Director of an established UK-based business looking to grow?
Multiple financial and operational challenges?
No time for an MBA, not an online junkie, tired of consultant-speak?
Want to learn informally from the insights of other like-minded senior executives?
If this sounds like you, then join us!
The Growth Companies Programme is Knowledge Peers' members-only club for directors of UK-based growth companies. Your annual fee gives you, with your senior colleagues, access to a closed network of like-minded senior executives plus a range of peer insight services.
The programme is managed by Knowledge Peers to ensure that everyone benefits from each other’s experience, in an informal and trusted environment.
If you’re looking to do new things and make new connections, it’s the perfect way to reach out to the people who really matter: your peers.
The eight pressing issues that growth sector CEOs need to get to grips with
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Programme topics, 2010 - 2011 Raising your company’s profile |
This year's programme is structured around eight core topics which all leaders of established, mid-sized businesses will need to get to grips with sooner or later.
You’ll have numerous opportunities to learn what your peers are thinking and doing about these issues via a programme of personal introductions, video interviews, networking events, research materials, and more.
Opportunities to learn from your peers
Business leader networking events
Talk to anyone who has attended a Knowledge Peers networking event and you'll hear good things. We work hard to keep attendance to experienced business people only, and the debate focused and lively. Events are typically held in the evening at an interesting venue in and around London, with food and drink provided, and each focuses on one of the core topics outlined above. Six main events per year are included in your membership fee.
We also run invitation-only dinner events for small closed groups, typically to discuss a single highly focused topic. If you are interested in participating in one of these, let us know.
See forthcoming events in the Growth Companies Programme
Read the report from our event, "Beyond the bunker", held at the Cabinet War Rooms
Personal introductions to other CEOs and experts
As individuals with years of experience running businesses, we are extremely well-connected across a number of sectors and disciplines – not to mention the 5,000-strong Knowledge Peers network. So as a member of our Growth Programme, we'll gladly open our ‘little black book’ of contacts to you.
It's not a formal recommendation service, and we certainly don't take payment from suppliers for referrals. But if you are looking for new contacts to talk to informally about issues from asset lease finance to social media, give us a call or drop in to see us at our Hatton Garden offices. If we have a relevant personal contact, we'll put you in touch.
Continuing access to all of our insights
As a member, you benefit from continuing access to Knowledge Peers’ entire output, including all of our video interviews with business leaders and others, articles, Talking Guides and one-off research reports. We plan to add additional insight services during the year, including benchmarking tools.
See examples of the materials available to Growth Company Programme members
Knowledge Peers Investigates: your private research team
If you're grappling with an internal challenge, the best place to look for help is often your peer group. Similar businesses may have successfully addressed the same problems, and won’t try to sell you an answer as suppliers do. But how can you find out? Simple: commission Knowledge Peers' professional research team to do it for you.
Tell us about the issue or topic you are looking to find out about, with the questions you’d like to have answered, and we will conduct interviews with senior decision-makers within your sector to find out how their organisations are approaching the issue.
Learn more about Knowledge Peers Investigates, and how the service works
Opportunities to promote yourself and your company
If you haven’t already done a video interview for Knowledge Peers about the work of your company, then we’d like you to do one! This will be published on our website for all members and visitors to see. You’ll also have your own, dedicated page which you can use to showcase yourself and your business in greater detail. This is a great way to reach out to potential new partners, investors and senior-level recruits.
See examples of member profiles
For a small additional fee, Knowledge Peers can also put together a short promotional video for you to use on your own website. Contact the team for further details and a quote.
What next?
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The Growth Companies Programme will formally open on 5 October 2010. Online registration will open on 13 September. Before then, you can register your interest or request more information using the form provided and we will call you back. Individual membership costs £40 + VAT per month, or £425 + VAT per year, and can be shared between up to three board members within the same company. |
