NMSDC Advanced Management Education Program

AMEP Program Objectives This program helps CEOs position high-potential MBEs for accelerated growth to • Develop a growth-oriented strategy that identifies and charts profitable new business opportunities • Improve leadership and management skills, and implement a company review and self-assessment process • Develop an organizational plan to support growth objectives • Understand the socioeconomic, corporate and public policy trends and their impact on MBE prospects and strategies • Form valuable working relationships with other successful minority executives. Curriculum topics include: • Managing Strategic Change & Growth in Entrepreneurial Firms including enterprise life cycles; • Business Plan Development addressing essential elements and alignment of business operation; • Hiring Right by selecting the best talent; • Defending Your Brand with trust and crisis/reputational management – steps to take; • Managing Risk through both process and culture; • Capital Markets which provides abridged guidelines for successful access to capital, capital structure, cash flow • Entrepreneurial Finance including acquiring a business, access to capital, and investment criteria.