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TaperedPlus is a leading independent company offering award-winning tapered flat roof insulation, flat roof design, and other associated products. The company has been operating since 2014, during which time it has designed for and assisted companies as large and esteemed as Bristol Airport and the Croydon Hospital NHS Trust.
Two members of the TaperedPlus team benefited from the funded places available on the University of Wolverhampton Business School’s Strategic Leadership and Management course and took part in the training programme to enhance their strategic leadership knowledge.
Rob Vass, CTO at TaperedPlus, said about the programme: “It’s great to have courses such as this available in our region to help enhance and cultivate future business leaders and provide the necessary skill sets required to drive businesses like ours forward.”
Hitesh Patel, also of TaperedPlus, added: “I see this course as a strategic investment in the company’s future, which is why we have two people on the course from our company.”
Strategic leadership programme for West Midlands businesses
The University of Wolverhampton launched its Strategic Leadership and Management training programme in 2024 exclusively for small and medium businesses across the West Midlands. Funded through the West Midlands Combined Authority, the programme emphasises strategic leadership and inclusive growth for small businesses across healthcare, engineering, and manufacturing industries in the region. This fast-paced short course is focused on innovative business models, digital transformation, and crisis management to support small businesses to build sustainable futures.
This short course contributes to the University of Wolverhampton Business School’s mission to educate and develop the responsible business professionals, leaders, and entrepreneurs that we need for a sustainable future.
Professor Subashini Suresh, Professor of Knowledge Management in Built Management in the university’s Faculty of Science and Engineering, said: “This short course is creatively designed around business leaders to support them to build their influence, strategic thinking and local impact. In addition to flexible online learning, we have in-built group leadership coaching with opportunities to discuss and reflect with tutors and peers.”
Participants in the first cohort of the Strategic Leadership and Management training programme are already discovering benefits and utilising what they have learnt to take their companies forward to the next level of success.
Tapered Plus
TaperedPlus is a leading independent company offering award-winning tapered flat roof insulation, flat roof design, and other associated products. The company has been operating since 2014, during which time it has designed for and assisted companies as large and esteemed as Bristol Airport and the Croydon Hospital NHS Trust.
Two members of the TaperedPlus team benefited from the funded places available on the University of Wolverhampton Business School’s Strategic Leadership and Management course and took part in the training programme to enhance their strategic leadership knowledge.
Rob Vass, CTO at TaperedPlus, said about the programme: “It’s great to have courses such as this available in our region to help enhance and cultivate future business leaders and provide the necessary skill sets required to drive businesses like ours forward.”
Hitesh Patel, also of TaperedPlus, added: “I see this course as a strategic investment in the company’s future, which is why we have two people on the course from our company.”
Adding value for SMEs
The TaperedPlus participants found immediate benefits from taking the course, which included boosts to their motivation, networking capabilities, and their understanding of the subject matter and its practical application.
Hitesh said: “Halfway through the course, I have already developed a deeper understanding of organisational dynamics. This is supporting us to achieve key company goals around driving innovation to improve our customer approach and developing a competitive edge locally.”
He also notes his close links with the region and compliments the efforts of the expert organisers behind the course.
He said: “Being from Wolverhampton, I am committed to the university. This course has given me the motivation I needed to progress to higher levels of leadership. It is developing my strategic mindset and has introduced me to a network of individuals with whom I wouldn’t usually interact with.
“The university colleagues, mentors and lecturers have done a fantastic job of stimulating debate, and I have developed confidence in my approach towards my day-to-day tasks.”
University of Wolverhampton Executive Education
The Strategic Leadership and Management training programme is run by passionate course leaders with experience and success in both academic and business pursuits. Companies such as TaperedPlus are already benefitting from this funded course, which is helping to expand and build on their manager’s and director’s leadership skills which strengthens their company as a whole.
Dr Sean Starr, Director of the Strategic Leadership and Training Programme at the University of Wolverhampton Business School, said: “Since launching the programme over the summer, I have met like-minded business leaders who are passionate about developing their workforces and enabling their businesses to contribute and grow the West Midlands economy. The funded places are hugely supporting the University of Wolverhampton Business School to instil its local leaders with the importance of strategic foresight, and empowering confidence, decision-making, and career mobility amongst underrepresented communities.”
In addition, Professor Subashini Suresh said: “I am delighted to be a part of a leading team of industry professionals and academic experts to support local businesses with taking their leadership teams to the next level.”
If your company would like to benefit from this world-leading training programme, please get in touch with our Executive Education team, execed@wlv.ac.uk.