Join Be the Business’s Mentoring for Growth mentor programme

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Matching British SME leaders with an experienced business mentor to help them through expansion and improvement challenges is at the forefront of the Be the Business Mentoring for Growth programme.

Mentoring is a fantastic way for some of the UK’s most productive companies to share what works with business owners.

Our Mentoring for Growth programme, which saw 36 mentors support 45 mentees in Greater Manchester and Greater Birmingham and Solihull during a pilot programme, is set to be launched nationally. Hear the thoughts of our John Lewis Partnership chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield, who also serves as Be the Business chairman, regarding progress to date.

It facilitates collaboration between mentors from big corporations and key decision makers, owners and MDs from SME organisations. An open and honest exchange of ideas, expertise and experiences helps both shape the future direction an SME might take and provides important small business insights that mentors are able to take back into their own companies.

Supported by a network of companies from our Productivity Leadership Group, which can be seen below, Mentoring for Growth is a programme providing a calibre of mentors seldom seen in Britain. The programme is lead by our Growth Hub partners, who have great local knowledge and have developed a rigorous process to match prospective mentees with the best possible mentor.

Over the course of our initial six month pilot, mentors offered personal expertise, inspiration and practical advice on a one-to-one basis, from decision-making and business planning to talent acquisition and risk management, to help firms become more productive and overcome any potential barrier to economic growth.

The next step of the Mentoring for Growth programme expansion is taking it nationally. Building on the work being done in Greater Manchester and Greater Birmingham and Solihull, leaders in London and the North East of England. Around 200 mentees will go through the process of finding the right mentor for them, after which a year-long relationship will start. We’ve put together a helpful infographic which outlines how the 6-8 week matching process works.

One of the most powerful parts about Mentoring for Growth is the network of like-minded and experienced business leaders it creates. For mentors there are “connect and collaborate” calls every six weeks, a way for mentors to share how their conversations have been going. There will also be quarterly “knowledge sharing” events, where pairings from around the UK come together.

The use of mentoring is all part of our effort to encourage the sharing of best practice. Through learning from their peer group, business leaders throughout Britain will be better equipped to deal with the constantly-evolving set of challenges they face as small and medium-sized companies.

How do I join the programme?

Please fill in the online application by 9.00pm on 28th September 2018 at www.growthhub.london/mentoring-for-growth/. 30 London businesses will be selected and matched with a business leader from some of the best and brightest in British business during the free 12 month programme.

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