Plan for growth, resilience and success.
90% funded management course for senior leaders.
Achieve your business potential.
The Help to Grow programme at LSBU has been developed with business leaders in mind. We know it's difficult to manage personal professional development at the same time as managing your day to day responsibilities, so we are offering evening sessions at our convenient Southwark and Croydon campuses.
Our facilitators, trainers and support leaders have been handpicked based on their knowledge and understanding of the challenges faced by SMEs. All have extensive experience in either leading small businesses to success or are experts in their particular business discipline. All are passionate about enabling your business to not only plan for growth, but also to thrive and drive change within the organisation.
The past 18 months has been challenging for all businesses, but particularly for SMEs. Help to Grow is a 90% government funded 12 week programme designed to enable business leaders to strengthen and grow their organisation in the wake of unprecedented disruption.
Offering unrivalled networking opportunities as well as training from top business leaders, the programme is a ‘must’ for senior executives wanting to future proof their organisation.
Delivered by a consortium of business schools across the UK, the programme is accredited by the Small Business Charter (SBC) and is supported by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Develop strategic skills to increase your business’s long-term productivity, resilience and capacity to innovate
Run by expert facilitators with extensive experience in SME development, Peer group sessions offer an opportunity to discuss the theory learned in a small group setting with other business leaders. A valuable opportunity to share ideas and collaborate with your peers, the sessions are an integral part of the programme and lead directly into your plans for growth.
Virtual and in-person programme. 50 hours over 12 weeks. Designed to be manageable alongside full time work.
Curriculum designed with support from industry, using real world case studies from British businesses.
Participants will receive 10 hours of 1:1 support from a mentor to develop a business growth plan.
Programme includes 8 hours of peer-to-peer learning, as well as access to an alumni network.
Delivered by a consortium of the UK’s leading business schools accredited by the Small Business Charter (SBC).
The programme is 90% funded by government so participants only have to pay £750.
Everything you need to put together a realistic and valuable Growth Action Plan specifically for your business.
This focuses on what your business does and how you want it to develop in the future. We look at your business’s strengths and core capabilities, your opportunities, and your current and potential markets, and how innovation, digital adoption and new market penetration can be key drivers of productivity and growth.
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This part focuses on why you do what you do, how you connect with your customers and how you effectively convey your values and purpose in your brand. We look at building demand, segmenting your markets, and achieving a targeted and strategic approach to marketing.
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This part focuses on creating a suitable organisational structure to deliver your goals, and adopting good practice in the leadership and management of teams.We look at leading people through change and supporting the wellbeing of staff, as well as developing your people and introducing agile ways of working.
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This part focuses on what happens in the business to create outputs, how you monitor progress and use information to inform decision-making. We look at a strategic approach to operations, financial management and options to
finance growth, and how everything comes together in the implementation of your Growth Action Plan.
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All businesses with 5-249 employees and have been operating for over a year are eligible to participate in the programme. Participants must be a member of the senior management team and have at least one direct report.
Help to Grow is 90% funded by the UK Government and so participants are only charged £750 for the entire programme.
Hybrid learning is designed to fit around YOU as a business leader. The past 18 months has taught us that face to face learning and networking is key to relationship development, but also that online sessions can be time efficient and easier to manage around a busy schedule. Our approach is to use hybrid learning to its full advantage.
Taught by world class industry experts
Evening classes designed to fit around your day
10 hours of 1:1 support from a mentor to develop a growth plan
Unrivalled networking opportunities
Excellent Locations in Central London and Croydon
Taught in our modern, newly refurbished business school