Productivity through People

Productivity through People is a is a 10-month, cohort based executive education programme for leaders within SMEs wishing to “work on the business, not in the business”. It is an opportunity to share critical insights for success regarding people, leadership, communications, innovation and, ultimately, productivity. The objective of the programme is to help leaders create a high-performance workplace with a fully-engaged, productive workforce. Delivered in collaboration with and subsidised by five world class organisations, GSK, Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, Leonardo and The John Lewis Partnership, the programme is endorsed by Be the Business, the business-led organisation created to boost management skills and close the UK’s productivity gap.Delivered at the University of Strathclyde’s award-winning Business School, the programme blends classroom learning and pragmatism with firms receiving inputs from peers as well as visits to best practice organisations to share knowledge and insights that can be put into practice quickly to accelerate performance. In addition to meeting and learning from industry leaders, course attendees build peer networks to help them work together to solve challenges and meet opportunities.Complementing the Growth Advantage Programme (our unique programme for managing directors, owners and visionary leaders of growth companies in Scotland), Productivity through People is aimed at the leadership teams of established businesses with a minimum £2 million turnover and a staff of over 20 people and which have real growth ambitions. To get the most from the programme we recommend that participants should be senior managers within the firm with authority to make change happen.