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Active management – keeping the company on track

Target group:

  • Managing Directors, Board Members, Authorized Signatories and Commercial Directors
  • C-level managers looking for an update on controlling
  • Program:

  • Safely manage earnings with KPIs, KRIs and ESG: Learn how to use key performance indicators, key risk indicators and ESG criteria to effectively monitor your company’s profitability and proactively ensure maximum profitability.

  • Accurately assess your asset and financial position: Learn how a precise analysis of your assets and financial position helps you reduce financial risks and make smart investment decisions.

  • Ensure stable liquidity and cash flow with KPIs: Learn how to always maintain a clear overview of liquidity and cash flow through ongoing monitoring of KPIs to ensure financial stability.

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09.15 am – 5 pm GMT
Online
805 €
Plus statutory VAT.

Included in your seminar:

The S+P Tool Box:

  • Presentations as PDF: For quick reference and refresh of the seminar content.
  • Business Planning and Rating Tool: The S+P Toolkit provides participants with a comprehensive guide to creating business plans and allows them to simulate a bank rating.
  • Management cockpit with the most important key figures: A practical tool that helps participants to clearly prepare the most important key figures of their company in order to make informed decisions.
  • Industry benchmarks and benchmarks for governance: This toolkit allows participants to evaluate their performance against industry standards and develop effective governance measures through targeted benchmarks.

Practical learning for your everyday work: Successful examples, immediate application.

  • Case study 1: A medium-sized company uses KPIs and KRIs to optimize its earnings situation in a targeted manner and achieves a 20% increase in earnings within two years.
  • Case Study 2: A family-owned company uses structured methods to assess its asset and financial position and can thus identify investment opportunities and minimise risks at an early stage.
  • Case Study 3: An SME uses targeted KPIs to monitor its cash flow and ensures that it always remains liquid during critical financial years through proactive measures.

Program

In the seminar “Actively managing – keeping the company on track”, you will learn how to effectively manage the financial health of your company. Through the focused application of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Key Risk Indicators (KRIs), you will be able to accurately assess earnings, assets and financial position as well as ensure liquidity and cash flow.

This seminar provides practical insights and tools to minimize financial risks and sustainably improve business performance. Dive into the world of financial metrics and gain a strategic advantage in the dynamic business world.

Keep your company on track with S+P Seminars!

Securely manage earnings with key performance indicators (KPIs), key risk indicators (KRIs) and ESG criteria

  • Profitability indicators: Identify and monitor key KPIs that directly affect the profitability of the company.
  • Earnings risk management: Identify risks to the earnings situation at an early stage with KRIs and initiate countermeasures.
  • ESG integration with profitability indicators: Implement ESG-related KPIs to assess sustainability risks and opportunities.

Your benefit: Use KPIs, KRIs and ESG criteria to precisely manage your company’s profitability, identify risks at an early stage and react flexibly to market changes.

Accurately assess asset and financial position

  • Balance sheet evaluation: Interpret annual financial statements correctly in order to identify opportunities and risks.
  • Trend analysis: Working out development trends by means of industry and time comparisons.
  • Actively influence company rating: Manage your company rating through targeted measures, including assessing ESG factors that investors and rating agencies are increasingly considering.

Your benefit: Learn how to accurately assess your company’s asset and financial position and proactively improve the rating by integrating ESG criteria.

Ensure stable liquidity and cash flow with KPIs

  • Assessment and planning: Recognize differences and relationships between cash flow, finances and liquidity in operational practice.
  • Optimization and analysis: Correctly assess the company’s financial and liquidity position through KPIs and make reliable plans for the future.

Your benefit: KPIs give you confidence in managing your liquidity and cash flow, which promotes reliable planning for the future.


Boost business performance with modern metrics and quick decisions

As part of our seminar “Financial Governance with KPIs and KRIs”, executives will learn how to use the latest trends in financial governance to increase business performance:

  1. Modern metrics: In our seminar, we’ll teach you how to accurately assess your company’s profitability and capital efficiency by using modern financial metrics like Return on Capital Employed (ROCE). These metrics help you understand and improve your company’s financial health and performance.

  2. Make faster and better decisions: Learn how to use KPIs and KRIs to respond faster to change and make more informed decisions. We’ll show you how to optimize your decision-making processes by integrating ChatGPT & AI to be more agile and competitive.

  3. Sustainability and ESG criteria: Gain insights into how integrating ESG criteria into your financial strategy ensures compliance, strengthens the company’s image and creates new growth opportunities.

These focal points are essential for executives who want to effectively achieve their strategic goals and make their companies resilient and future-proof.

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FAQ – What do I need to know?

What is the goal of the S+P seminars for managing directors?

The aim of the S+P seminars for managing directors is to offer practice-orientated training courses that provide a clear common thread for company management. Managing directors learn how to manage liability risks efficiently and minimise them in the best possible way. With practical advice, they can move confidently in their area of business and make well-founded strategic decisions.

How can I register for an S+P seminar for managing directors?

You can easily register for our seminars for managing directors via our website. Select the desired seminar, complete the online registration form and our team will finalise the registration.

Do I need special technology to participate in S+P’s seminars for managing directors?

To take part in our online seminars, you will need a stable internet connection and a computer or tablet. All technical requirements and instructions will be made available to you before the start of the seminar.

What previous knowledge do I need to participate in an S+P seminar for managing directors?

Specific prior knowledge is not mandatory for S+P seminars for managing directors. The content is designed for both newcomers and experienced managers.

How does S+P ensure that the seminars for managing directors are always up to date?

S+P ensures that its seminars for managing directors are always up to date by offering training specifically tailored to the latest trends and requirements. These trends and requirements include digital transformation, ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), cyber resilience and increasing regulation. S+P’s training courses provide managing directors with practice-orientated knowledge from experienced trainers, keeping them up to date with the latest developments and challenges. This enables them to successfully lead their companies into the future and adapt to constantly changing business requirements.


Difference between active and passive corporate management

Active corporate governance means that executives make targeted and proactive decisions to achieve company goals by constantly monitoring, adapting, and intervening. It requires continuous analysis of data and market conditions to take advantage of opportunities and mitigate risks.

In contrast, passive corporate management tends to react to changes and relies on fixed processes and structures without frequent interventions or adjustments. Active control is particularly useful in dynamic markets and complex projects, while passive control is used in stable and predictable environments where fewer ongoing adjustments are required.


Linking Corporate Strategy & Operational Planning

Companies can effectively link their strategy and operational planning by defining clear goals and metrics that are pursued at both a strategic and operational level. Methods such as Balanced Scorecard and OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) help to translate strategic goals into concrete operational measures. Tools such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and project management software help monitor the implementation of these measures and ensure that all activities remain aligned with the overall business goals. Regular reviews and adjustments to plans ensure that the company can react flexibly to changes.


Leadership shapes control

Corporate management significantly influences the active management of a company through the choice of management styles and methods that rely on proactive decision-making, transparency and agility. Transformational leadership style, which aims to inspire and motivate, promotes the active participation of employees in the achievement of goals. Situational leadership makes it possible to flexibly switch between instructions and freedom depending on the context, which increases the ability to react to market changes. Methods such as participatory leadership, in which employees are involved in decision-making processes, also contribute to effective corporate management by strengthening commitment and accountability throughout the company.

Active Management