Boards have the primary responsibility of leading any institution or organization. The Institute of Corporate Directors flagship course, the Professional Directors Program is a deep-dive training session for both incumbent and aspiring directors on their roles and responsibilities in their respective companies and organizations.

PDP provides directors with tools to create value for the corporation and helps them become catalysts for transformative change both in their organizations and the society they live in.

ICD taps highly-experienced and internationally-trained individuals, from its roster of teaching fellows, to facilitate the sessions. Highly-interactive learning sessions with ICD's Teaching Fellows, who draw from real-life boardroom experiences during discussions, will ensure that the sessions enrich participants.

The Professional Directors Program consists of five modules that opens with the Corporate Governance Orientation Program (Module 1) or Corporate Governance Orientation Program for Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations (GOCCs) (Module 1)  to be followed by the significant responsibilities of board directors namely: Strategy (Module 2), Policy (Module 3), Board Oversight (Module 4), and Accountability (Module 5).