Program Overview

Help to Grow: Management

Overview

Help to Grow: Management is a 12-week programme designed to support senior leaders in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to enhance productivity, drive innovation, and accelerate business growth.

Course Details

What You Study

This course covers key areas essential for business growth, including:

• Leadership: develop strategic leadership skills to drive business success
• Marketing: learn market segmentation, positioning, and targeting strategies
• Employee Engagement: build a motivated workforce and enhance company culture
• Financial Management: strengthen financial decision-making and long-term planning
• Operations and Productivity: identify new technologies and processes to enhance efficiency
• Innovation and Digital Adoption: discover strategies for staying competitive in a fast-changing market

How You Learn

The programme is designed to fit around work and personal commitments, with just one session per week. Learning is delivered through:

• 12 structured modules: covering critical aspects of business growth
• Peer-learning sessions: collaborate with up to 25 business leaders
• One-to-one business mentoring: tailored support from experienced SME mentors
• Access to the Alumni Network: ongoing learning through exclusive events and resources

How You Are Assessed

The Help to Grow: Management programme is designed to provide practical, actionable learning with no formal exams or coursework. Instead, assessment is based on:

• Growth Action Plan: throughout the programme, you will develop a tailored growth action plan, applying key concepts to your own business
• Mentor Feedback: you receive personalised guidance and feedback from an experienced business mentor, helping you refine your strategies and address specific business challenges
• Peer Learning and Participation: active engagement in peer group discussions and case studies is encouraged, allowing you to share experiences and gain diverse perspectives from fellow SME leaders
• Practical Application: each module is designed to help you immediately apply learning to your business, ensuring measurable progress throughout the 12 weeks

Entry Requirements

This course is ideal for senior decision-makers in UK-based SMEs who want to develop their leadership skills and scale their business. To be eligible, businesses must:

• Employ between 5 and 249 people
• Have been operational for at least one year
• Not be registered as a charity

Applicants must:

• Be a senior decision-maker with at least one direct report
• Commit to completing all course sessions

Employability

By completing this course, you:

• Enhance your strategic leadership skills across business functions
• Develop a growth strategy tailored to your business
• Gain access to a national peer network to share challenges and opportunities
• Improve operational efficiency and financial management
• Identify new digital technologies to boost innovation and productivity
• Build a resilient and scalable business model to support long-term success

Part-time Entry

• Fee for applicants: £750
• Length: 12 weeks
• One session per week
• Start date: September

Career Opportunities

By completing this course, you will enhance your strategic leadership skills, develop a growth strategy tailored to your business, and gain access to a national peer network to share challenges and opportunities. You will also improve operational efficiency and financial management, identify new digital technologies to boost innovation and productivity, and build a resilient and scalable business model to support long-term success.