Are you ready to take your business to the next level? Then Growth Through Mentoring could be the programme for you. Karen Berry, Growth Hub Connector (Mentoring Programme), explains more
From building confidence, to developing skills or even just a friendly chat with someone outside of your business, the benefits of mentoring can be huge.
At the North East Growth Hub, we want more of our business leaders to experience the positive impact a mentor can make, which is why we’re inviting people to find out more about our Growth through Mentoring programme.
We match business owners with a mentor who has experience of successfully scaling a business themselves, so you can benefit from what they’ve learnt along the way.
We want to help leaders who want to work on growing their business, ultimately creating more and better jobs for the region. Making a match
The matching process is an important component of establishing a successful relationship between the mentor and mentee. Our team takes the time to really understand your business and our mentors’ areas of expertise in order to make the most appropriate match. Businesses are matched with mentors we feel they will have the right chemistry with and who will have the skills and knowledge to create the maximum impact. Mentoring sessions can take place online or in person and offer business leaders a three to six month programme to work with a mentor as a sounding board and someone to share ideas with. The mentors themselves are experienced business people who have been there, seen it and done it. They give up their time to share the lessons they learned along the way and help others. Whatever area of your business you want to work on – from sales and marketing to organisational culture and digital adoption – a mentor could help.
Boosting the growth mindset
Our work is about developing the mentee as a person and as a business leader, building confidence and resilience.
One thing we know about business owners is they can be very busy but they can’t effectively work on the business if they don’t work on themselves first.
Mentors can provide that vital support needed to turn the dial and get the business moving to the next level.
We’ve found our programme is working really well and are proud of how Growth Through Mentoring is helping North East businesses to develop. Client feedback recently showed 100% of Growth Through Mentoring participants said they would recommend the programme to others.
Who is Growth Through Mentoring for?
Business in any sector can take part and the programme is targeted at founders and owner managers of SMEs based in our North East LEP area who want to improve their leadership capabilities. Businesses who will benefit the most from mentoring will have been trading for at least two years, will be employing more than five staff and be experiencing high growth in turnover.
So if you have the ambition and potential to grow your business, get in touch and we’ll help you find your mentoring match.
