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Self Awareness and Leadership
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PROGRAM OUTLINE for this 2 day course in English

DAY 1: The financial statement, the results, the key concepts and the stakeholders 

 

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1. Understand the key financial concepts and the role of finance

  • The difference between profit versus value and the time value of money
  • Accounting value versus fair value & the different accounting methods (GAAP & IFRS)
  • The role and responsibilities of the finance department, the financial role of each manager

 

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2. Master the 3 financial reports and act on it

  • The Balance Sheet  - what to look out for
  • The Income Statement  - EBITDA,  Sales, direct and indirect cost  and margins  
  • The Cash flow statement -  The free cash flow

 

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3. Analyse the performance through KPI’s (Overtime & Peers)

  • How profitable is the company, does it meet its targets
  • Is the company operating efficiently
  • How much-working capital is available, is there enough liquidity to manage risks and how solvent is it
  • Is value created for the investors in line with market expectations?   

 

DAY 2: The techniques on how to improve the financial results 

 

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4. Define your strategy in line with corporate strategy. 

  • Understand how corporate strategy is formulated
  • Comprehend the strategy of your organisation/department
  • Analyse the changing environment, the competitors and the company's competitive position
  • Determine your objectives, plans and goals in line with corporate strategy

 

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5. Build budgets (OPEX) and propose investments (CAPEX)

  • Understand the different methods of costing: Direct and indirect, fixed and variable and price-setting  
  • Use Budgeting Techniques (OPEX) – Incremental, zero-based and rolling-based budgets  
  • Conduct an Investment Appraisal Analysis (CAPEX) -   Net Present Value (NPV), de Internal Rate of Return (IRR) & Payback
  • Negotiate your plans with finance and other departments
  • Get your proposals approved

 

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6. Monitor financial progress – Identify problems, trends and patterns

  • Are we on target?
  • Do we meet objectives?
  • Which risks to eliminate
  • Which actions to take to improve performance

Syllabus

Day 1:

 

Introduction

  • Introducing the contexts of leadership and the importance of self-awareness, reflection and feedback in order to develop leadership skills.

 

MBTI

  • Introduction to the 4 dimensions and 4 dichotomies.
  • Self-assessment on the dimensions.
  • Report generated by the MBTI tool.
  • Implications of preferences in leadership

 

Setting targets and managing performance

  • Managing performance and conducting meetings with team members on performance especially in critical situations.

 

Using feedback

  • Dangers and benefits of feedback.  Do’s and don’ts of giving and receiving feedback. 
  • Actitivities

 

 

Day 2:

 

Leadership styles

  • Situational leadership and approaches to leadership in each situation with assessment of own styles, strengths and weaknesses

 

Coaching employees

  • Coaching as a development instrument.
  • Coaching and mentoring situations.
  • GROW model as a structure for coaching others.
  • Practise in roles plays

 

Leading others without authority

  • Influencing techniques.
  • Personal preferences and cultural differences.
  • Practice of 6 influencing approaches

 

Feedback and actions plans

  • Key learning points and next steps      

 

 

 

Participant feedback

A course with 10 participants is very good to favour the interactivity. Thanks for the perfect course content and lecture.

Very good course, teacher, and approach. Material available on-line prior the course + request to the participants about their expectations from the course.

A pleasant and knowledgeable instructor with a lot of interaction among participants.

An excellent course for people like myself.

Congratulations! Very well done. Nothing more to add.

I really appreciated the empathy and skills of the lecturer Bruno Bosch. Also, the size of the group (7 persons) was perfect to have the necessary interactivity throughout the course.

I strongly recommended this training to my colleagues as I found it very useful.

I think this was one of the best course I've ever attended. The trainer, Mrs Maureen, was extremely pedagogic and the structure of the course was very well planned with just the right mixture of theory versus practical examples and exercises.

It was a very enjoyable course. The group was small which made it easier to be 100% involved.  The exercises and case study were absolutely great and necessary to put the theory in practice. A very knowledgeable teacher.

It was nice to have a lecturer with profound knowledge on the topic so that the level of discussion could go further than the simple basics of valuation.

Lecturer had good understanding of the subject and good understanding of practical application.

Perfect for me. Exactly what I was looking for.

Thank you for the training, which was very clear and met my needs.

The course absolutely answered my expectations and needs.

The lecturer is a knowledgeable person with real market experience which is a plus.

The lecturer is excellent. She explained clear and control good interaction with students.

The training format and takeaways corresponds to what I expected. Thanks for the good preparation

Theoretical explanations good and with good interaction with audience.

There were lots of real life examples and relation to peoples own industries.

This was an excellent course and Kris made it very interesting and useful. He is highly knowledgeable, skilled and open to suggestions.

Thumbs up Maureen!

Very good and interesting training. One of the best I ever had.

 

Learn the way that suits you most!



