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Leader Programme

Offers a business performance assessment, helping to uncover opportunities, challenges, and build leadership skills.

Who it is for

This support is only available to Invest Northern Ireland clients, which are manufacturing and/or tradeable services businesses with the potential to both:

  • achieve at least 25% of sales external to Northern Ireland (or at least £250,000 external sales, whichever is lower)
  • employ at least ten staff, within five years

If you can demonstrate that your business meets these criteria, you may be eligible to apply to become an Invest NI client.

The programme is aimed at the overall leader of an SME, the managing director, CEO, or owner-manager who can demonstrate:

  • a clear strategic need and willingness to change
  • commitment and time available
  • turnover ideally greater than £1 million
  • a history of profitable trading
  • an existing robust business model

Support you can get

Participating businesses will:

  • benefit from the advice of an experienced business mentor to assist in the development of a growth action plan
  • gain an insight into your personal leadership style in your business through engaging with an executive coach
  • engage in significant learning opportunities with other SME business leaders in group networking

Support organisers

  • Invest Northern Ireland

Phone:

0800 181 4422

Next Steps

on the Invest NI website
Published 10 May 2017
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