Track your development with CPD points

One of the ways your AICD membership helps you stay at the forefront of governance is by allocating 
Continuing Professional Development points to various activities.

Commitment to lifelong learning

From professional reading to attending national events, CPD activities enrich your directorship journey.

Stay in step with trends

Governance is an area that is always evolving—with new information, emerging trends and updated best practices. Tracking your CPD points helps you ensure you’re on top of all the latest.

Demonstrate your dedication

Fulfilling your CPD requirements demonstrates to the communities and organisations you work with that you’re a dedicated director with contemporary knowledge and skills.

Extend your expertise

Staying up to date on significant issues across the national governance landscape expands your thinking and encourages fresh perspectives that you can then bring back to the boardroom.

Your CPD requirements at a glance

Just like with other professional bodies, AICD membership requires you to continually improve your directorship skills and capabilities (as outlined in the Corporate Governance Framework).

CPD requirements by grade

Members (MAICD), Graduates (GAICD) and Fellows (FAICD) are required to accrue 20 CPD points each year. Affiliates (AAICD), Life Fellows (FAICDLife), members on reduced subscription rates and retired members are not required to accrue CPD points.

What counts as CPD. <p>Formal activities from the AICD and other organisations of appropriate professional standing, plus informal learning—such as briefings, reading, practical application and reflection—are all awarded CPD points. </p>
Recording CPD activities. <p>AICD activities are automatically added to your online account. Add any other activity via the member portal, including the activity type and provider, which Framework quadrant it relates to and how many CPD points it’s worth.</p>
Keeping you on track

To ensure all members are fulfilling their CPD requirements, the AICD audits different members each month. For this purpose, make sure you retain any documentation (e.g. certificate of completion) you receive from any external activities

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It’s your own personal responsibility as a director to ensure that you are at the top of your profession and understand the issues that are facing directors today.

Eileen Doyle FAICD
Director – GPT, Boral, Oil Search and Newcastle Knights
Voluntary contributions

Earn CPD points for writing articles, delivering presentations, being interviewed for our magazine or podcasts, or being appointed to an AICD professional committee.

A wide range of development activities

Your director professional development can take on various forms, from informal reflections to external training and everything in between.

Governance education

Courses. <p>Our calendar of flagship courses, short courses and programs covers various areas of governance and stages of directorship.</p>
Webinars. <p>Live and/or recorded, our webinars are an efficient way to fuel your knowledge on current governance issues.</p>
Events. <p>Events are a great way to earn CPD points while gaining unrivalled insights, making new connections and nurturing existing ones.</p>
Professional reading. <p>Fuel your knowledge by reading journals, magazines and books, or by joining discussions in the AICD’s LinkedIn member groups and sub-groups.</p>

Practical experience

Seeking guidance on governance & directorship. <p>We allocate CPD points for experiences where you’ve intentionally sought the input, knowledge or guidance of other directors as a way of improving your boardroom decision-making and performance.</p>
Reflecting on valuable experiences. <p>We recognise that self-reflection also counts as deeper learning, specifically one that considers the underlying values, assumptions, areas of potential bias, and concerns about a situation and identifies areas for improvement.</p>

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The power of collective learning

Fulfilling your CPD requirements is not just a means of maintaining your AICD membership. It’s evidence of your commitment to ongoing learning and staying ahead of the curve.And when each director stays up to date on the bigger picture, the entire board improves.

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Excellence starts with membership

Whether you’re a new or aspiring director seeking qualifications, an established director planning their next move, or a highly experienced leader ready to give back to the director community, the AICD meets you where you are and gives you the tools and resources for where you want to go.

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