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The Help to Grow: Management Course brings together small business leaders across a huge range of sectors to equip them with the knowledge and resources to accelerate business growth. The course addresses the challenges of business leadership, equipping executives with the skills and confidence to implement organisational changes.
This hybrid learning experience includes online webinars and face-to-face workshops held at Cardiff Business School on Wednesday mornings. After completing the 12-module course, participants will have a Growth Action Plan to elevate their businesses.
Each module is delivered by the university academic staff. The content explored ranges from digital transformation and marketing strategies to employing the right people and creating an efficient workplace. Alongside the core modules, participants are supported by a specialist facilitator, who provides bespoke and peer-to-peer guidance as well as 10 hours of one-on-one mentorship to address specific business concerns.
Participants join a growing network of Help to Grow: Management alumni, gaining access to exclusive webinars and networking events that foster lifelong connections. Alumni events, held frequently in collaboration with the Chartered Association of Business Schools, offer opportunities for continued learning and sharing experiences with guest speakers presenting new topics of interest.
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What do you gain?
The Help to Grow: Management Course is frequently praised by alumni for its transformative impact. Ruth Partington, CEO of Empower Translate Limited and former Help to Grow: Management participant said: ‘Even after 25 years, it has galvanised my appetite for change in my business. Now, together with the mentor assigned through the course, EMPOWER is on a rapid growth trajectory with renewed confidence and significant structural change.’
Ruth’s experience highlights the benefits the course can offer even to those who have been with their businesses for a long time and demonstrates that it’s never too late to try something new.
Meanwhile, Katy Thomas, founder of Mothers Matter CIC, chose to focus on the collaborative aspects offered by the course. She shares: ‘It is amazing that you get to come and learn so much about business, and receive so much support from peer groups and mentors. There are no exams or essays, you can’t get this anywhere else.’
With the support and networking Katy spoke about in mind, participation in the Help to Grow: Management Course is just the beginning of a positive relationship between businesses and Cardiff Business School.
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How do you register?
Help to Grow welcomes registrations from businesses that have been in operation for at least one year, employ between five and 249 members of staff, and are not a charity. Businesses employing 10 or more members of staff are eligible to enrol up to two employees in senior management or leadership positions. Businesses employing between five and 10 members of staff may send one member of staff on the programme.
The next cohort is scheduled to launch on Wednesday 4 September, and registrations are accepted through the Small Business Charter website: smallbusinesscharter.org/h2gmcourse/cardiff-17.
More information on the Help to Grow: Management Course is available on the Cardiff Business School webpages: cardiff.ac.uk/business-school/executive-education/help-to-grow
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Any questions?
If you’d like to learn more about the Help to Grow: Management Course, you’re always welcome to pop into the Business School to discuss the course and explore your own business needs and ambitions. Just email help2grow@cardiff.ac.uk and the team will be in touch to arrange this for you.
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