Mentoring for Growth
Our flagship 12-month mentoring programme gives senior SME managers one to one support with an experienced business leader.
Our 12-month Mentoring for Growth programme helps small and medium-sized businesses benefit from the expertise and experience found in larger firms. We’ve hand-picked a team of senior-level mentors who want to share their experience, sector expertise and best practice with you.
Unlike peer-to-peer mentoring or business coaches, our mentors are from leading companies such as Siemens, GSK, BAE Systems and the John Lewis Partnership. This means our programme, which is also fully funded, is designed to focus on your needs. It could be just the thing to help with:
- Providing an objective sounding board for challenges and new ideas alike
- Getting your senior management team working together more effectively
- Improving your company’s forward-looking forecasting and modelling
- Making changes to your business model to suit changing consumer spending habits Improving the performance of your business overall
This programme is best suited to businesses in England with a turnover of around £500,000 or more.
"Mentoring for Growth has given my business access to high-quality expertise that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise. Having an independent, emotionally-detached view of what is happening helps you to drill down on the important stuff."
Alec Anderson
MD, Koolmill
How our 12-month mentoring programme works
Free
Suited to businesses in England with a turnover of around £500,000 or more
Commitment
12-month support intervention to deal with business challenges
Frequency
Suggested monthly calls or online meetings of 1-2 hours
Experience
Mentors are sourced from some of Britain's leading firms
Matching
Mentors and mentees go through a pairing process that ensures compatibility
Support
Participation in virtual groups and webinars covering support on relevant topics
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Interested in finding a mentor?
If you are a business leader and own or manage a small or medium-sized business and would welcome some help and support over the next 12 months, you can register or request a call back below.
Request a call back
For further information, or if you have any issues registering, please contact mentoring@bethebusiness.com
Our supporting partners
Well-known firms from around the UK are providing experienced mentors to the programme
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