THE POWER OF FIVE

Bootcamp for Business Growth & Development

Five Days – Five Trainers – Five Topics

This programme will facilitate and improve competitiveness in your business by way of development in management that targets the specific skills required to enhance yourself, your team and your business.

“Strong leadership is critical to drive the growth, innovation and adaptability required of the successful enterprise;

strong leaders are essential to drive our scaling agenda.” (Enterprise 2025)


THE POWER OF FIVE

Bootcamp for Business Growth & Development

Five Days – Five Trainers – Five Topics

Course Outline

Day One, February 15th9.30am-5.00pm – Measuring for Success, Envision the Future

  • Where am I now? – Measuring my success to date and my current position
  • What does the future look like –My current vision
  • Thinking Strategically – Stepping out of the box and getting creative
  • Innovation / Opportunities – How to become innovative and find new opportunities
  • Planning for Growth and Success
  • Action Plan – The next steps

Day Two, February 22nd9.30am – 5.00pm – Talent and Performance Management

  • Recruitment, selection and retention
  • Performance and talent management
  • Employee management and evaluation
  • Difficult situations and understanding behaviours
  • Grievance, disciplinary and conflict resolution

Day Three, March 1st9.30am – 5.00pm – Managing Personal and Financial Stress

  • Choosing Stress/Your failures /Achievements and successes.
  • Work Life Balance / Your Life Roles / Your Work Roles / Time Management / Choice
  • The Financial Bucket Presentation/What is your biggest financial asset?
  • Identifying, quantifying and dealing with Personal and Business financial risk
  • Estate planning and setting long term financial goals
  • Pricing your product / service

Day Four, March 8th9.30am – 5.00pm – Resilient Leadership

  • Understand your own behaviour, leadership and preferred communication style
  • Create the space for ‘Critical Thinking’
  • Implement your ‘Self-Care Plan’ essential for optimum performance
  • Develop even greater impact as a leader and manager
  • Explore what great communication looks like – build great relationships
  • Upgrade your coaching, questioning and influencing skills
  • Develop your strategy for having those ‘crucial’ conversations
  • Harness the key skills to deal with change, maximise your strengths, and become even more resilient as a leader

Day Five, March 15th9.30am – 5.00pm – Customer Service in the Experienced Economy

  • Understanding the ‘Experience Economy’
  • Creating ‘Raving fans’
  • Measuring for success.
  • Internal Customer Service is the base
  • Cliffs of Moher – an imperfect success
  • Personalisation, Convenience and Empathy.
  • Into Action. Customer Service Excellence is not a theory, it’s an action.

Rural Enterprise Skillnet is funded by member companies and the Training Networks Programme, an initiative of Skillnets funded from the National Training Fund through the Department of Education and Skills.