NEXTGEN 10™

Your family built the business. What will you build next?

A selective 12-week online Family Business Leadership Programme for ambitious 18- 25-year-olds.

The NextGen 10™ is designed for young people who are already involved in a family business or intend to become involved in one.

This is not another academic business course.

It is a practical leadership and commercial development programme that helps the next generation understand the business, earn credibility and begin making a meaningful contribution.

Only 10 participants will be selected.

Programme starts: 15 September 2026

A Family Name Opens the Door. Contribution Earns Respect.

Entering a family business comes with a unique opportunity, but also a unique challenge.

You may inherit access, but you do not automatically inherit credibility.

To become valuable to the business, you must understand how it works, how it makes money, how to lead people and how to turn ideas into measurable results.

The NextGen 10™ helps emerging family-business leaders develop the commercial understanding, leadership capability and practical confidence required to earn their place.

Who This Programme Is For

The NextGen 10™ is for ambitious young people aged 18- 25 who:

• Are currently working in a family business
• Plan to enter a family business
• Want to understand the business beyond their current role
• Want to earn credibility with family members and employees
• Have ideas but need the commercial skills to develop them
• Want to become capable future leaders, owners or entrepreneurs
• Are willing to learn, contribute and be held accountable

You do not need a business qualification or senior position.

You do need curiosity, commitment and a genuine desire to create value.

What You Will Learn

Over 12 weeks, you will learn how to:

• Understand how the family business makes money
• Read and interpret the numbers that matter
• Think commercially and identify growth opportunities
• Understand customers and create greater value
• Improve sales, operations and execution
• Lead people and earn credibility
• Navigate family, ownership and management relationships
• Use innovation, technology and AI responsibly
• Identify the business’s biggest constraint
• Develop and present a practical growth proposal

The 12-Week Programme

Week 1: Earn Your Place

Understand the difference between entitlement and contribution. Identify your strengths, ambitions and the value you want to bring to the business.

Practical outcome: Personal Leadership Profile

Week 2: Understand the Business

Learn how the business works, who it serves, what it sells and where it creates value.

Practical outcome: Family Business Model Map

Week 3: Learn the Numbers

Understand revenue, gross profit, expenses, cash flow and working capital. Learn how to identify the financial numbers that matter.

Practical outcome: One-Page Financial Dashboard

Week 4: Understand the Customer

Explore why customers choose the business, what they value and where unmet opportunities may exist.

Practical outcome: Customer Value Map

Week 5: Sales and Commercial Thinking

Learn how value is communicated, sales are generated, margins are protected and commercial opportunities are evaluated.

Practical outcome: Sales Growth Opportunity Plan

Week 6: Operations and Execution

Identify waste, errors, delays and bottlenecks. Learn how systems, processes and operating standards improve performance.

Practical outcome: Business Improvement Map

Week 7: People and Leadership

Develop the communication, accountability and leadership behaviours required to earn credibility and lead experienced employees.

Practical outcome: Personal Leadership Code

Week 8: Innovation, Technology and AI

Identify outdated practices and explore how technology and AI can improve the business or create new opportunities.

Practical outcome: Innovation Experiment Proposal

Week 9: Family, Ownership and Governance

Understand the difference between being a family member, employee, manager and owner. Explore roles, boundaries, expectations and decision-making.

Practical outcome: Family Enterprise Role Map

Week 10: Strategy and Growth

Identify the business’s biggest constraint and select the right priorities for profitable, sustainable growth.

Practical outcome: 90-Day Strategic Growth Plan

Week 11: Build the Business Case

Select a real opportunity or problem inside the family business. Quantify its impact and develop a practical solution.

Practical outcome: Family Business Growth Proposal

Week 12: NextGen Growth Presentation

Present your Family Business Growth Proposal during a live online session and demonstrate your commercial understanding, strategic thinking and ability to create value.

Final outcome: A practical growth proposal and 12-month personal contribution plan.

Work on a Real Family Business Challenge

This programme is built around application, not theory.

Each participant will select a genuine challenge or opportunity inside their family business, such as:

• Increasing sales
• Improving customer retention
• Reducing waste or operational errors
• Improving stock management
• Digitising an outdated process
• Launching a new product or service
• Reaching a younger market
• Solving an operational bottleneck
• Using technology to improve performance

During the programme, you will diagnose the opportunity, quantify its potential and develop a practical implementation plan.

By the end of the 12 weeks, you will have something valuable to take back into the business.

How the Programme Works

The NextGen 10™ is delivered online, allowing participants to join from anywhere.

The programme includes:

• One live two-hour online group session each week
• A maximum of 10 participants
• Practical weekly assignments
• Digital tools, templates and worksheets
• Two private online strategic sessions with Bashir Khan
• A midpoint progress review
• A private participant group for discussion and accountability
• A final live online NextGen Growth Presentation
• A 90-day post-programme group review
• A certificate of completion

Participants should allow an additional two to three hours each week to apply the learning inside the family business.

The Role of the Family Business

Where possible, each participant should have a senior family-business sponsor.

This person may be a parent, family member, owner, director or senior leader who is willing to:

• Support the participant’s development
• Provide reasonable access to business information
• Help identify a suitable business challenge
• Provide constructive feedback
• Attend the final online NextGen Growth Presentation

The sponsor supports the process but does not complete the participant’s work.

What You Will Leave With

By the end of the programme, every successful participant will have:

• A stronger understanding of how the family business works
• Greater financial and commercial confidence
• A clearer sense of their future role
• Improved leadership and communication skills
• A practical 90-day strategic growth plan
• A Family Business Growth Proposal
• A 12-month personal contribution plan
• A set of tools they can continue using in the business
• A network of other emerging family-business leaders
• A certificate of completion

Most importantly, you will be better prepared to move from simply being part of the family to becoming valuable to the business.

Programme Investment

R27,000 per participant

The programme investment includes the complete 12-week online experience:

• 12 live online group sessions
• Two private strategic sessions with Bashir Khan
• Digital tools, templates and assignments
• Midpoint progress review
• Family Business Growth Project
• Final NextGen Growth Presentation
• 90-day post-programme group review
• Certificate of completion

The full programme fee becomes payable once the applicant has been accepted.

Participation is subject to application and selection. Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance.

Application and Selection

Only 10 participants will be selected.

The process is:

Step 1: Apply

Complete the online application and tell us about yourself, your connection to the family business and why you want to participate.

Step 2: Selection Interview

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a short online interview to assess their ambition, maturity, commitment and programme fit.

Step 3: Acceptance

Successful applicants will receive confirmation of acceptance and payment details.

Step 4: Begin the Programme

The live online programme begins on 15 September 2026.

Completion Requirements

To successfully complete The NextGen 10™, participants must:

• Attend at least 10 of the 12 live sessions
• Complete the required weekly assignments
• Participate constructively in programme discussions
• Complete the Family Business Growth Proposal
• Deliver the final NextGen Growth Presentation
• Submit a 12-month personal contribution plan

About Bashir Khan

Bashir Khan is a strategic advisor with more than 30 years of experience helping business owners, leaders and entrepreneurial businesses improve performance, strengthen leadership and build businesses capable of sustainable growth.

He has worked with more than 3,000 businesses and specialises in turning complex business challenges into clear priorities that leaders can execute.

Through The NextGen 10™, Bashir brings practical commercial thinking, leadership development and real-world business experience to the next generation of family-business leaders.

Your Family Built the Business.

Now it is your opportunity to build what comes next.