Knowledge and skills are crucial
The Managerial Assessment of ProficiencyTM
(MAPTM) is the leading assessment of managerial
competencies.
The survival of British industry depends on its workforce having
the skills required to carry out their roles effectively according
to Sir Digby Jones.
This is even more relevant in the North East where we are
already behind the national average.
Many organisations see the advantages to improving the technical
skills of their workforce but effective managers drive through the
improvements necessary to achieve growth this is often overlooked
when training budgets are signed off.
Development exercises are not usually cheap especially the
effective ones. This is why it is key to ensure you are doing the
training that will drive your growth and meet your business
objectives. You may say "well, that's all well and good but how do
I go about it".
Investors in People is a business improvement tool which helps
you relate your training to your objectives and evaluate the
success of the training for further improvement. Over 35,000
organisations already use the Investors in People development
framework across the UK.
Steve West, Head of Learning & Development at HMV, explained
his experience "People can see clearly the knowledge and skills
they've already developed and what knowledge and skills they need,"
he said."This has been critical for developing managers and
supporting our expansion plans."
Using a profiling tool such as MAPTM to check what
skills you manager currently have ensures you develop your managers
in a way which will get you the best return on your investment and
link your training to your staff's needs.
MAPTM is a competency based profiling tool which uses
real scenarios to establish a manager's skills and knowledge. It
can incorporate 360 feedback and looks at 12 key competencies as
well as management style, communication style and personal
styles.
This is flexible to work with teams or individual managers and
can quickly identify the management culture within your business.
The end point of MAPTM is a competency report profiling
the individual or team against 80,000 others. This makes personal
development planning easy and increase the success rate of
development programmes. It even incorporates an evaluation tool for
you so you can easily measure your success.
The ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) offer flexible
training solution to up-skill managers and ANE offer these
programmes with minimum disruption but maximum impact on behavior
and attitude.
The programmes are tailored to meet the needs identified by
MAPTM in a way that is suitable for the managers and the
business.
All development exercises are interactive delivered by sector
specialists with proven track records and ensure a sustainable
change.
Programmes can be short and sharp to refresh knowledge, include
qualification for any level up to Masters; they can include
coaching and mentoring, action planning for sustainability or
specific leadership programmes.
The question I would like to ask you is: Top managers achieve
their objectives through their people. Are your managers achieving
yours?