KeyDimensions Training Academy

General & Risk Management Practitioner
  • Our training courses/workshops are customised to suit the needs of the customers.
  • They can also be delivered at the premises of our clients.
  • Our Public Sector Risk Management Workshop is endorsed by the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA).
  • We offer one hour free consultation (physical or online) with any one training course/workshop attended.

COURSES GENERAL

RISK MANAGEMENT PRACTITIONER

CORPORATE CULTURE & BUSINESS ETHICS SKILLS WORKSHOP (2 DAYS)

A company's ethics will determine its reputation. Good business ethics are essential for the long-term success of an organisation. Implementing an ethical program will foster a successful company culture and increase profitability. Developing a Business Ethics program takes time and effort, but doing so will do more than improve business, it will change lives.

A company's ethics will have an influence on all levels of business. It will influence all who interact with the company including customers, employees, suppliers, competitors, etc. All of these groups will have an effect on the way a company's ethics are developed. It is a two-way street; the influence goes both ways, which makes understanding ethics a very important part of doing business today. Ethics is very important, as news can now spread faster and farther than ever before.

Workshop Objectives

  • Define and understand ethics
  • Understand the benefits of ethics
  • Create strategies to implement ethics at work
  • Recognise social and business responsibility
  • Identify ethical and unethical behavior
  • Learn how to make ethical decisions and lead with integrity
CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS WORKSHOP (2 DAYS)

We live in a knowledge based society, and the more critical you think the better your knowledge will be. Critical Thinking provides you with the skills to analyse and evaluate information so that you are able to obtain the greatest amount of knowledge from it. It provides the best chance of making the correct decision, and minimises damages if a mistake does occur.

Critical Thinking will lead to being a more rational and disciplined thinker. It will reduce your prejudice and bias which will provide you a better understanding of your environment. This workshop will provide you with the skills to evaluate, identify, and distinguish between relevant and irrelevant information. It will lead you to be more productive in your career, and provide a great skill in your everyday life.

Workshop Objectives

  • Understand the components of critical thinking
  • Utilise non-linear thinking
  • Use logical thinking
  • Recognise what it means to be a critical thinker
  • Evaluate information using critical thinking skills
  • Identify the benefits of critical thinking
  • Revise perspective, when necessary
  • Comprehend problem solving abilities
BUDGETS & FINANCIAL REPORTS WORKSHOP (2 DAYS)

Money matters can be intimidating for even the smartest people. However, having a solid understanding of basic financial terms and methods is crucial to your career. When terms like ROI, EBIT, GAAP and extrapolation join the conversation, you'll want to know what people are talking about, and you'll want to be able to participate in the discussion.

The Budgets And Financial Reports Workshop will give you a solid foundation in finance. We'll cover topics like commonly used terms, financial statements, budgets, forecasting, purchasing decisions, and financial legislation.

Workshop Objectives

  • Identify financial terminology
  • Understand financial statements
  • Identify how to analyse financial statements
  • Understand budgets
  • How to make budgeting easy
  • Understand advanced forecasting techniques
  • Understand how to manage the budget
  • Identify how to make smart purchasing decisions
  • Identify the legal aspects of finances specific to your industry/ sector
FACILITATION SKILLS WORKSHOP

Facilitation is often referred to as the new cornerstone of management philosophy. With its focus on fairness and creating an easy decision making process. Creating a comfortable environment through better facilitation will give your participants a better understanding of what a good facilitator can do to improve any meeting or gathering.

The Facilitation Skills Workshop can help any organisation make better decisions. This workshop will give participants an understanding of what facilitation is all about, as well as some tools that they can use to facilitate small meetings. A strong understating of how a facilitator can command a room and dictate the pace of a meeting will have your participants on the road to becoming great facilitators themselves.

Workshop Objectives

  • Define facilitation and identify its purpose and benefits
  • Clarify the role and focus of a facilitator
  • Differentiate between process and content in the context of a group discussion
  • Provide tips in choosing and preparing for facilitation
  • Identify a facilitator’s role when managing groups in each of Tuckman and Jensen’s stages of group development: forming, storming, norming and performing
  • Identify ways a facilitator can help a group reach a consensus: from encouraging participation to choosing a solution
  • Provide guidelines in dealing with disruptions, dysfunctions and difficult people in groups
  • Define what interventions are, when they are appropriate and how to implement them
FUNDAMENTALS OF ERM FOR 21ST CENTURY PUPLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS (3 DAYS)

Modern organizations are continuously evolving and the environment in which they operate is becoming more dynamic; hence risk management is increasingly taking a center stage. Globally the underlying assumptions are continually being challenged, the business environment is becoming more competitive, and sensitive. Furthermore, stakeholders are progressively demanding responsible activities from governments and business.

