{"id":16543,"date":"2022-08-25T11:44:15","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T10:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/?p=16543"},"modified":"2024-05-24T13:41:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T12:41:10","slug":"help-to-grow-management-take-your-business-to-the-next-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2022\/08\/help-to-grow-management-take-your-business-to-the-next-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Help to Grow Management &#8211; Take your Business to the Next Level"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The government-backed Help to Grow: Management Programme at Kent Business School is now available to leaders in small and medium-sized businesses.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Help to Grow: Management?<\/h2>\n<p>Accredited by the Small Business Charter, <a href=\"https:\/\/smallbusinesscharter.org\/h2gmcourse\/9b6df69b-5f66-4eb9-bcb6-adf52dcb4cb9\">Help to Grow: Management<\/a> is aimed at senior leaders in small and medium businesses and includes 50 hours of in-depth training, 1:1 business mentoring, and the opportunity to grow your business, fast.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-week programme, delivered in collaboration with industry experts and experienced entrepreneurs,\u200b costs just \u00a3750 per participant, as 90% is subsidised by the government. It offers study structured around existing work commitments and access to learning through a blend of online and face-to-face sessions.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits of Help to Grow: Management<\/h2>\n<p>By the end of the programme, those who finish the course will develop a tailored business growth plan to increase productivity and grow your revenue and help take your business to the next level.<\/p>\n<p>You will gain the skills and knowledge to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first even\">Enhance your management and strategic capabilities<\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\">Produce a growth plan for your business<\/li>\n<li class=\"even\">Build resilience to future shocks<\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\">Learn how to innovate in your business<\/li>\n<li class=\"even\">Adopt digital technologies to boost productivity and operational agility<\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\">Develop your value proposition and reach into growth markets<\/li>\n<li class=\"even\">Improve employee engagement and responsible business practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Help to Grow Management is a blended programme that combines interactive, online sessions with face-to-face learning to suit you.<\/p>\n<h2>Why choose Kent Business School<\/h2>\n<div class=\"h2gm_cs_course_content school_biog\">\n<p>Kent Business School offers an engaging teaching experience underpinned by world-class research. This experience is further strengthened by our professional partnerships and international community and faculty, creating an exciting atmosphere in which to learn, where innovation is encouraged, and challenges welcomed. Kent Business School is also part of the 1% of top global institutions to gain &#8216;Triple Crown&#8217; accreditation from three top business organisations: European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) from the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and The Association of MBAs (AMBA).<\/p>\n<p>We aspire to be recognised internationally as:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 a leader in sustainable innovation research<br \/>\n\u2022 an innovator in education delivering transformative learning<br \/>\n\u2022 a hub for entrepreneurs in academia, business and society seeking to effect positive change<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The course<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"first even\"><span class=\"module_title\">Onboarding Session<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 1 &#8211; Strategy and Innovation<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"even\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 2 &#8211; Digital Adoption<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 3 &#8211; Internationalisation and Winning New Markets &#8211; Case Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"even\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 4 &#8211; Vision, Mission and Values<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 5 &#8211; Developing a Marketing Strategy<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"even\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 6 &#8211; Building a Brand Case Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 7 &#8211; Organisational Design<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"even\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 8 &#8211; Employee Engagement and Leading Change<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 9 &#8211; High Performance Workplace &#8211; Case Study<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"even\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 10- Efficient Operations<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"odd\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 11 &#8211; Finance and Financial Management<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"last even\"><span class=\"module_title\">Module 12 &#8211; Implementing Growth Plans &#8211; Case Study<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Eligibility criteria<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Your business must employ a\u00a0between 5 and 249 employees<\/li>\n<li>Your business must be at least one year old<\/li>\n<li>Participants must be a leader or decision maker with at least one direct report<\/li>\n<li>Businesses with 5 to 9 employees are\u00a0welcome to register\u00a0one participant on the programme<\/li>\n<li>Businesses with 10 to 249 employees are welcome to register two participants on the programme<\/li>\n<li>Available to Limited Companies who meet the criteria<\/li>\n<li>CIC\u2019s are eligible if they meet all other criteria<\/li>\n<li>Unfortunately not available to charities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Next Steps<\/h2>\n<p>The next course starts in November 2024, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/kent-business-school\/business\/htgm-sign-up\"><strong>request more information on the course now.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government-backed Help to Grow: Management Programme at Kent Business School is now available to leaders in small and medium-sized businesses. What is Help to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/2022\/08\/help-to-grow-management-take-your-business-to-the-next-level\/\">Read&nbsp;more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40913,"featured_media":15028,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16543"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22129,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16543\/revisions\/22129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/kbs-news-events\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}