Our mission
To equip SME leaders with the mindset and tools they need to build resilient, collaborative, future-ready teams.
About the project
Empowering SME leaders across Europe
Leading One Step Behind (LOSB) is a 24-month Erasmus+ KA220-VET Cooperation Partnership running from November 2025 to October 2027. Together we research, build and test a practical way of leading small and medium-sized businesses.
Our vision
European workplaces where people are trusted, involved and expected to co-create solutions every day.
Our reach
Five partner organisations, five countries, materials in multiple languages — free and open for any SME across the EU and beyond.
Workplan
What the project does
Over two years, LOSB does four things: it researches the success factors behind collaborative leadership in SMEs; it co-designs a VET curriculum from that research; it turns the curriculum into a free online course; and it builds a bank of real practices. Nothing stays on paper — everything is piloted in partner countries and published openly.
Project at a glance
- Programme
- Erasmus+ KA220-VET
- Type
- Cooperation Partnership
- Duration
- 24 months (Nov 2025 – Oct 2027)
- Target group
- SME leaders, managers & team leaders
- Outputs
- Research, curriculum, course, practices
- Cost
- Free & openly licensed
Project phases
How the two years unfold
Each phase builds on the one before it, from first findings to the final closing events.
- 01
Research
What actually makes collaborative leadership work in small companies.
- 02
Curriculum
Partners and practitioners co-design a VET curriculum from the findings.
- 03
Online course
The curriculum becomes a free, self-paced online course.
- 04
Practices & piloting
We collect real workplace practices and test everything with companies in partner countries.
- 05
Results & closing events
Findings, materials and lessons shared openly at national events across Europe.