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We
have over 15 years of experience
and success
in building, designing and delivering
management development programmes that last from
3 to 24 months in duration.
If you are looking to develop your
managers into leaders we can offer you a wide range of
solutions to give them the necessary skills, behaviours
and tools to lead and motivate their staff more
effectively and to really make a significant difference
to your company.
If you are looking for a 1-5 day
in-house course
please
click here or read on if you are interested in a
longer term development programme for your managers.
A Management Development Programme (MDP)
is a series of modules and activties that are designed
and delivered over a longer period of time than your
normal in-house training course.
The duration of an MDP can last
anywhere from 3 months to over 2 years.
Each MDP is unique because they are
designed to fit in with your culture, ways or working
and what you would like to achieve.
Here are some examples of what we have
included in MDP's for our clients:
Modular
Based Learning Sessions
These are normally 1 or 2 day classroom
type training courses spread throughout the duration of
the programme at regular intervals. For example, if it
is a 6 month programme we might run one classroom event
per month on various topics such as "Leading For
Success", "Change Management", "Building High Performing
Teams", "Coaching & Giving Feedback" etc
Personal 1 on 1 Business Coaching
With this, each manager receives face to
face or telephone coaching sessions with a fully
qualified business coach. Together they tackle some of
the major issues that is holding the manager back at
work and they put action plans in place to improve them.
Personality & Behavioural Profiling
Each manager can take a number of
assessments and exercises and then they will receive
detailed reports and profiles on their preferences and
what makes them the person that they are. Understanding
oneself is very important in the development process.
Each manager receives their feedback from a fully
qualified expert with full explanations as to the
application and practical considerations of the
information.
Personal 1 on 1 Life Coaching
Each manager receives face to face or
telephone coaching from a fully qualified life coach.
The aim of these sessions are to create balance in the
managers life between work, rest and play and to act as
support for any personal or confidence related issues.
Work Based Assignments & Projects
Applying learning into the workplace is a
critical activity. With work based assignments, the
managers have case studies to work through having to
apply what they have learned on previous modules and
areas of the development programme. Each assignment is
based upon a "real life" scenario that the company has
or could face in the future and the manager is left
responsible for tackling the situation and heading up
the team that ultimately has to provide solutions and a
way forward for it.
Team Building Events
These can be on or offsite where the
group as a whole or in smaller teams are set challenging
events and activities to promote cross functional
working and the elements of building high performing
teams.
E-Learning Modules
Some information and learning can be
conducted through computer designed training sessions.
Here, the manager accesses a programme through their
computer and works through the course themselves. At
various points throughout the ecourse there will be mini
tests and assessments to confirm their understanding of
the topics covered.
Simulations
With a simulation, groups of managers are
"placed" into a real life scenario and it is up to them
as a team to create a positive outcome. For example, "A
flood has just wiped out your manufacturing capability,
what are you going to do to resume business asap?" or
"You are in charge of creating a new product to achieve
xyz. What is your new product? What will it do? How will
you market it? What considerations will you need to plan
for in the workplace - training, comms etc?" ....and of
course we as trainers throw obstacles in along the way
to test their planning, organisation, team and self
control skills!
Distance Learning
Modules and course content can be covered
through self study manuals, DVD's, CD's and CD ROMs. The
managers will be required to complete the modules
themselves and send in their answers and coursework to
their designated personal tutor who then provides
feedback to them.
Action Learning Sets
These are normally half day sessions
based on the relationship between reflection and action,
where the focus is on the issues and problems that the
managers bring to the group, and planning future action
with the structured attention and support of that group.
A major advantage of Action Learning is that
participants are able to look at the real problems which
concern them, rather than considering hypothetical ones,
and they are responsible for the selection of the
topic(s) or problem(s) discussed.
Your Management Development Programme can include some
or all of the above!
The choice is yours.
Here are some
recent examples of leadership & management development
programmes we have been responsible for:
The
Brief
Malvern Hills
District Council identified that the quality of their
leadership would be a vital factor in becoming one of
the best performing District Councils in the country.
To that end they wanted to develop
their 50 managers to lead and drive the council forward
and to bring some "commercial awareness" to how the
district was being run. We were selected to design,
implement and deliver their management development
program.
The Solution
After
gathering and determining the requirements we designed
and delivered a modular 6 month Management Training
Development Program and following on from that a Team
Effectiveness and Organisational Learning strategy to be
implemented throughout the council.
Within this
particular solution we wanted to ensure that:
- The managers were not taken away
from the workplace for long periods of time.
- The MDP should be a mixture of
training based modules and other learning activities
that can be completed “at the office”
- A support structure is put in place
that supports and aids the learning after a training
event has taken place.
- Steps will be taken to measure the
success of the MDP and to ensure that Malvern District
Council has received “Value for money”
- The MDP should support the
competency framework that has been developed and use
this as a baseline to build skills and behaviours.
The Contents
The Management Development Program
Consisted Of:
- 6 Training Modules - each of 2-days
in duration spread across the 6 months
- Each manager to receive 2 formal
coaching sessions with a qualified coach
- 2 Work Based assignments to be
completed throughout the programme
- Ongoing mentoring, support and
guidance from each trainer
- Ongoing monitoring and evaluation
of the success of the programme - 360 degree feedback,
interviews, assessments, behavioural and performance
changes in the delegates
The Team Effectiveness &
Organisational Learning Programme Consisted Of:
- Team planning and implementation
away days
- Team building activities and events
across areas of the council to break down barriers and
promote high performance working
- Cross departmental working analysis
on how work is constructed and how it all fits
together across multiple areas
- Best practise sharing and
performance improvement workshops to develop
organisational learning capacity across the council
- Mentoring programme implemented
throughout the council to foster and promote learning
and development
Feedback
"An
excellent programme. I loved the inclusive approach. I
am now going to be able to work much more closely with
support staff so they understand my needs and I
understand theirs"
Colin
Davis - Strategic Director Operational Services
"The
various assessments and questionnaires gave a great
insight into my "comfort zones" in terms of styles and
behaviours. I can now reflect on this and be aware that
I may need to step back and modify my approach to
certain situations"
Siobhan
Moss - Accountancy Services Manager
"The
programme completely met my needs. I really liked the
way that leadership was applied to real life situations.
I now know how to "lead" rather than "manage". Thank
you! It was a great opportunity for development"
Peter
Gillett - Head Of Financial Services & IT
"It was a
very enjoyable programme. A great team effort. I will
now be able to look at the "bigger picture" rather than
just my little piece of the council! Mark was an
excellent tutor throughout the modules - thank you"
Hilary
Law - Careline Services Officer
Another case study
- "Enhancing supplier relationships
through a Management Development Programme in Waitrose"
MTD trainer Caroline Barnes was
previously the programme manager, trainer and coach for
a "Developing People In Partnership" Management
Development Programme for the successful Merston Peters
and Waitrose initiative throughout 2003/2004.
This consisted of managers from
Waitrose and their suppliers attending a series of 2 and
3-day modules throughout the year with monthly coaching
and mentoring sessions in-between.
The
modules included:
- Sales and marketing
- Advanced communication skills
- Presentation skills
- Change management
- Finance
- Operations
Delivery techniques included:
- Accelerated learning techniques
- Practical exercises
- Case studies
- Skills practice
- Syndicate group work
- Videos
- Case Studies
- Group discussions
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