Upon successful completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Define ‘personal finances’
• Explain the significance of financial literacy
• State the relevance of career choice to financial planning
• List the steps of the financial-planning process
• Discuss the importance of budgeting
• Outline the fundamentals of monetary asset management
• Summarize the principles of wise spending
• Compare savings and investments
• List the advantages of insurance
• Describe major investment strategies

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain how to do research to find a new job or role
• Explain why having a good resume is important to find a good job
• Summarise and evaluate your career goals
• Identify your passions and align them to your career goals
• State the importance of building a professional network
• Discuss how to make the most of networking events

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Evaluate operating costs and sales numbers
• Distinguish between cash flow, profit, revenue and expenses
• Outline how to manage inventory and pricing
• Identify how Quickbooks, Xero and FreshBooks can help you sync business accounts and credit cards
• Compute business finances in order to clearly identify profits, losses and taxes due
• Recognize how and when to reinvest in your business and how much reinvestment to make

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Identify the major factors that cause the problems facing your business
• Indicate business issues and place them into a problem statement
• Define your business objectives and key results
• Recognise potent strategies to solve business problems
• Analyse all necessary data before a brainstorming session to decide on the right strategy
• Evaluate the progress of your problem-solving plan by means of an action tracker

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain the concept of ‘bootstrapping’
• Draw up the financial records of your business
• Distinguish between crowdfunding, microloans, traditional loans and investment
• List the major components of a loan package
• Outline the different sections of a presentation deck
• Recognise the risks involved in running a company and how they may be addressed

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Define workplace ‘diversity’, ‘equity’ and ‘inclusiveness’
• Evaluate your workplace culture with respect to diversity, equity and inclusiveness
• Identify the importance of precise language within a workplace
• Outline the benefits of overcoming unconscious bias in the workplace
• Discuss gender bias and its professional effect 
• Recognise the benefits of being inclusive when holding team meetings

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Distinguish between ‘hearing ‘and ‘listening’
• Discuss the value of ‘reflective listening' and how it can be applied
• Describe how and why one-on-one meetings are set up
• Outline the various features of the ‘GROW’ model
• Explain the pitfalls of micromanaging employees
• Identify ways to build trust among team members

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Calculate the different costs involved in shipping and distribution
• Outline how to package your products effectively before shipment
• Select the appropriate shipping partner 
• Describe the marketing concepts that should shape your brand packaging strategies
• Recognise when you should hire a manufacturer and find the right one
• Define ‘payment service provider’ (PSP) and explain how to set one up for online payments