SMEs to benefit from NUS' new SME Leader Workout programs Hundreds of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) stand to benefit from NUS Business School’s new series of top quality executive education programmes, which are tailored specially for local SMEs. Developed with inputs from SME leaders and NUS alumni, the NUS SME Leader Workout programmes are short and intense, and are focused on current business issues.   The series also includes weekend programmes which are taught completely in Mandarin, a preferred language for many SME leaders.   Despite the stock market recovery, SMEs which have managed to survive the worst of the financial and credit crisis, are still asking about the right strategies for the future. Those who have cut costs and battled to maintain their cashflows remain divided as to whether the stock markets have gotten too far ahead of the real economy.   In Singapore, SME leaders are being encouraged to go back to school and to develop in a number of areas - internal talent development, branding, regionalisation, growth strategies and innovation. However, the nature of an SME’s business makes it difficult for key staff to be away for long periods of time.   As part of NUS Business School’s outreach efforts to the SME community in Singapore, fees for the SME Leader Workout programmes are significantly lower than the School’s regular Executive Education programmes.   “The SME Leader Workout series will be a great avenue for SME leaders in Singapore to engage, debate, learn and grow. SME leaders who can grasp the opportunities, and develop the right strategies for their business today will be the MNC leaders of tomorrow” according to Prof Brian Hwarng, the NUS Executive Education Deputy Chairman and Academic Director for the NUS-Peking University MBA Programme.