Ray Rowlings, MRJ Consulting

New Funding
available for Training

From 1st August approximately £90 Million funding over 3 years will be made available for the development of employees. The fund targets the development of Senior Managers and Managing Directors. Read more

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How do you improve team working and communication?

I recently facilitated a workshop for a group of middle managers on the subject of developing people performance. We looked at the options they had for developing people e.g. instructional training, coaching, mentoring or delegating responsibilities. They all agreed it was important to have these sorts of tools in your armoury as a manager. We then explored team development and during a break out session a number of the managers fed back that the biggest issues Read more

Free Talent Management Business Briefing

During September and October we are offering a free 1 hour Business Briefing on Talent Management. The briefing discusses recent research on Talent Management and what organisations need to consider if they are serious about managing talent. For further information on the briefing please contact us enquiries@mrjconsulting.co.uk.

Book of the Month

The Leadership Pill by Ken Blanchard and Marc Muchnick, published by Pocket Books ISBN 0743483871

We have recommended this book as suggested reading on a number of development programmes we have run. It is a light and refreshing read on the subject of leadership and a helpful reminder of some the key principles.

Managers have increased expenditure on training

A recent survey of 1200 leaders highlighted that 63% have increased or maintained their spend on staff training. The poll conducted by Leaders in London also highlighted that 51% see staff motivation as a key challenge in the credit crunch (From ILM Edge September 08).

Management and leadership standards revised

For those of you involved in mapping development programmes against the National Occupational Standards, you will be pleased to know that the revised Management and Leadership standards are now available from the Management Standards Centre (MSC) website, they can be downloaded free from www.management-standards.org

Dates for your diary

We are now planning our next round of Induction dates for our accredited management development programmes beginning in November 2008.

Induction days for our Open Supported Distance Learning Management Development Programmes are 18th November for the Level 3 First Line Manager Programme (leading to a Chartered Management Institute Accredited Introductory Certificate in Management) and 19th November for the Level 4 Middle Manager Programme (leading to a Chartered Management Institute Accredited Introductory Diploma in Management).

For further information on the Programmes click here http://mrjconsulting.co.uk/accredited_programmes.htm or contact us enquiries@mrjconsulting.co.uk