Create a trusted support network that can help you explore your business challenges
PEER NETWORK
Your facilitated peer group will help you to consider your own challenges from different perspectives and act on new learnings from
the sessions.
Designed for business leaders who want to grow and develop their organisation for future success, LCR High Growth Peer Networks are fully funded by Liverpool Growth Hub and consists of five 3-hour sessions over a ten week period.
“One of the most useful cross sector forums I have ever been involved in” – Lisa Furlong, Director, Mole Group
What is involved?
The LCR High Growth Peer Networks programme provides an exciting opportunity to develop the individual skills of business owners and leaders and more broadly advance productivity in the SME community. To ensure maximum impact for the businesses involved – and the funders – participants must be able to commit to attending the full 15 hours of group sessions.
Sessions will be held fortnightly at the Bluecoat Library in Liverpool City Centre on Wednesday mornings, starting on March 8th 2023. Sessions will start at 10am and finish around 1pm. The sessions will all be scheduled at the start of the programme, so you’ll know which mornings to keep free.
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Who is it for?
High Growth or Potential High Growth SMEs
The LCR High Growth Peer Networks is aimed at high growth SME businesses or SME businesses estimated to have high growth potential (potential to grow turnover or headcount >20% per year for 3 years)
across the Liverpool City Region.
With a few exceptions, companies can be drawn from almost any industry sector.
Business Owners or Senior Decision Makers
Participants must be senior decision makers who:
• Have the autonomy to decide to join the programme and the licence to act
• Be interested in developing leadership and management
• Be ambitious for their business
• Value the opinions of others
• Want to contribute to the success of others
Who want to work on business challenges
Topics could include, but are not limited to:
• Finance
• HR
• Sales & Marketing
• Business Model Innovation
• Change Management
• Embedding formal management processes & systems
• Digital
• Use of data to drive the business
• EU transition
• Net zero
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Hear from previous participants…
Testimonials
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“Great to work with peers, positive discussions on some tough topics, highlighting strengths of the participants.”
Chris Morland
Director, Citrus Suite
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“I think we’ve got a fantastic group with such a variety of ideas and points of view. Everyone is so open and supportive.”
Lauren Bailey-Rhodes
Director, Transform Lives Company
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“Even in situations where I thought I had no advice to offer, through thoughtful questioning we can bring something to the discussion”
John Callaghan
Project Manager, Damibu
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“As the relationships between everyone develop the sessions are just getting better and better. Really appreciate the sessions!”
Jamie Anderson
CEO, Age UK Wirral
This work is part funded through the European Regional Development Fund. The Liverpool City Region High Growth Programme is receiving up to £5,504,829 of funding from the England European Regional Development Fund as part of the European Structural and Investment Funds Growth Programme 2014-2020. The Department of Levelling up Housing and Communities (and in London the intermediate body Greater London Authority) is the Managing Authority for European Regional Development Fund. Established by the European Union, the European Regional Development Fund helps local areas stimulate their economic development by investing in projects which will support innovation, businesses, create jobs and local community regenerations. For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/european-growth-funding. The Northern Powerhouse is a key aspect of this Government’s approach to addressing the productivity gap in the North and ensuring a stronger, more sustainable economy for all parts of the UK. Alongside over €1.5 billion of European Regional Development Fund support for businesses and communities across the North, the government has awarded £3.4 billion in three rounds of Growth Deals across the Northern Powerhouse.
What is Action Learning?
Action Learning is an approach to problem solving and learning in groups to bring about change in
individuals, teams, organisations and systems. It is based on the principle that the most effective learning
takes place in the context in which people are working. A Peer Network is a private group of invited business
leaders, formed to support its participants by working together to share challenges, solutions, knowledge,
expertise and experience.
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