LEONARDO DA VINCI - Transfer of Innovation Project

Project Aim: To develop and deliver the High Growth Coach Development Programme to enable the development of effective and competent specialist High Growth Coaches for use by regional and national agencies engaged in High Growth Coaching HGC: Project Presentation

Project vision: To support the growth of SMEs resulting in long-term, sustainable wealth creation, job creation, increased sales revenues and profitability HGC: Project Presentation

Project Results and Impact: HGC: Project Presentation A high growth coach competency framework and assessment tool A 16 week high growth coach development programme leading to 75 trained High Growth Coaches Increase partner and VET agency capability and capacity to deliver high growth coaching to SMEs Improved understanding of the training needs of High Growth Coaches Availability of and access to a compendium of High Growth Coaching tools

Background: HGC: Project Presentation The idea of targeted coaching for potentially fast growing companies was first piloted in Great Britain by The East Midlands Development Agency (emda) in Since then, two further programmes have been delivered, each demonstrating the high level of impact that can be achieved with this type of intervention. As part of the second programme emda contracted with Exponential Training & Assessment to provide a development programme for actual and potential High Growth Coaches, in order to build capacity and capability in the region. The programme was called the Growth Enabler Programme (GEP). As a result of the GEP, over 100 coaches took part in the programme, completing a set of e-learning modules called the High Growth Series.

A requirement of the programme was the development of a legacy. To-date, an additional 150+ UK coaches have completed further High Growth Coach development with Exponential. The second part of the legacy will result in the delivery of High Growth Coach development programmes in South Africa by This project represents the third part of the GEP legacy. HGC: Project Presentation

Description: A structured coaching programme to assist companies to build their inherent capabilities and achieve accelerated growth. HGC: Project Presentation High Growth Coaching:

Designed to achieve: An increase in the stock of strongly growing SMEs within each region through the provision of high quality business coaching by suitably experienced and trained coaches HGC: Project Presentation High Growth Coaching:

Eligibility: High Growth Coaching is usually targeted at businesses with the potential to achieve high growth but which would not achieve such growth without intervention. HGC: Project Presentation High Growth Coaching:

High Growth Business coaching is about: Targeting established SMEs with the potential to increase employment or turnover by 20 per cent or more each year for three years and new start-ups with the potential to become “gazelles” Providing high growth coaching to enable these businesses to address barriers to growth and to grow more rapidly Connecting these businesses to a network of external provision from specialist knowledge and investor networks in leadership and management training. HGC: Project Presentation High Growth Coaching:

For More information visit: If you or someone that you know would be interested in taking part in this project and benefiting from training as a High Growth Coach, please contact your local partner HGC: Project Presentation

Project Partners: HGC: Project Presentation Exponential Training & Assessment (United Kingdom) Enterprise Lithuania (Lithuania) Trebag Vagyon és Projektmenedzser Kft (Hungary) Gospodarska Zbornica Slovene Center Za Poslovno Usposabljanje (Slovenia) Centrul De Inovare si Dezvoltare de Afaceri (Romania) The Chartered Management Institute - CMI (United Kingdom)

HGC: Project Presentation