in a clear, simple, and intuitive way is not something to be taken for granted. I leave every session with practical value for my work."

"The experience in the course is excellent. The sessions are very interesting and the syllabus is well-structured. Most other courses boast prestigious names but revisit foundational topics without managing to go deep. Here there is depth, and there is a guiding thread that is very much felt. The lesson format, based on open Zoom rather than webinars, is very pleasant and encourages active learning. I knew Michel was excellent, and I was pleasantly surprised by the caliber of the other lecturers and the fact that the lectures were built on the syllabus and not the other way around. For me, this is a one-stop shop for everything a director needs to know. I'm already recommending friends to join the next course."

"On this occasion, I would like to express my deep appreciation for the investment, seriousness, and depth of thought that went into designing the course curriculum and selecting the topics studied. It is evident that a great deal of thought was devoted to creating a comprehensive, diverse, and relevant curriculum that provides directors with practical tools alongside a broad understanding of their responsibilities and role. Particularly noteworthy is the impressive gallery of lecturers, who brought professional knowledge, rich experience, and practical insights from diverse fields of expertise. The quality of the presentations, the level of the lectures, and the ability to connect theoretical material with practical reality are all worthy of every praise. I was particularly impressed by the didactics, the fluency of speech, the richness of language, and the uncompromising insistence on respectful and clean language — qualities that are not self-evident and which attest to you as a lecturer and as an educator, and which contributed greatly to the learning experience."

"A comprehensive, thorough, in-depth, and very challenging course for serving as an effective director. Alongside the professional knowledge, the course provides an overarching view and thought processes in the business world for making strategic decisions. The course highlighted for me the importance of the director's effectiveness and the value they should add to the organization or business — with courage, discretion, and responsibility. All the course topics were, in my eyes, complementary parts of a complete picture. The course included various fields of professional knowledge delivered by excellent lecturers, and provided thought processes in the business world, tools, and working methods of an effective and efficient director who will bring added value to the organization or business. The way Adv. Michel Ohayon delivered the course was interesting and challenging, and included real-world examples, practical exercises, case studies, and simulations for the group members, which created fruitful and in-depth dialogue at every session. The challenging approach, with a lot of practice and sharing, created fruitful dialogue and great interest among group members throughout the course."

"If you fail to plan, you plan to fail." In this course you learn how to plan and how to succeed. The most significant things I took from the course are Michel's guidance, the knowledge I gained across different fields, the questions that came up, and the desire to keep learning. The course sharpened for me the importance of following news and articles on board-related topics, of asking questions, and of avoiding preconceived assumptions. Before the course, I thought the board was mainly an advisory body with professional expertise in the company's field. Today I deeply understand its legal rights and obligations, its role as a system of checks and balances, and the importance of assessing risks and opportunities at every stage. The course combines a wide range of topics, including strategy, AI applications, using LinkedIn, and understanding the financial meaning of the statements. The up-to-date examples and practical models, alongside the variety of lecturers, Michel's and the team's personal attention, and the great patience for every question, made the learning interesting and meaningful. The course is suited for people who want to get to know the world of senior management, refresh their accounting and legal knowledge, and prepare for a board role."