About the LEADER Project
Local Program, Global Reach
What
The LEADER Project provides existing and aspiring entrepreneurs with the analytical tools, thought processes, and decision-making skills to tackle complex business challenges. LEADERite Instructors use a combination of lectures and the Ivey Business School’s case method philosophy to teach foundational business principles and also dedicate time for 1-on-1 coaching.
Classroom, North Macedonia, 2023How
LEADER Instructors deliver a two-week intensive program of cases, lectures, and 1-on-1 coaching. Cases simulate a real situation confronted by business leaders and empower participants to learn by doing and making confident decisions in the face of uncertainty. Case method teaching is complemented by lectures that provide analytical tools for envisioning, launching, and scaling new ventures.
Current key topics in the LEADER Project curriculum include:
New Venture Creation
Cash Budgeting
Strategy
Marketing
Financials
Operations
Go-To-Market
On Site, Serbia, 2023
Impact
Site Partners play a key role in enabling the LEADER Project to remain relevant and to better meet the needs of the changing local economic conditions within the countries where we operate. Whether the entrepreneurs we work with are looking to start a new business or grow their existing business, LEADER Project will help bring them much closer to the realization of their goals.
Please download our 2020 Impact Report here to learn more about how the LEADER Project is making a lasting and measurable impact.