Help entrepreneurs get their businesses set up for growth – this means assessing where they are now, where they want to go, and what strategic activities will get them there in the short and medium-term. In this phase, we provide them with the tools to assess how the business environment is changing, and what this means for their strategic priorities. At the end of the phase, participating entrepreneurs will identify their key priorities for the next couple of months and how to measure progress.

Provide participants with an understanding of the importance of storytelling and speaking up in their professional and personal lives.  It looks at how to craft stories that can communicate powerful messages about leadership, initiative-taking, and how values should shape our behaviours. The phase also builds people’s confidence in speaking up and sharing their stories.  

Focus on knowing customers and ensuring that entrepreneurs review business performance ad assesses if their products continue to meet their needs. We’ll review ‘ideation’ and the development of new product ideas based on internal strengths and resources. The phase offers entrepreneurs innovation and ideation tools to help spark creativity as we all respond to economic and environmental uncertainty and change. Entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to practice pitching new product ideas.

Invite entrepreneurs to re-assess how things are going – what they are doing well and any gaps. They’ll be looking at their financial trends and what it tells them about their business. Do they know their top customer? What are their most profitable products? Are their overheads increasing or decreasing? Knowing how a business is doing always is a key pillar of business growth and helps them make sound business decisions. Understanding drivers of profit and strategies to improve profit and cash flow – and drive towards achieving the Growth Goal for your business. 

Guide entrepreneurs in exploring core Talent and Operations practices that focus on building their core structures for growth. The phase focuses on helping entrepreneurs in building great teams and streamline their operations & processes to support continuous improvement and growth.

Take a moment to reassess progress against the goals we set at the beginning of the programme. We’ll look at how their core vision defines the strategy going forward, assess core strategic opportunities and focus on execution – building a culture of continuous performance review, and improvement – preparing for graduation and entry to the Growth Network.