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Stepping-Up to Growth & Success

City of Ryde | October - December 2009 (Completed)

2010 Courses TBA
 

Sponsored by Industry & Investment NSW | 75% off

How to Achieve Business Growth & Success...
in the New Economy

 

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Program Content

1.     Step Up your Business vision and strategy for growth and success

2.     Step Up your Customer plan to both keep customers and make more sales

3.     Step Up your People & Relationships plan for growth and success

4.     Step Up your Financial plan to survive and thrive

What you get

·         Self-paced learning – over 8 weeks

·         1 hr Group sessions on consecutive Wednesdays in Ryde/Macquarie Park Area

·         Four (4) x 1 hr Workshops (weeks 1,3,5,7)

·         Four (4) x 1 hr Small Group Coaching Sessions (weeks 2,4,6,8)

·         Web based course management system with hundreds of references, tools, templates, resources and links

·         10 hrs Individual mentoring

·         Dynamic Workbook

What you pay

  •  Regular rate: $1,100

  • NSW Govt. stimulus for Small Business – take a further 75% off:

  • Qualifying Small Businesses pay*$250 + GST [ - Limit 2 per business]

Eligibility Criteria for qualifying small businesses*

·         Small Business Entrepreneur in business for two or more years

·         The business is successful and has potential for growth

·         The business is well run and the entrepreneur has the vision and the desire for growth

·         With success there is a desire to hire new employees

·         There is an existing written business plan (even if a simple one)

·         The entrepreneur has a vision, a purpose and a desire to grow

What are the dates?

·         Stepping Up Program Kick-off and informal taster Oct 21, 2009

·         Program runs over 8 weeks from Oct 28 to December 16, 2009

 

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Program Structure

·         4 x workshops (recorded and podcast) odd weeks (1 hr each)

·         4 x group coaching sessions even weeks (1 hr each)

·         Kick off plus Graduation and Showcase

·         Web Based Course Management System (Moodle)

·         Dynamic Manual

 

Wk

Session

Date

Time

Workshop/
Tutorial Hours

Group Coaching Hours

Mentoring

0

Kick off

tba

 

1

 

 

1

Workshop 1: Setting up the business for growth

Oct 28

7.30 – 9.00am

1

 

 

2

Group Coaching Topic 1

Nov 4

7.30 – 9.00am

 

1

 

3

Workshop 2: Customers (Keeping customers and selling more)

Nov 11

7.30 – 9.00am

1

 

 

4

Group Coaching Topic 2

Nov 18

7.30 – 9.00am

 

1

 

5

Workshop 3: Leveraging people & relationships for growth

Nov 25

7.30 – 9.00am

1

 

 

6

Group Coaching Topic 3

Dec 2

7.30 – 9.00am

 

1

 

7

Workshop 4: Business Survival

Dec 9

7.30 – 9.00am

1

 

 

8

Group Coaching Topic 4

Dec 16

7.30 – 9.00am

 

1

 

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Graduation & Participant Showcase

December 16 tba

tba

1

 

 

 

Total Workshops

 

 

6 Hrs

 

 

 

Total Group Coaching

 

 

 

4 hrs

 

 

Individual Mentoring

 

 

 

 

10 hrs

 

Total Program

 

20 hrs

 

 

 

 

Workshops Content

 

Workshops

Content

 Hours

Kick off

Course Intro

Opening Ritual

New paradigm for business

·         New economy (IT savvy, Globalisation)

·         The Long tail

·         Sustainability

·         Values

·         Innovation

·         Leadership

1

1. Setting up the business
for Growth

 

Business analysis (Identify growth opportunities)

Business Planning for Growth

Innovation Planning

VeSPA model

·         Visioning (Real Vision, Purpose, Goals, BHAG)

·         embedded Values

·         Strategy

·         Projects

·         Actions

Growth Goals

·         Goal setting

·         Resistance

*Overall Business Growth Plan Outline

2

2. Customers
(Keeping customers and selling more)

Pricing & Costing review

Stepping up Marketing

CRM

Service Delivery

Closing more Sales

·         Selling 2.0

·         Buying Facilitation

·         Consultative Selling

·         Strategic Selling

*Customer Plan

2

3. Leveraging People &  Relationships for growth

 

Leveraging existing people and relationships for Growth

 

Employees and directors

·         Right people in the right seats

·         New people in new seats

·         Engaging employees and stakeholders

·         Learn from each other

·         ‘Ruthless’ is not a dirty word

External relationships

·         The right fit for growth

·         New relationships to stimulate growth

Networks

·         business development networks

·         Communities of Practice

Corporate citizenship

*People & Relationships Growth Plan

 

2

4. Business Survival

Financial Survival

·         Make money in uncertain times

·         Manage cash flow effectively and still grow

Risk Management

Bringing it all together

*Financial Growth Plan

 

2

Graduation & Showcase

Closing Ritual

Graduation Ceremony

Participant Showcase

1


 

Facilitators

Partners

Greg Jenkins
TinCAN Learning Company

www.tincanlearning.com

 

Ryde Chamber of Commerce

North Ryde/Macquarie Park
Chamber of Commerce

Expressions of interest and more details

Greg Jenkins | TinCAN Learning Company
P: 02 9874 0418 | m: 0418 486 501
greg@tincanlearning.com | www.tincanlearning.com

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Call for Mentors!
Get a buzz whilst helping Small Business entrepreneurs grow and succeed!

Any mentor will tell you that it is both a privilege and a buzz to help a small biz entrepreneur on the way to growth and success.

Mentors will be matched with young entrepreneurs for the 'Stepping Up to Growth and Success' program. The commitment is 10 hours over 2-3 months between September and December 2009.

Top up your knowledge and and mentoring skills over breakfast in the Macquarie Park area during September 2009.

For details on Mentor top up sessions and to register interest, prospective mentors should contact the course facilitator Greg Jenkins on 9874 0418 or 0418 486 501 | greg@tincanlearning.com | www.tincanlearning.com

Download Mentor application form

 


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