BUSINESS LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
The Business Leadership Programme is modeled after international best practices. The objectives of the programme are to:
- Expose business owners to critical skills and tools for effective leadership in business
- Give them the unique opportunity to reflect on their current leadership abilities and to enhance their leadership and management skills
- Support them through the process of building successful and sustainable institutions and planning for their succession
Participants are required to attend a four-day leadership training and skills workshop and to take advantage of LEAP's one-on-one coaching sessions. They also become part of the LEAP Africa network.
Training topics include - the art and act of leadership, unleashing personal strengths and overcoming weaknesses, visioning and goal-setting, personal and organizational mission statements, motivating and coaching people for peak performance, time management, networking, negotiations, succession planning, conflict resolution, communications, moral and organizational leadership, creativity, building world class Board of Directors, building a culture of excellence, and instituting systems and structures to ensure long-term sustainability.
TARGET PARTICIPANTS
Business owners who manage small and medium sized enterprises (not aspiring entrepreneurs or start-ups) and reside in Aba, Abuja, Benin, Kano, Kaduna, Lagos and Port Harcourt.
NOMINATION PROCESS
LEAP is collaborating with First Bank Nigeria Plc, Citigroup foundation, Abuja Enterprises Agency, Diamond Bank, and Zenith International Bank Plc in the nomination of participants for its Business Leadership programmes. LEAP utilizes a transparent and rigorous screening process for selecting participants. The participants must be committed to change and fluent in spoken and written English.
CEO'S FORUM
Launched in 2005, the Annual CEO's Forum exposes business owners to the importance of planning for their succession and instituting effective systems, structures and values within their organization, to ensure long term sustainability.
»CEO's Forum
GOVERNANCE TRAINING FOR BOARDS OF DIRECTORS
Designed for Boards of private and non profit organizations, the programme seeks to equip directors with knowledge and insights into their roles, responsibilities and liabilities as Board members. In addition, it supports board members with the skills and tools they require to operate effectively and efficiently in providing oversight and direction to their organizations. It also highlights the importance of the directors in setting and maintaining appropriate ethical standards in their organizations.
SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISE (SME) TRAINING OF TRAINER PROGRAMME
Given its commitment to ensuring that more businesses outlive their founders, LEAP is scaling up its Business Leadership Programme through the provision of Training of Trainers (ToT) Programmes for Independent Consultants, Human Resource Managers and organizations that provide training for business owners who run small and medium scale enterprises (SMEs).
Objectives of the programme are to:
- Guide participants through the modeling of effective facilitation skills
- Introduce participants to a world class Business Leadership Curriculum while immersing them in a range of interactive exercises, cases, games and class discussions on issues related to leadership, management and succession planning.
- Equip participants with the skills and tools required to train their staff, partners or clients on critical business skills via an innovative and interactive approach.
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If you are interested in the Business Programmes, please contact Obo Henshaw by phone on 01- 2706541/2 or via email at ohenshaw@leapafrica.org
