Boost Business Lancashire 5 Expert Coaching and Action Learning Facilitator Services

GC Business is looking for particularly (but not exclusively) local Lancashire based experienced Expert Coaches and, or Action Learning Facilitators who can work with ambitious and inquisitive leaders of growth companies to help build their capacity to innovate and achieve growth throughout the duration of the programmes outlined in the tender documents

LOT 1: Growth Catalyst Expert Coaching: As part of this programme up to 140, 2-hour, (or half day) Expert Coaching sessions will be delivered over MS Teams, Zoom or other platforms and will be made available to business leaders to help them address knowledge gaps or overcome challenges. As opportunities for deeper support through coaching are identified as part of the development of individual Growth Strategies and plans, or as a result of needs spotted by the businesses allocated Advisor during the course of the programme we will require the framework of Coaches to offer support. Our coaching pool is expected to include a wide range of in-depth sector expertise as well as expertise in key subject areas for example:

• Leadership and Management development
• Sales and marketing
• Change management
• HR Challenges
• Business model innovation
• Systems and processes
• Finance
• Digital tech
• Market insights
• Net Zero

LOT 2: Growth Catalyst and Scale to Thrive Peer Action Learning Facilitators. Both programmes will provide participant businesses with the option of joining peer to peer action learning cohorts. These cohorts of typically between 8 and 11 participants will be professionally facilitated by individuals from a business background who have proven experience in applying the Reg Revans action learning methodology as set out in GCs Peer Network Action Learning Playbook. This methodology was successfully scaled up and proven in practice as part of the Peer Networks programme delivered by Growth Hubs across England and is utilised by a range of Action learning organisations.

a) Growth Catalyst Action Learning The Growth Catalyst programme will deliver 15 cohorts staggered over 18 months. Each cohort will benefit from 6 sessions of Action Learning of typically 2-3hrs each on a fortnightly basis, depending on participant preferences. Session topics or challenges to be discussed and will be selected by the groups with the aid of the expert facilitator. All participants will need to sign up to the Participant charter. Action learning sessions will be subject to customer satisfaction monitoring. b) Scale to Thrive Action Learning Under Scale to Thrive 10 cohorts will be delivered with staggered starts over 18 months. Each cohort will benefit from 4 sessions of Action Learning of typically 2-3hrs each on a fortnightly, or monthly basis, depending on participant preferences. As with Growth Catalyst, session topics or challenges to be discussed and will be selected by the groups with the aid of the expert facilitator. All participants will need to sign up to the Participant charter.