The Business Growth Program

BIG Inside™ is a Business Growth Program for leadership and management teams in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises that are growth-oriented.  The participants in the program will develop their organization’s growth strategy as well as develop skills and practices for ongoing strategy development and execution.

What previous participants say

Here are some comments about the impact BIG has made on our clients firms

"The Business Growth Program gave our company the time, energy and confidence we needed to chart a course for future growth. We are now more focused as a company, and clear on how we will achieve it"

 -    Steve Cameron, President of Norwest Corporation

Program Objectives & Course Structure

The objectives of the Business Growth Program are to:

  • Identify the core strengths and abilities necessary to lead growth in the organization,
  • Explore and apply market intelligence and analysis tools to understand the forces shaping the markets that you wish to compete within,
  • Learn and apply opportunity identification and decision-making tools to develop new markets/products/services,
  • Understand innovation management processes and practices,
  • Introduce concepts of purpose, values and vision and how to define them for an effective strategy,
  • Understand the enablers and blockers of strategy execution plans – why they often come unstuck,
  • Explore and apply communication disciplines that keep all employees aware of and focused on the business priorities and progress.

Course Structure

The Business Growth Program consists of:

  • pre-module assignments
  • 3 x 1½ day training modules
  • post-module assignments

A detailed description of the learning outcomes and delivery mechanisms for each module can be downloaded here: Business Growth Program Course Structure

Course Assessment: All participants will receive a certificate of completion that will only be awarded on successful completion of pre- and post-module assignments.

Total Training Duration: The total learning hours per participants in the program is 36 hours, with further time required to complete assignments outside of module time.

Course Cost: Can be found in the above downloadable Course Structure