Resilient Leadership and Business Sustainability Series Module 1: Entrepreneurial Mindset and Business Accountability

The pandemic has accelerated a pre-COVID-19 shift in how individuals and teams do intellectual work. The post-pandemic future of teamwork is likely to be a purposeful hybrid combination of virtual coordination and in-person collaboration.

Effective Leadership in this new hybrid world requires different skills beyond traditional team leadership. Building resilient leaders is thus critical for sustainable businesses.

This immersive and experiential programme is designed to help business owners and managers develop an in-depth understanding of their own leadership signature with authenticity and resiliency.

Business owners and managers have to lead and take responsibility for staying ahead of the race and they can do this through a renewed entrepreneurial mindset.

Participants will learn how to regain their “spark” and passion for work through the “real” examples of the entrepreneurial journey as they navigate through the uncertainties and disruptive market changes.

At the end of the 2-day module, participants will be able to:

• Regain their own “spark’, and learn how to lead with an entrepreneurial and resilient mindset
• Learn the five components of emotional Intelligence to become a skilful and thoughtful receiver of feedback
• Feel empowered with ownership by having a personal contract
• Acquire a practical framework motivating and managing multi-generation workforce
• Build trust with accountability and transparency

What are Generation Z and Millennials looking for in the workplace?

Generation Z will soon surpass millennials as the most populous, with over one-third of the world’s workforce. The Great Resignation may continue for some time; four in ten Gen Zs and nearly a quarter of millennials would like to leave their jobs within two years, signaling significant dissatisfaction.

Understanding the root cause of the dissatisfaction enable managers to be more effective in optimizing the potential of the future workforce.

Develop inclusive skills to connect multi-generations workforce

• Understand the fundamental concepts of Inclusive Leadership
• Build an Inclusive Vision
• Implement a One Size Fit One Approach to optimize performance

Leadership role in creating accountability and transparency

• Pragmatic strategy to build trust with accountability and transparency 
• Level up accountability and transparency
• Implement – identify three action steps to create accountability and transparency

Who Should Attend

• Leaders and mid-level management from SMEs; Start Up Founders and Entrepreneurs; Intrapreneurs; Business professionals who wish to drive change; Business professionals who want to develop resilient leadership and business sustainability.

Pre-requisites:

• Minimally a Diploma

Assessment

There will be presentation or written assessments for each module. Participants have to meet a minimum attendance rate of 75% and have to complete all assessment(s) required by the course. Only upon meeting the minimum attendance and passing the assessment will participants be issued a Certificate of Completion.

Participants who fail the assessment will be given a chance for re-assessment at a fee of SGD108.00 (incl. 8% GST). Each participant is allowed 1 re-assessment. The re-assessment has to be taken within 7 calendar days from the end of the course date.

It will be held on a weekday specified by SMU Academy and conducted during office hours. Please note that re-assessment fees are not supported by SSG Funding.

Participants who meet the minimum attendance rate but do not achieve a pass for the assessment will be issued a Certificate of Participation.

Participants are required to bring their laptop to access the course materials, class exercises and individual assessment(s).

Learning Activities

Aside from the seminar-styled teaching method used in class, there will also be extensive use of experiential learning methods to put into practice the theories that have been learned. Normally, such learning activities will be done in groups.