Leadership and Management
The NWDA is the lead organisation with the Skills for
Business Network for addressing leadership, management and
enterprise skills, as identified in the Regional Economic Strategy
(RES). There is a strategic drive in the Northwest for
improved leadership and management skills to enhance business
performance, productivity and innovation.
The NWDA is currently working with the Northern Leadership Academy to
deliver an internal coaching and leadership solutions project
to address the actions in the RES. The NWDA project runs from
Sept 06 to Mar 09 and has four strands:
- To develop a Leadership & Management Action Plan for the
Northwest, prioritising strategies, actions, resources and
investment
- To deliver a Regional High Growth Coaching Programme,
a national Department for Business, Enterprise &
Regulatory Reform (BERR) pilot programme to provide specific
support to 20 high growth small-to-medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs)
- To deliver a Regional Business Volunteer Mentors Programme,
providing mentoring for 500 businesses through enterprise
agencies
- To deliver Coaching and Mentoring Programmes, based on gaps and
priorities identified in the Leadership & Management Action
Plan for the Northwest.