Hence, not only do the organizations take risk management as a compliance requirement, which it surely is, but they also understand that pursuing formal risk management initiatives in corporate governance, strategy, finance, IT and other operations will increase their organizational value, protect organizational and individual integrity and ensure long term sustainability.

Workshop Overview

This workshop provides a complete practical understanding of risk management from cradle to grave and can be applied in any organization with a biased focus in public sector organizations. With the advancements in tools and techniques as well as changes in legislation, the workshop can be used as a refresher to experienced practicing risk officers as well as new risk practitioners.

BUSINESS PARTNERING - INTEGRATING RISK INTO BUSINESS OPERATIONS (2 DAYS)

The aim of the workshop is to enable participants to embed risk management into business operations by understanding the areas that may be targeted as well as appropriate tools and techniques for integration.

Although risk management is an independent process, transformational organizations maximize its benefits by applying its principles and process to compliment and support the existing business operations, quality practices, legal requirements, standards, and guidelines. Because of this partnership, risk management may support and inform practical decisions when integrated into other operational systems and processes. This partnering, if effectively implemented and managed will result in increased value for the organization, improved quality of the operations and improved performance of the organization as a whole.

Workshop Overview

The aim of the workshop is to enable participants to embed risk management into business operations by understanding the areas that may be targeted as well as appropriate tools and techniques for integration. The training programme aims to be interactive and provides delegates with practical tools for immediate implementation. To this end case studies, facilitator knowledge and experience as well as group discussion will be important to make this session successful. Participants will be required to attend all the entire workshop sessions in order to receive the programme certificate of completion.

RISK MANAGEMENT FOR SMMES (2 DAYS)

Economies of the world are experiencing serious challenges of slow growth and dwindling employment opportunities. In developing economies in particular, the triple challenge of poverty, unemployment and inequity is escalating; hence governments have identifies growing SMMES as an important solution. Radical policy shifts coupled with growth in SMME investments are indication of the importance of SMMEs as key drivers of economic growth and job creation. To reap full benefits of such investments, the systems of effective governance and risk management should be adopted at early stages of SMME business development and be consistently embedded as a business culture.

SMMEs and individuals should understand that pursuing formal risk management initiatives as an important part of their business strategy will increase their business value, protect the business and individual integrity and ensure long term sustainability even in times of adversity.

Workshop Overview

This workshop provides a complete practical understanding of the benefits of risk management; its concepts, principles and application for SMMEs and individuals. The workshop is a one stop shop for the solutions to creating SMME and entrepreneurial organizations that seek to minimise risks, capitalise opportunities as well as increase and sustain business performance. With the advancements in tools and techniques for risk management, the workshop can be used as a refresher to experienced practicing business people as well as business advisors.

RISK AND COMPLIANCE - DOING THE RIGHT THINGS, THE RISK WAY (1 DAY)

Workshop Overview

This workshop will assist organizations to adopt effective compliance risk management processes that meet overall compliance requirements and protect the organizations from loss or damage. Compliance risk management may improve the way the business operates, enhance relationships with stakeholders and provide for sustainable business.

Our training equips both industry and regulatory personnel in compliance risk management processes for greater understanding of compliant decision-making processes and builds confidence in business outcomes. Compliance risk management should be documented appropriately and integrated into strategic and business g operations

RISK GOVERNANCE TRAINING PROGRAM FOR A HIGH-PERFORMANCE BOARD & EXECUTIVE TEAM (1 DAY)

Modern organizations are continuously evolving and the environment in which they operate is becoming more dynamic; hence risk management is increasingly taking a centre stage. Globally the underlying assumptions are continually being challenged, the business environment is becoming more competitive and stakeholders are progressively demanding responsible activities from governments and business. Boards are continually being challenged for the decisions they take and the risks those decisions expose the organization and society into.

Hence, not only do the organizations take risk management as a compliance requirement, which it surely is, but they also understand that pursuing formal risk management initiatives in, corporate governance, strategy and operations will increase their organizational value, retain stakeholder confidence, protect company and professional integrity and ensure long term sustainability.

Workshop Objectives

The aim of the training is to enhance the knowledge of Board of Directors, Councillors, Executive Management and Committees to enable them to discharge their duties effectively and confidently. The program enables participants to develop broad-spectrum insights into best risk management practices that improve coherence and resilience in business direction and strategy, drive corporate responsibility, improve organizational accountability and boost stakeholder confidence.