Training courses in Personal Development in Maida Vale

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Nigel Dobbs is currently the Production Manager at LyondellBasell Industries previously known as A Schulmans, Crumlin Plant which manufactures compounding plastics for a range of component manufactures. He has worked at the plant for a total of 44 years and is responsible for three Production Shift Managers operating a 24-hour shift pattern, 60 Production Staff and liaises directly with Planning, Laboratory Test, Quality, Logistics, Maintenance, Customers and EU Colleagues.

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In collaboration with MPW Learning, a programme called ‘Leadership Pathway Programme’ was designed to bring all of the skills of a large high street charity organisation management team up to date. After introduction of the programme, common working practices were restructured, productivity increased and management satisfaction improved.

The Challenge

To develop the sales management team, who had differing levels of capability and experience, into a cohesive group with a consistent approach to sales leadership. Putting these leadership foundations in place would pave the way for a wider strategic programme that leaders could deliver to their direct reports in order to create a sales force that would be seen as ‘Best in Class’ on a national and international level.

The Challenge

To enable capable sales managers to make the transition from manager to business leader. The goal was to develop the leadership and business skills needed to run a team of people balancing performance, behaviours, and profitability.

To deliver this training with an accreditation process, whereby participants can demonstrate personal progress.

The LEAD management programme provides an intensive introduction to the world of people management, focusing on achieving results with and through people. The programme is highly practical and the return on investment starts the minute the delegate re-enters their working environment.

Attending the LEAD programme equipped Ellen Carter with the right tools and techniques along with the confidence and competence to implement her Making A Difference project ahead of schedule during these very challenging times.

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Samantha Webley, a Personal Loans Team Leader at Cardiff based MotoNovo Finance, upon completing the LEAD Management Programme she decided for her ‘Making a Difference’ project to focus on developing a fully motivated Outbound Sales Team achieving an average of 125 personal loan sales per month.

Samantha has been with MotoNovo for over 15 years and has worked her way up the MotoNovo career path ladder which has include her roles as an Input and Payout Administrator, Key Account Manager and a Campaign Account Manager.

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The Challenge

This is a business that manufactures and sells a range of hi-tech and smart watches through high street and online retailers. Customer relationships were managed through a team of account managers who were motivated, committed, and successful.

The business had identified a need to develop customer relationships to ensure business retention and future growth, critical to this would be the account management team been recognised as ‘Business Partners’ collaborating with customer stakeholders to achieve mutually agreed growth targets.

Deborah Fullick of Thomas Recruitment, enrolled onto our LEAD Management Programme. Her personal objective was to become more in control and organise herself effectively by prioritising and achieving set objectives in a realistic time scale, either by herself or delegated to a member of her the team.

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