05/07/2011
The London Leadership and Management Advisory Service
Are you the chief executive/MD of a small or medium sized social enterprise?
Do you need expert support to develop your leadership and management skills?
Do you want support to effectively build up the organisation and ensure its financial sustainability?
Want to get up to a £1,000 grant to improve your leadership skills in the areas of strategic management, building up the business, and employee engagement?
If the answer is yes, then read on. SEL is working with the SFA to support organisations get up to a 50% bursary of up to £1000 towards training costs for the MD or chief executive of social enterprises.
As the MD, chair or most senior director of your organisation, you’ve worked hard to get where you are. You recognise the value of using expert advice. You’re good at what you do.
But how often do you give yourself a little time to improve your own skills and help your business grow? It’s a fact worth considering in these difficult economic conditions that people who invest in skills do better than those that don’t.
The London Leadership and Management Advisory Service
If you run a business in the Greater London region employing between 2 and 250 people, a service is available to help you develop your leadership and management skills. The service covers all sectors and is funded by the Learning and Skills Council to give you:
• A free analysis of your leadership and management skills, highlighting your strengths and areas for development
• A match funded (£ for £) training grant of up to £1,000 to help you address those areas.
The service is restricted to those established social enterprises (those trading for more than 12 months) with the potential to increase turnover or employment by 10% each year for three years, with a business plan to support this. New businesses with potential to reach £500,000 turnover within 3 years are also eligible.
Giving you the skills you need
Your individual analysis can be carried out on-line or face-to-face. A Leadership and Management Specialist Adviser will then meet with you to talk through the results and use their expertise to suggest approaches and solutions designed to suit your learning style, time restraints and location.
Training does not need to be qualification based, and can include 1:1 coaching or mentoring. Training should support the contribution of your staff to the business.
The programme cannot support mandatory programmes, IT or marketing training. Training providers may include approved training consultancies, coaches, professional organisations, colleges and universities. SEL will help you choose the solution you want, and the programme will arrange the training for you.
If you are interested and would like further information, please contact: Mei Hui (mei@sel.org.uk) Tel: 020 7033 2642
Or visit the programme website www.exemplas.com/LMAS for further information and to download an application form.