As many of you know I recently became certified as a Growth Accelerator Coach. So to help you demystify how this programme can help you I have put together this short review.
Could your business benefit from a successful growth strategy?
Are your everyday responsibilities getting in the way of thinking time?
Have tactics overtaken strategy?
Have your processes fallen behind the pace of growth?
Could your managers be better equipped to step up?
Do you want to unlock your capacity for innovation?
Do you need to discover new routes for funding and investment?
Do you want to build on the power of your people?
Could you benefit from a more united and inspired leadership team?
Do you want to see relationships with your clients thrive?
Answer YES to any of these questions and there’s a good chance you could benefit from joining the Growth Accelerator Program.
As a Growth Coach and Growth Accelerator Trainer, I’m often asked to explain the program to people so I thought I’d produce this helpful little guide.
What is the Growth Accelerator program?
Growth Accelerator is a government funded UK initiative targeting high growth businesses who want to enter their next growth phase and have the determination and potential to get there.
Alongside the Regional Growth Manager, we work with you to develop your growth plan, bespoke to the needs of your business. This will typically focus on one of three areas; Access to Finance, Business Development or Growth through Innovation.
Who can join?
To be eligible for the program, your business must be registered in the UK and be based in England. You must have fewer than 250 employees and a turnover less than £40m. It’s for both B2B and B2C businesses.
What do I get?
- A free consultation with a Growth Manager to assess your needs.
- A free GrowthMapper assessment, giving you new insights into the barriers holding your business back from growth.
- A Growth Coach (chosen by you) and funded by a grant of £3,500 to be used to support your needs for growth.
- Up to £2,000 matched funding for Leadership and Management training for all your managers.
- 6 half day workshops (strategy, sales & marketing, change management, leadership, achieving more for less and high growth teams).
- Free membership to the Growth Community.
What’s the Investment?
It depends on the number of employees
- 1-4 employees = £600
- 5-49 employees = £1500
- 50-249 employees = £3,000
(all packages incur a VAT cost of £700 which is worked out from the full grant award of £3,500)
To get cracking with your business and personal growth, call me on 01423 788229 or email me at julia@businesshorsepower.com. Either myself or the Growth Manager will come out to assess your needs.
Julia Felton (aka The Business Wrangler) is the founder of Business HorsePower. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives hire her to accelerate their business performance by harnessing the energy of their people to work more collaboratively together. By aligning purpose with actions the team achieves exponential results as everyone starts pulling in the same direction.
Julia believes that business is a force for good and through designing purpose-driven businesses that leverage the laws of nature, and the herd, you can create businesses founded on the principles of connection, collaboration and community that make a significant impact in the world.
