About this course:

A high impact 5-Day training course covering all the essential components needed to run an effective business - large or small, for profit or non-profit, public or private. We identify and explore the best techniques from each of the key business competencies and apply them in a comprehensive business simulation - allowing us to rapidly develop ideas, build confidence, and to test the results.

 

The programme is available face-to-face, and on-line - as a full 5-Day compact programme, or split into days or half days (contiguous or spread over time). It has been designed to be easily tailored for any industry.

 

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Who is the programme for?

This programme has been developed for leaders and leadership teams who are serious about leadership:

• Directors, Entrepreneurs
• Mid-senior Managers
• Identified Talent and Future Leaders
• Specialists, Consultants

 

The programme is ideal for those working within:

• Corporate organisations - including blue-chip companies
• Growing businesses transitioning to a sustainable long-term proposition
• Non-profit organisations, the public sector, and charities
• Start-up and spin-off teams

Course curriculum:

Day 1: Strategy and Business Insight

• Welcome and Blueprint Introduction
• Industry & Business Dynamics, Strategy, Alignment and KPIs
• Analysing the Market; Developing Strategy & Competitive Advantage
• Key Performance Enablers – Agility, Risk, Innovation, Customer-Centricity & Partnering

 

Day 2: Financial Analysis and Control

• Evaluating and Optimising the Business Model(s)
• The Financial Cycle and Reporting
• KPIs, Ratios & Financial Analysis
• Financial Control, Budgets & Evaluating Initiatives (NPV)

 

Day 3: Getting Things Done

• Leadership in Business / Organisations
• Influence and Communication
• Developing Effective Teams
• Supporting and Deploying Effective People – Culture and Innovation

 

Day 4: Building the Proposition

• Creating Compelling Customer Propositions
• Communicating / Marketing Compelling Customer Propositions
• Maintaining Effective Governance

 

Day 5: Bringing it All Together

• Optimising Operations and Transformation
• Team Simulation Preparation - Bringing it All Together
• Team Presentations
• Review and Washup

 

Certification:

Achieved by group presentation on the final day of the programme (for most face-to-face certification programmes), individual presentation (video submission option available), or written submission.

Prerequisites

No prerequisites. Just a willingness to learn and a desire to lead better.