Early Warning Signals: Understanding the Drivers of a Key Industry

This workshop enables learners to apply strategic models to establish the positioning of the enterprise, sources, and the sustainability of its competitive position

Suitability

A foundation course for Graduate Entrants with no experience in Retail, SME and Corporate banking

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course participants will be able to apply strategic models such as the BCG Matrix and Porter’s 5 Forces to produce insights that will guide the creation of credit reports and forecasting of cash flows.
Participants will also be introduced to Rating Agencies methodologies that use qualitative scoring and quantitative metrics to assess the sustainability of strategic competitive advantage

Course Content

– Overview of the specific industry.
– Identifying the key macro risks & key industry metrics.
Qualitative issues:
o Macroeconomic factors.
o Financial market indicators.
o Industry issues.

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of our clients would recommend Alpha to a colleague or peer

90%

of a cohort was promoted within 2 years after participating in an Alpha course.

96%

of participants felt more confident in their role, following an Alpha commercial leadership course.

Why study with Alpha?

Innovation and creativity born from experience

We are thought leaders in instructional and learning journey design and holistic solution architects. We have extensive finance and investments experience combined with skills application to deliver performance improving results. We develop immersive learning environments that maximize time to productivity, support talent retention and added value to improving quality of hires.

Knowledge Exchange Evangelists

We are focused on mining the embedded organisational intellectual capital for the benefit of the next generation. We create and curate best in class practice gathered from our experience with the leading financial institutions. We design our programmes with the end in mind – what results are you trying to achieve with this intervention? What metrics will we set ourselves to achieve that?

Generation Proof

Quality and innovation, using current market and industry best practices, have made us a trusted partner in delivering dynamic and motivating training for the financial and capital markets. Our programmes are generation proof and responsive to evolving learner needs and styles. Our solutions use a multi-stakeholder engagement strategy that expands beyond relationships between the learner and learning provider. We create connections with managers, peers and the wider business to drive impactful return on investment..

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