Help to Grow - business leadership programme - Coach

Help to Grow Leadership Programme

I'm proud to be working as a coach and facilitator with the School of Business at the University of Leicester on the Help to Grow leadership programme for small and medium-sized businesses in the East Midlands and East of England. It’s an opportunity for senior managers and business owners to learn new skills, reach more customers and boost profits.

Accredited by the Small Business Charter, Help To Grow is a 12-week practical programme that combines both online and face-to-face learning. The programme covers key areas of leadership including:

“Polly Robinson continues to be a massive asset to the University of Leicester School of Business and has undertaken important roles in the work that we have delivered to support small businesses in the UK. This includes the government-funded Small Business Leadership Programme (delivered in 2020/21) where she was the business coach and the Help to Grow Management Programme (currently being delivered) where she is the cohort facilitator and occasional module lead.

Polly always receives fantastic feedback for the guidance and advice she provides and she is reliable, efficient and always willing to adapt to support our needs. Polly continues to assist us with her marketing insight/knowledge and always goes above and beyond to ensure the programmes are a success.

It is a pleasure to work with Polly and I look forward to continuing to work with her on both current and future programmes. She will bring her abundance of talent and ability to anything she takes on.”

— Steve King, Accreditation and Business Manager, University of Leicester School of Business

• Strategy and innovation

• Growing national and international markets

• Leading for high performance

• Building vision and brand

• Engaging and inspiring teams

• Creating customer value

• Adopting digital technology

• Adopting responsible business practices

• Financial management

I work with participants guiding them through the programme, coaching them on practical business and leadership challenges and leading weekly peer-to-peer coaching sessions. Through the programme, I have worked with businesses in all sectors from legal and professional services, manufacturing, IT and food and drink.

For more information about the Help to Grow programme visit the University of Leicester website or the Small Business Charter Help to Grow information here:

The programme is 90% funded by the government.