Committed to Excellence
In achieving personal growth and building corporate success
Why development is important...
The pace of change is increasing and the rules that govern business are also changing. Organisations continually look for new ways to be faster, leaner and more creative in pursuit of competitive advantage and success. Learning and development is integral to this process.
Who we are...
A company creating tailored learning and development solutions that are targeted at business objectives and the needs of the individual. Learning and development is an on-going process that can awaken people to their ability to achieve more and our programmes focus on providing a measurable return on investment.
What we offer...
The design and delivery of bespoke business development solutions. The interventions we provide are an investment by our clients in their business and people. This investment is realised by noticeable, measurable changes in people, who are able to improve processes, behaviours and relationships to achieve higher performance.
Our experience...
We provide on-going support for major local, national and multi-national companies. Our consultants have enhanced the performance of individuals, for many organisations, across a wide spectrum of learning and development
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What we offer...
We apply our learning and development framework to any size of business. Firstly we identify the gaps in skills, knowledge and attitudes and then develop a programme to address the identified needs. Local, national and international organisations have already benefited from programmes designed and delivered for them, a selection of which are outlined below:
- A five-day intensive Personal Development course for apprentices and graduates for a global company in the high-tech engineering sector
- Voice Coaching and Media Presentation skills for senior executives in a multi-national communications company
- A suite of Business Development courses targeted at SMEs including Sales, Negotiations and Strategy, funded by national government
- Team Events for both public and private organisations across the UK in Singapore and the United States
- Diagnostic Testing of Behavioural Profiles and Emotional Intelligence
- Advanced Commercial Negotiation for a national drinks dispense system supplier
- Facilitation of merger meetings and management of change process for central government
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Our consultants deliver programmes both in-house and at venues convenient to our clients. We travel worldwide and source the best training venues at no extra cost to our clients. Our experienced team of consultants are specialists in the field of learning and development. A brief insight into some of our senior consultants is given below:
| Mike Hopkins has considerable experience of working with people at all levels in organisations, having delivered development programmes to the private, public and voluntary sector across the UK, in America and the Far East. Mike's knowledge and style of delivery makes his courses engaging and results driven, whilst his enthusiasm for the learning process and the positive difference it can make is infectious. He uses his expertise to design and deliver bespoke training and development programmes which cover a range of solutions from one-to-one mentoring of Chief Executives through to large scale programmes for organisational development. |
| Alison Woodhead is a training consultant who specialises in people development, management coaching, performance improvement and culture/process change. Capable of managing successful deployment of programmes from large scale to one-on-one sessions. Alison has a passion for making sure the right blend of training is applied to maximise learning of new skills & knowledge and so change performance. Previously a blue chip FMCG global communications group manager, Alison's expertise is gained from corporate management experience as well as incorporating proven development thinking. Her style of delivery is interactive and collaborative and she has experience of working with a variety of clients across different sectors. |
| Andrew Hambly-Smith has an authoritative style of training is bourne out of his international media experience and he offers this with an inspirational approach to learning within a supportive and stimulating environment. Andrew does two things exceptionally well; he develops an individual's confidence and provides the tools to sustain real change and growth. His bespoke training work has proved invaluable to a variety of our clients at all levels of organisations such as the Audit Commission, the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit and MBDA. |
| Dr. Mohammed Khan has extensive experience in academia and Industry. Chartered Engineer by profession (but holding an MBA), he has experience of working for national and international organisations, in the private, public and voluntary sectors. He has contributed to over 70 journal and conference publications and has also edited two books in the field of Advanced Manufacturing Processes and Technologies. His industrial area of expertise is in manufacturing & quality management whereas his academic area of expertise is in the quality management of taught and research programmes for the higher education sector. His style of training is hands-on so that course participants can leave and immediately apply the ideas learned to their organisations. |
| Ali Jan Haider has an office in Primary Care and Mental Health Services in Bradford where he is employed as the Deputy Director of Equality and Diversity. Ali Jan has worked at a senior level in the voluntary, statutory and private sector in the field of management development and training. He specialises in organisational and team development, and strategic planning. Ali Jan has particular experience in leading change within large institutions and is particularly adept at bringing an emotional competence approach to his work. |
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How we can help...
Our programmes cover learning and development at an individual, interpersonal and organisational level. We can provide tailored help in the following broad subject areas:
| INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT | INTERPERSONAL DEVELOPMENT | ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT | ||
| Communication Skills Communication skills at work. Delivering professional presentations. Speaking and presenting with confidence. Linguistic mastery. Feedback skills | Effective Teams Building an effective team. Working with others. Motivating and managing a team. Team development. Belbin team roles. Team Leadership. | Customer Excellence Achieving excellence - providing a quality service. Front line customer care. The principles of marketing. Developing client relationships. Telephone Techniques. | ||
| Creative Management Taking a creative approach to management. Creativity in business. Creativity for leaders. | Motivation Skills Building commitment and motivation in others. Developing a can do culture. | Sales Skills
Sales negotiation. Successful selling. Powerful telesales techniques. | ||
| Leadership Successful leadership. Practical leadership skills. Transformational leadership. | Facilitation Facilitation skills for managers. Conference facilitation. Event facilitation. | Change Management Effective change management. Motivating and leading in a down turn environment. | ||
| Diagnostic Tools Personality Profiling (DiSC). EQ-i - BarOn Emotional Quotient Inventory. | Understanding Others Developing people and building productive working relationships. Working with human differences. | Performance Management Effective techniques to manage performance. Holding excellent appraisals. | ||
| Time Management Time and priority management. Self discipline and organisation. Work Life Balance How to strike the right balance. | Influencing Skills Influencing and persuading for managers. Influencing with impact. Communication and influencing. | Strategic Planning
An introduction to strategy. Strategy for managers and directors. Strategic thinking and understanding. | ||
| Stress Management
Dealing with stress and conflicting needs. Managing challenging work loads. | Managing Meetings
Techniques for successful meetings. Creative meetings | Networking
Make the right connections. Building effective working relationships. | ||
| Negotiation
Negotiation skills development. Sales negotiation. Advanced negotiation skills. Commercial negotiation. | Management
Management principles. Effective management. Interpersonal effectiveness for managers. | Cultural Awareness
Global business success. Targeting different markets. Understanding cultural differences. Cross border negotiation and sales techniques. | ||
A suite of 3 day intensive courses for industry covering the areas of Just-In-Time (JIT)/Lean manufacturing, Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRPII) and Total Quality management (TQM).
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A: Higher Education Sector:
A suite of 3 day courses for the Higher Education Sector covering the areas of quality assurance for taught programmes, management of research projects, both from the Supervisor's and the research student's perspective
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Managing Taught Programmes Quality: (Academics)
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e2 offers tailor made courses for teaching and admin staff of School/Colleges and Universities. Here is an example of a typical course designed for a school staff. For further information please contact us
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| Teaching Staff: | Three Day Programme |
| Administrative Staff: | Two Day Programme |
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The demands on teaching and administrative staff in today's society are diverse and subject to change. This development programme is tailored to meet the broad, unique needs of individuals working within a school environment. It applies tried and tested principles in human behaviour, psychology and understanding, combined with techniques from the business world to refine and develop the potential of participants | |
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As a result of this development programme teaching staff will:
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As a result of this development programme administrative staff will:
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This course will be responsive to the needs of the participants over the course of the programme and will combine a powerful and challenging mix of tutor input, skills practice, group discussion and action planning. The course is highly participative and makes essential links to the organisational culture and environment of the school. | |