Business coaches

Major Responsibilities:

- Establish the SME’s strategy, the hurdles preventing its development and together with the SME to prepare a business growth plan with milestones and outcomes which satisfies all parties.

- Agree a coaching work plan which addresses specific barriers to growth preventing the successful implementation of the SME.

- Deliver a programmed of structured face to face coaching to address barriers to growth and help implement the project and transform the SME.

- Deliver coaching on specific issues as necessary.

- Comply with contractual requirements including targets, outputs, and budgetary control.

- Report on the progress of the SMEs

Key Skills:

Empathy, integrity, credibility, diligence, independence, and patience; capable of operating comfortably at senior management level; a natural commercial acumen supported by strong research, interrogative, analytical and diagnostic skills; accustomed to taking the initiative; able to offer constructive challenge; coaches should demonstrate a good understanding of many of the following business areas:

• Strategic planning
• Product development and design
• Market development
• Innovation management
• Financial management and investor readiness
• Business improvement (processes and operational capability).