MEETING ROOM



ONLINE

1.  Small group sizes to ensure quality, debate & interaction (Max 15 People)
2.  Prime hotel locations
3.  Interact with the speakers & members
4.  Teamwork
5.  Access to our Online learning platform
6.  Use of whiteboard
7.  Share professional experience with other participants
8.  Network with participants
1.  Small group sizes to ensure quality, debate & interaction (Max 12 People)
2.  Via Zoom, Microsoft Teams or Cisco WebEx
3.  Interact with the speaker & members
4.  Virtual teamwork through breakout rooms
5.  Access to our Online learning platform
6.  Use of electronic whiteboard
7.  Share professional experience with other participants
8.  Network with participants
9.  Greater convenience at your office or home
10. Geographic flexibility - No travel needed

Course Lecturers



Maureen Whitehead-Lausman, MBA

19 years associate lecturer in Financial Strategy and Corporate Strategy for a triple accredited global business school. 20 years’ experience developing and delivering training programs for large and medium sized companies including in Germany, China, USA, Singapore, Ethiopia, South Africa, Russia and Romania. Corporate finance, value based management and finance for non-financial managers at middle and senior management level are a particular interest.  


Kris De Clercq, MBA

Kris has lectured finance to managers for more than 25 years in Europe and Eastern Europe. His teaching as an associate for a UK based global business school included “Issues in International Finance and Investments”,” Corporate Finance” and “Issues in IFRS”. His industry experience is over 20 years working for asset managers, investment banks, global custodians in the UK, Luxembourg and Belgium. He received a universities award for innovation in finance teaching and learning.  


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Companies who attended our courses

 

AG Insurance
Argenta NV
AXA Belgium
Banca Monte Paschi Belgio S.A.
Bank De Groof
Banking Association (Kosovo)
Baloise Insurance
Belfius Investment Partners
BNP Paribas Fortis
Bpost Bank
Buy Way
CBC Bank
Credendo
Delta Lloyd Life
DKV Belgium
Ethias SA
Euler Hermes Services
Euroclear Bank SA/NV
Euroclear Investments
Europ Assistance
European Investment Bank - EIB (Luxembourg)
European Union - EDFIMC / ElectriFI
Flanders Investment & Trade
Gras Savoye Belgium
Incofin Investment Management
ING Bank België
KBC Bank
Mastercard
Ministry of European Integration (Kosovo)
National Bank of Belgium
NN Insurance Belgium
Petercam
Record Bank
Société Générale Private Banking
SWIFT
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS)
Triodos Bank
VGD International -Audit & Tax
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
 
Abbott Logistics B.V. (Netherlands)
AbbVie (Canada)
Agfa HealthCare NV
Alcon
Alcon-Couvreur
Amplifon
Baxter International (Austria)
Catalent Pharma Solutions
CinnaGen (Tehran)
Hologic
Landelijke Christelijke mutualiteit (LCM)
Mutualités Libres: MLOZ
SA Bristol- Myers Squibb Belgium NV
Stryker (Netherlands)
Terumo BCT Europe NV
UCB
Vanbreda International
 
AW Europe
Belgacom
CISCO
Corelio Printing
De Persgroep Publishing nv
EDF Luminus
Elia System Operator
Eni Gas & power
Fluxys Belgium
INFRABEL
Itineris NV
KEYRUS
M-Team
NRB
Proximus
Siemens
Telenet
 
 
Afton Chemical SPRL
ANL Plastics
Arcelor Mittal ( Belgium & Luxembourg)
Axalta Coating Systems 
BASF Antwerpen
BASF Belgium Coordination Center
Beaulieu International Group
Bekaert
Borealis Polymers NV
Bridgestone Europe SA
CNH Industrial Belgium NV
Cofely Fabricom
Cytec Belgium
DOMO Chemicals (Germany)
Donaldson
Dow Corning
Electrolux Appliances AB - EMA- EMEA (SEE)
European Owens Corning Fiberglas
GDF Suez
Griffith Foods
Hamon & Cie
Jacobs Belgium
KODAK SA/NV
Milliken Europe
Niko Group
NXP Semiconductors - Prodis  (Netherlands)
SOLVAY
SPX Cooling Technologies
Synventive Molding Solutions (Germany)
TERUMO EUROPE
Tessenderlo
VPK Packaging Group NV
WABCO
Yara Belgium NV
Vinçotte International
 
Alcopa
Alstom Belgium
ARC Europe 
Brussels Airport Company
Gemeentelijk Havenbedrijf Antwerpen
GSC Greensea Chartering 
HONDA Motor Logistics
JBT
Neovia Logistics
PSA Antwerp nv
Retail & Wholesale
Seatrade Reefer Chartering
EUROCONTROL 
Thalys International
Volkswagen Group Services
 
AVEVE Biochem NV
Delhaize Corporate Group
IKEA 
 
Acturus sprl
ARC Europe
BDO 
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre (SCK-CEN)
BIA Africa
Bia Overseas
Brooser BE Operations 
Capgemini
Cegeka
Computacenter
Compass-Group
Computer Task Group
Egemin International
Enhesa International
FIS (former Clear2Pay)
Interel Group
Matexi NV
Minds&More
Nationale Loterij
SD Diensten NV (SD Worx)
Toreon
UGent - FBW

 

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