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Participant Registration and Onboarding Help to Grow: Management Course participants receive information from the business school including cohort details and dates. They are given access to the virtual learning environment where all of their course materials can be found. They are registered on the mentoring platform and will receive information about logging on to look for a business mentor.

Getting Started Introduction Participants of the Help To Grow: Management Course attend an online welcome session. A Mentor Relationship Advisor (MRA) will join this session to provide a very brief overview of the mentoring and the mentoring platform. Participants are given a lot of information at this point and can easily feel overwhelmed. Discussing the business mentoring expectations and deliverables again in your discovery calls will help the participants understand the benefits and align expectations.

Module 1: Strategy and Innovation Participants explore the key factors driving productivity and growth in SMEs. They examine innovation within their organisations, refine their value proposition, and identify business models that foster innovation and growth.

Module 2: Digital Adoption This module focuses on digital leadership. Participants assess the risks and opportunities of operating in a digital environment and develop strategic approaches for adopting digital technologies effectively.

Module 3: Internationalisation and Winning New Markets Participants engage in a 4-hour F2F case study session to explore strategies for entering international markets and accessing new growth opportunities.

Module 4: Vision, Mission, and Values This module guides participants in defining their organisation's vision, mission, and values. It also covers branding strategies and methods for engaging employees in the organisation's goals.

Module 5: Developing a Marketing Strategy Participants delve into segmentation, targeting, and positioning. They also examine buyer decision-making models for both B2B and B2C markets.

Module 6: Building a Brand Participants delve into segmentation, targeting, and positioning in a 4-hour F2F case study session. They also examine buyer decision-making models for both B2B and B2C markets.

Module 7: Organisational Design Participants evaluate their organisational structures and identify necessary changes to improve productivity and better support their value proposition.

Module 8: Employee Engagement and Leading Change This module explores how to lead organisational change and improve employee engagement. Participants learn strategies to bring their teams along in the change process and enhance overall productivity.

Module 9: High-Performance Workplace Participants analyse a case study in a 4-hour F2F workshop focused on high-performance workplaces. Participants explore ways to implement similar practices in their own organisations.

Module 10: Efficient Operations This module helps participants align their operations with strategic goals, improve performance measures, and adopt continuous improvement methods to enhance organisational efficiency.

Module 11: Finance and Financial Management Participants learn essential financial management skills, including managing cash flow, understanding funding options, and planning for sustainable growth.

Module 12: Growth Action Planning In the final module, participants come together in the final 4-hour F2F session to consolidate their learning to develop and implement a Growth Action Plan using tools, models, and templates introduced throughout the course.

Growth Action Planning Check In Throughout the programme, participants work towards the development of a Growth Action Plan, setting goals and priorities from each topic area covered as well as cross-cutting themes. Business mentors are expected to support participants by providing feedback on the Growth Action Plan when asked by the participant.

The Help to Grow Alumni Network The Help to Grow: Management Alumni provides participants with continued access to business education, events and a peer network of like-minded business leaders who have completed the Help to Grow programme. By joining the network your mentee will continue to be supported as they implement their plans and tackle future challenges.