Sustainable Finance & Leadership

This training seminar is split into two modules:

MODULE I - Sustainable Leadership

MODULE II - Sustainable Finance

Each module is structured and can be taken as a stand-alone training course; however, delegates will maximise their benefits by taking Module 1 and 2 back-to-back as a 2-week training course.

MODULE I - SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP

DAY ONE: SUSTAINABLE LEADERSHIP & THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

• What is a sustainable leader?
• Key competencies of sustainable leaders
• PPP - the triple bottom line: people, planet, profit
• Behaviours of sustainable leaders
• Engaging with and identifying stakeholders

DAY TWO: RESPONSIBILITY & THE NEW NORMAL

• Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
• Cultural Differences with CSR
• Leading by example
• Employer-supported volunteering (ESV)

DAY THREE: COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE LEADERS

• Identifying and removing the main barriers to communication
• Developing your Emotional Intelligence (EI)
• Active listening skills and asking the right questions
• SOLER Technique for interviewing and meetings
• Future Leaders – Generational Differences

DAY FOUR: MASTERING PROBLEM-SOLVING & DECISION MAKING

• Identify the cause(s) of a problem (CATWOE, repetitive why)
• Using cause-and-effect analysis
• Organise, analyse, and prioritise ideas (affinity diagram & PMI)
• The science of making the decision (Vroom-Jago Decision Model)
• Using force-field analysis to implement decisions

DAY FIVE: CREATIVITY, INNOVATION AND YOUR CAREER

• Understanding creativity
• The science of innovation
• Disruptive innovation
• Your career – using the B-SWOT tool
• Your personal development plan

MODULE II - SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

DAY SIX: FUNDAMENTALS OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

• Principles and foundation of sustainable finance
• Environmental issues and concerns
• Social issues and concerns
• Governance issues and concerns
• Ethical issues and concerns
• Defining organisational scope for sustainable finance

DAY SEVEN: SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

• Concepts of stakeholder value
• The purpose of competitive companies
• Principles and practice in corporate governance
• Redefining competitive business strategy
• Understanding business models and their disruption
• Identifying key success factors
• Using strategy maps to identify key performance indicators

DAY EIGHT: ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

• The traditional financial analysis toolkit
• Conventional measures of stakeholder value
• Selecting the right key performance measures
• Designing internal reports on sustainable finance
• Principles of Integrated Reporting (IR)

DAY NINE: BUSINESS INVESTMENT AND SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

• The challenges of sustainable investment
• Scenarios for business model reinvention
• Key decision factors for sustainable financial investment
• Traditional tools of investment appraisal
• Factoring in the environmental and social dimension
• Limitations of conventional investment appraisal methods 

DAY TEN: RISK AND SCOPE OF SUSTAINABLE FINANCE

• Traditional approaches to understanding business risk
• Risk aspects from a sustainable finance perspective
• Sustainable finance developments in banking
• Sustainable finance developments in financial investments
• Financial modelling of risk under sustainable finance conditions
• The way forward in sustainable finance