Why SMEs Fail: Exploring the Strategic-Governance Paradigm
The Boardroom MBA Every SME Owner, Director & Company Secretary Needs
Your Board Do Not Need Another Compliance Checklist. It Needs to Understand How the Business Works. Most SMEs in Nigeria do not fail from lack of hustle. They fail from lack of structure.
You can have CAMA 2020 compliance, beautiful minutes, and still collapse because your Board doesn't understand how governance connects to strategy, finance, marketing, operations, risk, ESG and AI.
Most Directors were never taught this link.
This book closes that gap.
INTRODUCING: WHY SMEs FAIL: EXPLORING THE STRATEGIC-GOVERNANCE PARADIGM
This is not another theory textbook. This is your practical boardroom foundation - written for the realities of Nigerian SMEs but built for global relevance.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
1. You will master how the board should oversee the business as strategic resources:
2. Governance structures that actually work for SMEs
3. The Board's real role in strategy - formulation to implementation
4. Finance: How to read accounts, spot red flags, and become investor & BOI ready
5. Marketing & Operations: Linking them to risk, growth and sustainability
6. Strategic Implementation: Why good plans die in the boardroom and how to fix it
7. Effective Board Processes: From meetings and minutes to decision-making
8. ESG & Sustainability: Practical sustainability without foreign jargon
9. AI in Governance: Tools every Company Secretary and Director must know NOW
10. Boardroom Conflict: How to manage dominance, disputes and difficult directors
INSIDE: THE 13 CHAPTERS
Module 1: The Foundation
Chapter 1: Understanding Governance - What it really means for SMEs
Chapter 2: Governance Structures & Frameworks - Beyond CAMA 2020 & NCCG
Module 2: Strategy as a Resource
Chapter 3: Strategic Management Fundamentals - The Board's role in strategy
Chapter 4: Finance as a Strategic Resource - Reading accounts & BOI readiness
Chapter 5: Marketing as a Strategic Resource - Board oversight of growth
Chapter 6: Operations as a Strategic Resource - Linking operations to risk
Chapter 7: Strategic Implementation - Why good plans fail in boardrooms
Chapter 8: Governance & Strategy: An Integrated Perspective
Module 3: The Modern Board
Chapter 9: Effective Board Processes & Practices - Meetings, minutes, decisions
Chapter 10: Sustainability in Strategic Governance - ESG for Nigerian boards
Chapter 11: AI in Strategic Governance - Tools for Company Secretaries + Directors
Chapter 12: Economic, Social & Environmental Imperatives - The new board agenda
Chapter 13: Boardroom Conflict - Managing dominance + disputes
FROM KNOWLEDGE TO ACTION: THE STRATEGIC GOVERNANCE PARADIGM™
This book gives you the FOUNDATION.
The implementation is our proprietary methodology: Protect, Drive, Create.
We use it at Seaprime Corporate Academy to audit and transform SME boards through our Board Audits and Masterclasses:
Protect the business from governance risks and compliance failures.
Drive performance through strategic oversight of finance, marketing and operations.
Create long-term value through ESG, AI and sustainable governance.
Start with knowledge. Then build the board.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sebastian Essien, PhD, is a Governance and Strategy professional and the lead at Seaprime Corporate Academy. He is passionate about helping Nigerian SMEs build boards that don't just meet compliance, but deliver real business value. He is the creator of the Strategic Governance Paradigm™ - Protect, Drive, Create.
WHAT YOU GET:
✓ Instant Download - Full E-book (PDF) - 13 Chapters
✓ Ada Logistics Case Boxes in ALL chapters
✓ Bonus: Invitation to Seaprime Governance Community
Governance is not just a rulebook. It's a weapon. Use it.
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230 Pages | Nigerian Context | ICSAN-Aligned | Ada Logistics Case Boxes in Every Chapter
For: SME Owners, Directors, Company Secretaries, ICSAN Students, Compliance Officers, MBA Students