The Business School at Edge Hill University is celebrating after signing more than 600 employees across 300 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Lancashire to its leadership skills programme.
Due to the pandemic, businesses and employees of SMEs across Lancashire have seeked support to help build resilience among their management teams and for individuals to strengthen their personal portfolio and have successfully applied for the Leading Lancashire programme.
The Leading Lancashire project, part-funded by the European Social Fund, aims to develop the skills of employees and embed new leadership and management capabilities in the region’s SMEs, through the delivery of professional Chartered Management Institute (CMI) qualifications. There are no costs to any business or individual employees for the programme, just a short-term, professional development commitment.
John Mercer, Associate Director of Edge Hill’s Business School and Director of the University’s Leading Lancashire programme, said:
“This is a significant milestone for the Leading Lancashire team that stands testament our expert tutors and the quality and flexibility of their delivery.
“The programme has now helped hundreds of local employees and SMEs across the region to motivate and bring out the best in their staff, build efficiency and effectiveness in their business and as we continue to expand the programme, we are looking forward to welcoming even more companies and help them compete in the ever-changing SME sector.”
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Course dates have been added to the Business School programme for 2021 and more information and details of how to apply can be accessed via the website. The programme is designed to help them develop and formalise their skills and knowledge in leadership and management resulting in greater confidence to stimulate progression into senior roles.
Leading Lancashire is encouraging applications from females and members of the Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) and disabled communities. Priority will be offered to those applications during 2021. Minority groups have been the focus of the leadership project since it began in January 2020 and 69% of applicants have enrolled onto one of the CMI courses available.
Edge Hill’s Business School offers students an environment to grow and develop, enriched by its partnerships with some of the world’s leading universities, key national and regional employers and businesses and with the major professional bodies across its degree subjects.