An Intensive 5-day Training Course

Mini MBA: Business Essentials

Lead, Engage and Sustain your Organisation

INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Today’s competitive business environment demands leaders who can think strategically, lead confidently, and innovate decisively. The Mini MBA: Business Essentials training course is crafted to equip forward-thinking professionals with the essential tools, frameworks, and mindset needed to thrive in senior leadership roles across any industry.

This intensive training course provides a high-level overview of the core disciplines taught in traditional MBA programs—strategy, leadership, innovation, communication, and corporate governance—delivered in a practical, condensed format. Designed for ambitious professionals, this training empowers participants with the knowledge and confidence to drive organisational success, make sound decisions, and lead change effectively.

This Mini MBA: Business Essentials training course will highlight:

  • Strategic thinking and business model alignment
  • Inspiring leadership that engages and motivates teams
  • Fostering a culture of innovation and creative problem-solving
  • Enhancing communication to align with organisational goals
  • Applying corporate governance to build resilience and agility
  • Building decision-making confidence through practical tools

COURSE DETAILS

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OBJECTIVES

By the end of this Mini MBA: Business Essentials training course, participants will be able to:

  • Understand how business models shape competitive strategy
  • Build leadership capability to inspire performance and commitment
  • Apply agile and lean methodologies to drive innovation
  • Communicate with influence across stakeholders and departments
  • Integrate principles of corporate governance into business strategy
  • Lead strategic change with greater impact and efficiency
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TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This training course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension, and retention of the information presented. This includes stimulating presentations supporting each of the topics together with an interactive trainer leading discussion. There will be practical sessions where participants can practice and experience training course-related activities. Realistic and exercises, short video presentations, small group work and feedback, will be used to facilitate learning. Interactive activities will be used throughout the training course.

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ORGANISATIONAL IMPACT

Organisations that invest in this training course will see measurable improvements in leadership effectiveness, strategic clarity, and innovation capacity.

Organisational benefits include:

  • Enhanced strategic alignment and cross-functional collaboration
  • Improved communication and decision-making capabilities
  • Agile leaders equipped to drive transformation and performance
  • Increased accountability, engagement, and productivity
  • Future-ready managers with a broadened business perspective
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PERSONAL IMPACT

Participants will gain a robust understanding of key business functions and leadership competencies, preparing them to advance their careers with confidence.

Key personal takeaways include:

  • Mastery of essential leadership strategies for day-to-day operations
  • Stronger communication, persuasion, and influence skills
  • Ability to drive team performance and engagement
  • Tools to manage complexity and uncertainty effectively
  • Strategic thinking to solve high-level business challenges
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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This KC Academy Mini-MBA: Business Essentials training course is beneficial for professionals across every department of the organizations who are dealing with strategic and leadership decisions.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Middle Managers, Department Heads and Senior Managers
  • Business Professionals who need a wider understanding of leadership and strategic principles.
  • Professionals whose task it is to create and implement strategy.
  • Executives and Leaders responsible to ensure Corporate Government initiatives.
  • Professionals who would like a refresher course in MBA type topics and want to be familiar with current thinking.

DAILY AGENDA

Day 1: Understanding the Strategic Environment
  • What is strategy and why is it important?
  • Analysis of Internal criteria to the company.
  • Analysis of external criteria to the company.
  • Strategic choice: focus, concentration, dealing with the life cycle effect
  • The strategic impact of value migration during globalization.
  • The linkage and alignment of strategic and operational management
  • Strategic Formulation
  • Strategic Implementation.
Day 2: The Art of Leadership
  • Keys to personal leadership
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Balance as a key to resilient leadership
  • Leadership zone of empowerment
  • The paradox of leadership in the information age
  • Delivering customer value
  • Employee & Team Engagement
  • Ensuring staff capability
Day 3: Achieving Innovation
  • How our thinking works.
  • Vertical and lateral approaches; benefits and weaknesses.
  • Testing ideas for practicality and relevance.
  • Apply the more fluid style to the left and right hemispheres of the brain.
  • Recognize obstacles to creativity in approach and working environment.
  • Understand the limitations of conventional problem solving.
  • Ensure that creativity becomes a tool for day-to-day problem solving.
  • Decision Making processes.
Day 4: Communications
  • Connecting: Gaining rapport and building credibility.
  • Consulting: Effective questioning and listening skills.
  • Ways to be more convincing and overcoming conflict.
  • Negotiating agreement and getting a win-win.
  • Working together to achieve your goals: the secrets of great team working.
  • Coordination activities in the digital age; tools and techniques.
  • How to present your ideas, plans and projects well.
  • How to manage meetings of your team or stakeholders.
Day 5: Corporate Governance
  • The responsibilities of Corporate Governance
  • The history of sustainability
  • Benefits of business sustainability
  • Stakeholder expectations
  • Sustainability operating systems
  • Company policies
  • Organizational structures
  • Profit, People, Planet
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Certificate

On successful completion of this training course, KC ACademy Certificate will be awarded to the delegates.

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