Leadership Team Programme
The Invest NI Leadership Team Programme is focused on transforming the skills, behaviours and relationships of the top team in order to achieve business growth. The key objective of the programme is to help the top team transform their skills, behaviours and relationships in order to build a more adaptive and resilient business.
This support is available to Invest Northern Ireland customers. If your business can show that it intends to sell outside Northern Ireland, is actively pursuing growth plans and will contribute to increasing productivity and innovation in Northern Ireland, you could become a customer with Invest NI.
The criteria for Invest NI customers is as follows:
- actual turnover >= £250,000
- actual external sales >= 25 per cent or £250,000 per annum
- growth potential
Growth potential is defined by Invest NI as:
- potential employment growth >= 20 per cent or >= 20 jobs within three years; or
- potential external sales growth >=20 per cent or >= £500,000 within three years; or
- potential increase in GVA / employee >= 20 per cent within three years
Programme Criteria:
- Be an SME (up to 249 staff)
- Turnover ideally in excess of £1 million
- Ability to commit time and resources to the programme
- Ambition to grow your business globally
The leadership team programme is for Invest NI SME client companies, aimed at the business owner / CEO / MD plus up to two members of their leadership team.
Programme sessions cover a range of topics including leadership, strategy, people, communication, finance, strategic marketing, export markets and innovation.
Through the executive team coaching, learning is tailored to your business and actions to support growth are facilitated. There is also a strong focus on building business to business connections across companies throughout the programme and beyond.
Top teams will:
- gain a deeper understanding of how to develop and implement strategies that drive sustainability and international growth
- become a stronger and more effective top team, ready to develop and implement a strategy for growth
- be able to use a wide range of practical tools and techniques to ensure every aspect of your business is aligned with your strategy
- Invest Northern Ireland