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6 WEEKS

CERTIFICATE

DURATION

12 weeks

MODE

Part time

TYPE

CPD

FEES

£750 (Incl VAT)

90% government funded

START DATES

April 2024

September 2024

March 2025

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Taking your business to the next level

Join 30,000 senior leaders taking part in the Help To Grow Programme, a practical management training programme, developed in collaboration with industry and delivered by world-class business schools, accredited by the Small Business Charter.

Who’s it for?

SME’s

Be a small or medium sized enterprise, employing between 5 and 249 people.

Decision Makers

Be a decision maker within your organisation (Managing director, owner, senior manager, founder etc)

Any Sector*

Be from any sector and industry within the Humber region (Hull, East Riding, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire).

*except for charities

Industry Focused

Designed and delivered by entrepreneurs and industry experts at world-class business schools, this leadership course will provide time away from the challenges of running a business to invest in your leadership, and to learn how to take your business to the next level.

About the Programme

The 12-week programme is designed to be taken alongside full-time work through a combination of online sessions and face-to-face learning. The cost to attend is also 90% funded by the Government. The in-depth high quality curriculum will support you to build your capabilities in leadership, innovation, digital adoption, employee engagement, marketing, responsible business, and financial management.

12 sessions

half-day sessions delivered hybrid across

a 12 week period

Online Lessons

mix of online sessions, and virtual peer calls

Growth Plan

Work towrards a 12 month growth plan for your business

10 hours one-to-one mentoring to help support your growth plan for your business.

Mentoring

An Executive Education Certificate in Management

Certificate

Programme Content

The Help To Grow Programme in Hull is designed to support you to develop your strategic skills with key modules covering financial management, innovation and digital adoption. By the end of the programme, you will develop a tailored business growth plan to lead your business to its full potential.

Strategy & Innovation

New Markets

Marketing Strategy

Organisational Design

High Performance

Effecient Operations

Digital Adoption

Vision, Mission, Values

Building Brand

Leading Change

Financial Management

Growth Plans

How it’s delivered?

Online Workshops (Webinars) – total 16 hours

Mix of presentations and interactive elements – Two hours in length – Run by facilitator with subject expert speaker – Whole cohort together, split at times into breakout groups

Peer Group Calls – total 8 hours

With your Peer Group of approx. 5 people and the facilitator – One hour in length – Based on the topics and exercises of the week – Opportunity to hear other business perspectives and share the experiences and challenges of your business

Case Study Workshops – total 16 hours

In-person sessions with the whole cohort – Four hours in length – Learn through the real experiences of an SME – Discuss the application of concepts and ideas in your business

One-to-one Mentor Support – 10 hours

Flexible one-to-one sessions with a business mentor – Discuss and tackle your business challenges – Get support developing your Growth Action Plan – Mix of in-person and online

Exercises and Resources on the Learning Platform (VLE)

Exercises to help you apply the programme concepts to your business – Tools and templates you can work on with colleagues to share what you are learning – In-depth resources and links to further support

Your Growth Action Plan

Individual to each business – Use the templates and guidance on the VLE to work on this throughout the programme – Develop an organised set of actions and a plan on a page to share in the business

Read the reviews

The programme is giving me the tools to overcome the problems i’m encountering in my busienss right now!

Tim Lord

Managing Director of Linkadek UK

it makes you think more about the business not just from a day-to-day point of view but look at things from a more strategic point of view and challenge your views

Callum Harvey

Technical Manager, Agrimin

The content is manageable and not too in depth, given we also have busy jobs to do around the course. Learning from the rest of the group was one of the best bits, as there was plenty of information sharing about how they are trying to grow their own businesses.

Claire Donald

Financial Director,

Four Cladding Services

Apply

If you are interested in joining our Help to Grow Management programme or represent an organisation that wishes to sponsor your employees, simply email us at exec-education@hull.ac.uk to register your interest and have a discussion with our programme lead.