PROGRAM FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS CEOS

SOLIDIFY AND SHARPEN YOUR ENTREPRENEURIAL APTITUDES

Operational for a minimum of 2 years

Portage your business to prosperous and sustainable horizons

Co-leads : Me Ken rock and Robert Dutton
Duration: 12 days (maximum 3 consecutive days)
Approximately 60 hours of training
Bilingual (simultaneous translation)

*This program is designed for entrepreneurs who have been in business for a number of years as well as managers of community businesses who wish to foster the development and sustainability of their organization.

NEXT COHORTS

Workshop dates:

  • Nov 22-24, 2023 @ HEC Montréal
  • Nov 29, 2023 @ Online
  • Dec 13, 2023 @ Online
  • Jan 17-19, 2024 @ Wendake
  • Jan 31, 2024 @ Online
  • Feb 21, 2024 @ Online
  • March 6-8, 2024 @Odanak
  • March 20, 2024 @ Online
  • April 12-13, 2024 @ HEC Montréal
  • April 17, 2024 @ Online
  • Nov 14-15, 2024 @ HEC Montréal

PROGRAM CONTENT

THEMED WORKSHOPS

  • Leadership and management skills
  • Managing the effectiveness and dynamics of your team

THEMED WORKSHOPS

  • Improving management decisions
  • Techniques and strategies for successful negotiation
  • Finance
    • Analyzing the profitability of your business with the ultimate ratios
    • Investment and financing
      • Evaluating an investment project
      • Determining the structure and cost of financing

THEMED WORKSHOPS

  • Developing a culture of change and innovation
  • Designing innovative business models
  • Operations management: How to create value with your supply chain

Partner – Entrepreneurship programs

École des dirigeants des Premières Nations - Partenaire programme Entrepreneurs BDC
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CONDITIONS FOR PARTICIPATION

  1. Hold one of the following positions in a First Nations, Inuit or Métis owned business:
    • Entrepreneurs
    • President of a company
    • General manager of a business
  2. Have an open mind and commit to actively participating in the program from beginning to end.
  3. Thanks to the generous support of our partners, this program is offered to you free of charge. Participants must pay for transportation and accommodation.

*This program is designed for entrepreneurs who have been established for a few years as well as community business managers who wish to foster the development and sustainability of their organization.

PROGRAM FOR ENTREPRENEURS AND BUSINESS CEOS

Our high-level programs aim to enhance the skills of current and future First Nations leaders. In so doing, this forward-looking approach will boost and enrich First Nations’ economic successes.

FNEE will offer participants an immersive experience that is true to First Nations’ traditional values of sustainability and the circular economy.

OBJECTIVES

Our programs will give you the tools to:

  • Embrace and utilize a collaboration-based leadership mindset.
  • Focus on sustainable development within your communities.
  • Adopt an open, innovation-oriented and future-focused leadership practice, rooted in your values.

A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE

The immersive experience in our programs features a range of activities, including:

  • Receptions
  • Dinner conferences
  • Inspiring testimonials
  • Discussion panels
  • Visits to organizations
  • Traditional ceremonies
  • Sharing circles
  • Participant feedback
  • Leadership challenges
  • And more!

OUR PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED TO:

FOSTER

Better management and business practices within communities.

CULTIVATE

Leadership based on a collaborative mindset.

EMPOWER

Participants with tools to stimulate and enhance business success and management of services.

SPECIAL FEATURES

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Trainers from the academic and business worlds
  • Training delivered by HEC Montréal teachers in tandem with First Nations trainers
  • Learning methods based on real-life cases that are directly transferable to an organizational setting
  • Unique content developed collaboratively by HEC Montréal and First Nations, inspired by existing high-level programs
  • Programs jointly developed and taught in line with your values
  • Eligibility for university-level certification

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