ACCELERATE – Driving Your Business Forward

Venue: Hibernian Hotel, Mallow
Commencing: 12th September 2012
Time: 8.30am - 3.30pm

Brief Programme Description

This ACCELERATE programme is to provide, the owners/managers of small businesses in the North Cork Enterprise Board (CEB) area, who have been up and running for a minimum of 18 months with the management, leadership skills and business knowledge to achieve sustainability and growth in their business.

Programme Aim

The aim of this programme is to provide you, the owner manager with the management, leadership, business skills and knowledge to achieve sustainability and growth in your business.

The programme will help:

·         To effectively address your business challenges

·         Improve and develop your business offer

You will gain a greater understanding of:

·         Why you are in business and where your business is headed

·         Marketing

·         Continuous improvement

·         Developing yourself and Entrepreneurial Capabilities

·         Sales and selling

·         Managing the finances

·         How to develop your business in a focused way suitable to your business needs.

Programme Content -  Modules

·         Module 1 - Why am I in business?
Create a vision for your business and a route map to achieving it

·         Module 2 - Finding and Keeping Customers
Understand practical marketing and promotional tools and be able to use these tools effectively to sustain and grow your business.

·         Module 3 - How can my business do better?
Identify opportunities for innovation in your business

·         Module 4 - Managing the Money
Understand your financial position and how to improve the profitability of your business

·         Module 5 - Selling For Profit
Use the appropriate selling models for your business and therefore sell more effectively

·         Module 6 - Being the Boss
Manage yourself more effectively to achieve the business goals.

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