Who is it for? (Eligibility Criteria)
Coaching is open to businesses in the East of England that have:
- been trading for at least one year,
- a turnover in the last year of between £100k and £20M
- the potential to achieve sales growth of 20% or above per annum for a 3 year period - a team of at least 4 but fewer than 250 staff
- aspirations and drive to take your business to the next level
How does it work?
Over a 3 – 5 month period, the programme works like this:
- Attend the initial master class where you will work with a coach selected to meet your business need
- identify areas where growth can be achieved within your business
- develop an individual action plan to enable you to achieve your goals
- apply for coaching
- start work with your management team and the coach who has been selected for his/her relevant experience
- 4 half days of support over a 2 month period spent implementing your action plan
- if progress is good, up to 4 further half days of coach support is available
The team at St John’s Innovation Centre will keep in touch at regular intervals to ensure the programme is working for you.
Benefits of Coaching
- It will enable the senior management team take a fresh look at the business in a structured manner
- It will help to give you a clear vision and put a growth strategy in place
- It will help you to focus on the management structure and internal processes to ensure they are right to facilitate sustainable high growth
- It will work towards the business developing competitive advantage by maximising its key strengths
- It may help you increase sales by identifying key target markets and new routes to market
