Enterprise Leadership for Transformation - Set (Synchronous e-learning)
About This Course
Course Objectives for Part 2 (Set)
To enhance leadership and business growth capabilities of SME owner / leaders through
• A practical learning program that trains business leaders in business fundamentals for growth, tailored to SME needs
• Guided mentoring that supports the development of viable business growth plans
• Mentor / Peer / Community / Alumni / Market immersion engagement that supports growth plan implementation
On this second part, learning journey themes and objectives could include the following (given volatile environment, detailed content will be continuously developed and refined)
A learning journey on Growing Internationally
•Understand the role and nature of ambition and talent in growing abroad
•Understand these risks and capabilities required to ace these risks.
•Understanding essential characteristics and key success factors of each path
•Distill the attitudes and capabilities the SME has to have for each path to be viable
•Understand the essential characteristics of ecosystems
•Learn how to analyze relevant ecosystems
•Understand key people and other leverage points of ecosystems
A learning journey on Innovation to drive Growth
•Appreciate Customer Needs/Value Propositions & Product/Market Fit
•Applying Value Proposition Canvas and the Minimal Viable Product
•Learn to apply the principles of business model
•Generate and innovate new business model
•The participants will learn about the innovative culture that is pivotal in fostering innovation and catalyzing growth.
•The participants will learn about the internal politics of corporate ventures and the possible models that can be used to generate new businesses on an ongoing basis.
•The participants will learn about the innovative value chain framework and its application to their own organizations.
A learning journey on Cashflows and Finance
•Have sufficient understanding to manage and partner CFO and external bankers.
•Refresh on financial statements
•Refresh on revenue and expenses recognition
•Refresh understanding that profit is different from cash flow.
•Refresh key financial ratios for evaluating the health of a company: liquidity ratios; solvency ratios; asset efficiency ratios; profitability ratios, and market value ratios
•Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of project investment appraisal techniques such as payback, net present value and internal rate of return.
•Understand how the SME is financially evaluated by bankers, creditors, and investors.
•Identify incremental cash flows
•Evaluate project investments.
•Compare two projects that have different risks, different sizes and unequal lives
•Identifying opportunities for improving trade and working capital
•Understand exit strategies and expectations of long-term / short-term investors.
•Managing creditor / investor relationships.