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Over the last few months Cambridge Management Development has been working in collaboration with The Wadenhoe Consultancy Ltd www.wadenhoeconsultancy.com developing new products and services which will enable businesses to survive the recession and seize opportunities as the economy recovers. The team has exhibited at the CIPD Regional Conference and exhibition in Reading in May this year. This joint venture has produced a broader talent team able to offer a more integrated business solution to a wider range of businesses.

Cambridge Management Development has been actively supporting individuals who, faced with redundancy, need practical help with the development and enhancing of their CV, interview skills and self-esteem. As well as assertiveness training, sessions on leading and running a successful meeting and business writing skills we are offering courses in financial management for managers of departments and organisations who are not financial managers but who are trying to balance budgets and make financial decisions. In a time of uncertainty these small interventions are highly cost effective in terms of morale and performance in businesses of all sizes.

Sean Murphy, Managing Director of Cambridge Management Development, is currently involved in helping to judge the National Training Awards. His expertise in assessing training effectiveness is an important element this role.

Also recently, Cambridge Management Development has been involved in large training projects with Learning World on behalf of National Grid.

Cambridge Management Development congratulates Red Gate, a rapidly growing software firm based in Cambridge. For the second year running, whilst almost doubling in size, Red Gate are listed in the prestigious Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to work for.

See how Cambridge Management Development worked with Red Gate to tailor a training solution specific to their needs. View Case Study.

On behalf of the Worcester Bosch Group, Cambridge Management Development devised, developed and ran a one-day assessment centre for 12 regional service managers. This centre was designed to offer individual feedback to participants against the organisation’s critical behavioural competencies. In addition the centre created a robust framework for selection and promotion decisions. Of particular importance to the organisation, was the training of in-house assessors and the tailoring of the centre’s exercises, to meet the specific needs of the client.

Our new product from the Management Toolbox is a one-day course in Finance for Non-finance Managers. This has proved very popular this year and is designed for both new and experienced managers who need to improve their understanding of financial procedures and documentation. Groups of between 8-10 undertake a range of tasks to aid in understanding. This is highly flexible and geared to the clients needs.

Cambridge Management Development has also recently worked abroad, assessing the Senior Managers of a pharmaceutical company in Belgium and has developed the team running the Supreme Education Council in Qatar.

Enterprise Tuesday at the Faculty of Engineering, in conjunction with the Judge Business School in Cambridge has been supported by Cambridge Management Development in helping to promote entrepreneurship in the Eastern Region.

Sean Murphy was the key speaker at the Career Management Consultants conference held in October 2007 where he spoke about using the ‘Bolton and Bolton’ model to facilitate understanding in the different way in which people respond to each other in a work environment so that overall performance is enhanced.

Cambridge Management Development congratulates Red Gate for being placed 8th in the Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to work for in 2007.

Cambridge Management Development has recently become associated with a number of additional consultancies. These are Coaching for Performance (C4P), Mercer Delta Executive Learning Centre, Bladonmore, and Inspiring Performance. We are looking forward to working with all of them in meeting the needs of all clients.

A Pragmatic Approach to Managing Numbers

Lack of numerical skills is a common issue in many businesses. It is not true that people are not good at maths or can’t understand numbers. What is true is that the expectations that both students and teachers have of them at school is often low and later as employees they feel ill equipped to understand and use numerical data which is generated continuously in running a business. This is necessary in monitoring, controlling and strategic planning.

Cambridge Management Development has experience in designing a series of practical workshops to build numerical confidence, target particular numerical weaknesses and introduce data handling and data analysis techniques. Using work-related examples is a key element of this skills building experience. This has recently been delivered successfully to a small team in National Grid plc as a one-day programme.

New Courses Available

Career Management Consultants Ltd (CMC) commissioned from Cambridge Management Development a series of one day programmes to assist businesses in managing large change strategies.

They are:

• Establishing a Consultative Process
• Managing Transitions
• Performance Management following Organisational Change
• Creating Highly Effective Teams

These programmes focus on communicating with individuals and teams at a time of great stress where mentoring and coaching skills assist those involved in the change to plan for the future. The programmes are practical in approach but are underpinned by models and frameworks, which help to explain the roles and responsibilities necessary to maximise effective planning and personal development. They can be delivered individually or in combinations depending on the issues being addressed.

If you are interested in learning more about these programmes please contact Roger Bicknell at CMC Tel 0121 779 1900 or look on www.cmc-careers.com

Cambridge Management Development is happy to assist you in your programme planning or by designing a series of products for use in your business. Training the trainers to deliver these programmes is also available once the programme is written to allow in-house use in the future without further expense.

Published in People Management

Business Solutions update

Managing Change

On behalf of Career Management Consultants Ltd Cambridge Management Development devised an interactive programme giving managers the skills to deal with the difficult change issues associated with closing a production unit employing several hundred. This involved anticipation, planning and rehearsal for supporting the varied responses expected from the announcement.

Management Toolkit

Cambridge Management Development has recently produced a one day programme of 'Finance for non finance Managers' which gives a basic understanding of company accounts. This has been delivered to National Grid on behalf of Develop

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