It has been a busy few months for Equinox, working to get my centre finished, which will be hopefully beginning of September. I hope you have noticed my new redesigned website which clearly sets out the benefits of Equine Guided Leadership sessions.
I achieved this with the help of Lesley Hussell who has a business rewriting websites her website is http://www.editingedge.co.uk
She was also kind enough to forward me this press release from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) which I found very encouraging looking at the fact that now companies are focusing more on leadership skills.
The gaps identified are performance management, and leading and managing change –where we have many programmes available. As Equine Guided Leadership gives more immediate results than the conventional programmes, we really believe we have a lot to offer.
Have a read and let me know what you think. I will be back soon to let you know about progress from the centre. We have already lots of bookings for the Change Management Seminar in October here at Equinox.
Enjoy the article!
Anette
CIPD Survey
The volatile economic environment is having a huge impact on learning and development, with funds decreasing in over half (52%) of UK organisations surveyed in the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s (CIPD) 2010 Learning and Development Survey of over 700 professionals.
[But] with the UK’s private sector now emerging from recession, the skills employers say they need to focus on in order to meet their business objectives in two years’ time are mainly leadership skills (65%), front line people management skills (55%) and business awareness (51%).
Looking more closely at leadership skills, the main gaps identified by employers are performance management and leading and managing change, with the main focus of leadership development activities in the next 12 months being improving the skills of leaders to think in a more strategic and future-focused way (42%) and enabling the achievement of strategic goals (39%).
Dr John McGurk, learning and talent adviser, CIPD, says: “It’s particularly good to see that learning and development professionals are focusing on leadership and people management skills as key to support business growth during the tough times. Ensuring front-line managers are well trained to deliver on their people management responsibilities can have a direct and valuable impact on the performance of their staff and their organisation’s success.”
It works at Equinox – what are your experiences of leadership training?
