The 17-day programme for owner-managers

The ICE Bridge Owner Manager Programme is held over five consecutive months, in blocks of three days per month. This is followed by two single-day implementation workshops three months apart. The five blocks start at 9.30am on the Thursday and run through to 3.30pm on the Saturday.

Throughout this programme you will discover a new perspective on your business, gain a better understanding of yourself (as an individual and a business owner), and a clearer sense of where you are going and how to get there whilst maintaining a better work / life balance.

It will give you the confidence to put progressive plans in place for you and your business.  You'll develop your skills through sessions with ICEHOUSE coaches, external experts and fellow owner-managers.

OMP provides the necessary skills to help you manage the turbulent phases as an established or mature owner-manager, and will set you on the path to greater success through the implementation of a strategic growth plan.
It is a learning experience that is challenging, practical and enjoyable.



What can you expect to get out of it?

  • Learn to analyse and fine-tune your business, and solve your own problems
  • Unlock your potential to wealth - in every respect - financial, emotional, spiritual and however else you measure it
  • Overcome barriers to growth
  • Have your current thinking challenged and developed by those who have been there themselves
  • Be equipped with a set of frameworks and tools designed specifically for the needs of owner-managers
  • Develop a unique networks on contacts: fellow participants, ICE Bridge facilitators and invited experts
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Owner Manager Graduate Tim Alpe has been named Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year for 2010

“All in all, The ICEHOUSE is a fantastic success story. We have always had a really good relationship, and we are huge advocates of it. The ICEHOUSE is a great combination of academia and entrepreneurship mixed into one. The people who came along to speak and teach us actually had that corporate understanding, and they were really inspirational. It also gave us some much needed discipline. It made us write a business plan and look at our business from a helicopter view. The ICEHOUSE helped me to step back and reassess Jucy from the outside. I definitely came out of there fizzing.”           - Tim Alpe, JUCY

Ernst & Young Owner Manager Scholarship

Investing in the future success of your business. Ernst & Young offers an annual scholarship for Owner Managers with significant growth aspirations for their business. Founded in 2010, this scholarship will fund 50% of the programme fees for The ICEHOUSE Owner Manager Programme.

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