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Enterprise Leadership for Transformation (ELT) is a seven-month business transformation journey designed for SME founders, owners, successors and key decision-makers who are ready to take their enterprises to the next stage of growth.
Developed by NUS Business School in partnership with Enterprise Singapore, and supported by LinHart Group and OCBC, the programme combines executive learning, experiential workshops, peer advisory and individual business coaching to help participants translate new ideas into practical actions for their businesses.
ELT addresses the critical challenges facing SMEs today — from intensifying regional competition and changing market conditions to AI and digital disruption. Participants will explore how to strengthen their leadership and strategy, identify new growth opportunities, harness AI and technology, integrate sustainability, improve operations, scale financially and build the organisational capabilities required for growth.
Throughout the journey, participants progressively develop and stress-test their own Business Growth Plans (BGP), designed for implementation in their enterprises.
This better reflects the proposal’s emphasis on SME leaders responding to slower growth, margin compression, regional competition and AI/digital disruption.
Join us in our pre-programme information sessions to find out more. For the next available session, register your interest by clicking here.
PART 1 — Establishing the Strategic Foundation
Module 1: Strategic Foundations (2.5 days)
Navigating the Future: Leadership, Strategy & Digital Foundations
Explore leadership in the AI era, strategy development in a digital world, responsible AI, data literacy and the foundations of technology and AI. Participants examine how digital capabilities can be integrated into core business strategy and develop a high-level digital strategy for their organisation.
Module 2: Leading Growth & Reinvention (2 days)
Define your enterprise's growth thesis and strategic choices. Through intensive peer challenge, mentor feedback and the Growth & Reinvention planning methodology, participants develop the foundation of their Business Growth Plan, including an initial business-model canvas and priority growth bets.
PART 2 — Expanding and Stress-Testing Growth Opportunities
Module 3: Expanding Horizons (2.5 days)
Explore growth opportunities across new markets, sustainability and AI innovation. Topics include regional market expansion, market-entry strategies, sustainability integration, practical AI tools, automation and AI-enabled innovation.
Module 4: Structured Growth & Reinvention Planning (1 day)
Put your business model under the microscope. Working in small learning groups with dedicated mentors, participants stress-test their growth assumptions, transformation priorities and strategic inflection points to develop the first full blueprint of their Business Growth Plans (BGPs).
PART 3 — Operationalising the Strategy
Module 5: Operational Excellence (2.5 days)
Translate growth strategy into operational capability. Explore operational excellence, process optimisation, technology and automation, financial planning, funding growth, profitability, talent development and organisational transformation.
Module 6: Bringing It All Together (1 day)
Integrate the learning from across the programme into a final Business Growth Plan. Participants present their BGPs within their learning groups, receive mentor and peer feedback, undertake mock panel discussions and prepare for the final presentation.
Module 7: BGP Panel Presentation (0.5 day)
Present your final Business Growth Plan to an expert panel comprising perspectives from NUS faculty, industry and programme partners. Participants receive constructive, real-world feedback and leave with a stress-tested plan and clearly documented implementation commitments.
Enterprise Singapore is the government agency championing enterprise development. The agency works with committed companies to build capabilities, innovate and internationalise.
It also supports the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and startups, and builds trust in Singapore’s products and services through quality and standards.
Further info: https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. Since our incorporation, we have been enabling people and communities to realise their aspirations. This is our purpose.
We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). Our dedication to excellence is recognised through multiple awards. These accolades highlight our position as one of Singapore's best banks.
With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. As One Group, we support your ambitions across borders with our deep local knowledge – be it growing your personal wealth or capturing business opportunities – for now, and beyond.”
Further info: https://www.ocbc.com/business-banking/smes
Faculty Panel
Executive Mentors
ELT is designed exclusively for SME decision-makers who have the mandate and ambition to drive meaningful transformation within their businesses, including:
YOUR BUSINESS GROWTH PLAN
The Business Growth Plan (BGP) sits at the heart of the ELT journey.
Rather than developing a plan only at the end of the programme, participants progressively build, test and refine their BGPs throughout the seven months. Learning from each module is applied directly to the participant's enterprise, while peer discussions and dedicated mentoring sessions provide opportunities to challenge assumptions and strengthen the plan.
DEDICATED BUSINESS COACHING & MENTORING
Participants are supported throughout the programme through a combination of small-group mentoring and four individual 1:1 business coaching sessions.
These coaching bridges help participants apply learning to their own enterprise, sharpen their growth priorities, challenge business assumptions and progressively develop their Business Growth Plans.
“For my company, by just starting to implement all those I have learned here, I can already see my company grow 40% in sales revenue in 1st quarter and I believe if I can really fully implement all I have learn here, I believe the potential can be even greater. So I hope that I can provide my testimonial a a proof of concept to this program so that this program can get continuity and benefit more SMEs.”
“As business leader, we talk about growth and development all the time, but we don’t know what’s the best way to get things done. This programme actually helped me put things in right perspective, organize the thoughts and lay it clearly in front of me. It also challenges us to complete certain things within a timeline. I’m very excited to see those plans that I have put forth rolling out in the next one or two years.”
“The environment at NUS and with the Linhart advisors, they are very conducive for learning. The very high challenge and high support environment that we have here ahs spurred us and propelled us to think more critically and deeper. It provides a very good environment for us to really try to strive ahead. I’m very appreciative that we managed to get into this programme, and we definitely encourage more companies to join onboard this wonderful learning journey. We have really developed ourselves quite differently form where we were before we started the programme.”
| Date | Venue | (incl. GST) | (after MAX Funding*) | Registration |
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28 Nov 202627 Jun 2027
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Mochtar Riady Building, Lvl 5, 15 Kent Ridge Drive, Singapore 119245 | SGD 21,789.10 | SGD 6,536.73 |
The programme fee is approximately S$21,789.10 per participant (before subsidies). Eligible business leaders from local SMEs may receive up to 70% funding from Enterprise Singapore.
The programme comprises:
Below is a breakdown of the programme fee:
| Course Fee | $19,990 |
| Less 70% (Enterprise Singapore funding for Singapore citizens/SPRs) | - $13,993 |
| Add 9% GST | $ 539.73 |
| Total (Payable before programme starts): |
$ 6,536.73 |
Note: Admission to the ELT by NUS is not guaranteed upon application. Applicants will go through a screening and selection process administered by Enterprise Singapore and the programme managers. Successful applicants will be invited to join the ELT by NUS.
