Taking Your Business Forward

This is an interactive three-month online programme for business owners, brought to you by The Icehouse. You will have the opportunity to rethink aspects of your business and reset for the future. The programme is perfect for owners of businesses with turnover between $1M and $3M. 

This comprehensive programme valued at $3,650 per person, is exclusively offered to Te Hiku Businesses for ONLY $350 per person.

During this three-month online programme, business owners will benefit from facilitated sessions and self-moderated peer group discussions, with a highly skilled and experienced Icehouse facilitator. Sessions are interactive and inclusive, and are designed to get participants thinking about what they need to do to retool and refocus their business.

In the final session of Taking Your Business Forward you will develop and present a clear 90-day plan with goals based on where you see your business going and what is required to execute this.

The follow-up 1:1 coaching session is a check-in session to help ensure you are on track to implement your 90-day plan and the goals you set during the online programme. This session provides the opportunity to track your progress and identify and discuss any road-blocks to your success.

What participants will learn about:

• Customers and Offering - understand your customers in terms of what they value and need and how you can align your product or service to this.
• Leadership and Communication - consider your personal leadership and communication challenges for managing change and continuity and ways you can improve your effectiveness.
• Building Resilience - explore the issue of building resilience, personal health and wellbeing and the importance of your resilience to the success of your business and your life.
• Financial Skills - develop a better understanding of accounting and finance basics and key principles and apply these to your business.
• Creating and Delivering Value - improve your understanding of how you create and deliver value in your business and also as part of a much wider network or ecosystem.
• The Future of Work is Here - consider and explore methods, tools and technology for introducing more efficient practices and embracing digital in your business.

All sessions are conducted online, and are from 9:30 am - 11:00 am. Below are the session dates for the 12  blocks:

BLOCK 1 - 23 MAY 2023

BLOCK 2 - 30 MAY 2023

BLOCK 3 - 6 JUN 2023

BLOCK 4 - 13 JUN 2023

BLOCK 5 - 20 JUN 2023

BLOCK 6 - 27 JUN 2023

BLOCK 7 - 4 JUL 2023

BLOCK 8 - 11 JUL 2023

BLOCK 9 - 18 JUL 2023

BLOCK 10 - 25 JUL 2023

BLOCK 11 - 1 AUG 2023

BLOCK 12 - 8 AUG 2023

FINAL - 15 AUG 2023