LEAP is a professional services company offering high quality and sustainable skills development and mentoring solutions in South Africa. LEAP has a sterling track record in managing learnerships, development of training programmes and training materials for the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in South Africa, Harare and Belgium and the provision of training programmes to both public and private sector clients. LEAP was established in 2012 through a joint venture with Real Development, a reknown player in the SMME development space within the Eastern Cape and Western Cape and Phambili Management and Training, with its specialisation in the construction and social economy sectors. The combination of our experiences in various industry sectors added immense value to the service offerings we now provide to the SMME market. The drivers of LEAP have more than 60 years of combined experience in working with SMME business at various stages of their development i.e. pre-start up to business expansion stage and of various complexities i.e. one man businesses up to international businesses with established international markets. Apart from this we also hold own business experience and can this draw from our personal experiences in running successful businesses to instil and motivate the SMMEs we provide training to. We have assessed the diverse needs of the SMME market and for a person working on a motorcar in his backyard repair business, some tools are more appropriate than others in performing certain repair functions. The same logic should apply when considering the many training offerings available to SMME business owners.