Designs on Growth

6 Month Business Growth & Management Development Programme

Next intake May 19th 2022

The Business Growth & Management Development Programme is an innovative learning and development response providing the owner/managers of design and creative businesses with best practice business management skills and knowledge to support sustainability and increase revenue in their business.

This bespoke programme is sector-specific and designed to fully support you to develop a winning strategy for your business.

Who is it for?

Suitable for studios, agencies and consultancies which are seeking to grow and/or expand*.

*Please contact us to discuss your specific business and needs.

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Book your information session:
– Monday, April 11th 2022 | 5pm – 6pm
– Tuesday, April 12th, 2022 | 1pm – 2pm
– Tuesday, April 26th 2022 | 1pm – 2pm
– Tuesday, May 10th 2022 | 1pm – 2pm
– Tuesday, May 10th 2022 | 5pm – 6pm

Duration

6 months

When

Starting May 19th, 2022.

Why should I attend?

• Effectively address your business challenges
• Improve performance
• Develop your design or creative business practice going forward
• Manage your team effectively

Download the Designs On Growth Brochure 2022

What past participants had to say:

“My experience of the Designs on Growth programme has been overwhelmingly positive. As a fast track for creatives, who often don’t possess the knowledge and skills to diagnose and encourage fiscal wellbeing, Designs on Growth has been very beneficial. Expert and personable mentors and workshop leaders are complemented with easy to understand notes that build to create an invaluable resource for extracurricular reference. The Designs on Growth programme helps you take the firsthand, in-depth knowledge of your own business, structure it, assess it, set realistic goals, and create a road map for growth.”
Oran Day, Atelier David Smith

“We chose to participate in Designs on Growth as a means to both understanding the design landscape in the RoI and to take stock of how we have been operating as a business. Our business is approaching an age where we felt that we need to better define our process, our client engagement and our delivery for existing clients, whilst moving to potentially attracting new clients. The Designs on Growth programme has been really effective by allowing us to step out of the business and take some time to learn new methodologies, begin to understand how we might apply them and share experiences with a very diverse and friendly peer group. The sessions are very well structured and thought-provoking and the follow-up mentoring helps provide the answers to questions that you may have or things you wish to test.”
Stephen McGilloway, MD Big Small Design, Product Design

“The course was a great opportunity to step outside and look back in on the business side of the studio. There was great solidarity seeing other studios on the course also faced similar issues. It has had a positive impact on how we’re now developing our studio.”
John Gavin, Creative Director, True Output

‘We made a lot of changes based on the Designs on Growth course. Most of these were around our finances. We now have a much better financial perspective for our business. It has been invaluable.’
Roisin Buckley, Director, Piquant

Design Skillnet training focuses on helping designers and creatives in their business to up-skill their teams and attract and service clients in a rapidly changing commercial landscape. 

About the trainer

Jeannette Naughton

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Jeannette is a Master Trainer & and experienced Business Coach and works closely with a portfolio of Design Sector Clients delivering training and coaching to improve their business performance. She delivers workshops and coaching to groups of business leaders and their teams on Strategic Planning, Marketing and Sales Strategy, Communication and Team Cohesion. Jeannette delivers our highly rated Designs on Growth business and management development programme and coaches participants to achieve business success and achieve long-term results in their businesses.