Vanessa Scrimshaw
Managing Director, HR Business Partner
People are our passion.
Unlock your team's potential with tailored training.
Our trainers are all active HR Business Partners providing day-to-day advice and guidance to companies of all sizes on all HR and employment law matters.
Our range of HR courses are all designed to develop your management style and help the business achieve legal compliance and best practice, so you're be able to get the most from your teams.
We believe that training and development for line managers and business leaders is essential for all organisations to develop and flourish. If you want your leaders and managers to make a positive difference in your business our range of management training courses is a great place to start.
We run two public training programmes throughout the year in the Huddersfield area, these programmes can also run in-house on your premises.
According to CIPD research, line managers have a critical influence on employee engagement and well-being:
- 1 in 3 working adults in the UK are responsible for managing others at work
- Management style is the third biggest cause of workplace stress
- 1 in 5 UK employees say their manager is poor at making sure they have the resources to do their job.
The conclusion is clear. Better managers create better organisations – and vice versa.
Senior Managers: Knowledge vs Risk Programme – 3 day
This programme has been designed to meet the needs of senior managers who find themselves having to navigate in-house employment matters. Your team and staff look to you for leadership and guidance in resolving workplace disputes and performance issues, but who do you turn to?
We understand that it can be tough finding the time to keep yourself up to date with employment legislation and this can cause you to doubt yourself or feel on the back foot. This 3 day programme will help you to develop your confidence in dealing with HR and employment law issues in the workplace through a series of practical, no-nonsense sessions. We use case studies and group exercises to ensure practical learning and we provide you with useful tools and resources to take away.
Our Winter programme will run on: 23rd January, 26th February and 25th March 2020. Spaces are limited, please contact us for more information and booking.
Senior Managers: Leadership Development & Personal Profiling - 2 1/2 days
This programme is new for 2019/2020 and is designed to build the skills of senior managers and directors who might not have had an opportunity to take part in leadership development as they've progressed through their careers.
We will carry out personal profiling to identify your management and communication style and work with you to reflect and build on your leadership skills to help you strengthen your abilities in your current role and prepare yourself for the next stage in your career. This programme will incorporate training in small groups across 2 days, plus a one to one session of half a day.
Delegates are welcome to book on to this course through their employer or individually. For more information,dates and booking, please contact us.
First Line Managers: Effective Line Management Programme – 3 day
This programme has been designed for those in line manager, supervisor or team leader roles who either have little experience in supervising staff or leading a team, or who would like to refresh their knowledge. Management skills are complex and often need to be taught. We aim to give you the skills and practical techniques that you need and the confidence to apply them.
This 3 day programme will help you to understand different methods of communication and management styles, and how people react to you. We'll also look at how to deal with conflict, manage poor performance, and introduce you to good handling of disciplinary and grievance procedures. We use case studies and group discussion to ensure practical learning.
Our Autumn/Winter programme is now full and we're looking at dates for 2020. If you would like to be on our priority list for information about 2020 dates, please contact us.
Management Skills & Core Skills
In addition to the above programmes, we run a wide variety of training courses both in-house for clients and from our training room in Holmfirth. These include:
- Effective Communication Skills - 1 day course
- Building Resilience and Teams - 1 day course
- Assertiveness and Conflict Management (including personal profiling) 1 1/2 day course
- Conducting Difficult Conversations - 1/2 day course
- Recruiting Successfully - 1 day course
- Managing Sickness - 1 day course
- Disciplinary Procedures in Practice - 1 day course
- Managing Poor Performance and Incapability - 1 day course
- Equality and Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace - 1/2 day course
- Equality and Diversity and Challenging Unacceptable Behaviour - 1 day course
If you're interested in attending any of the above, or you would like us to come out to your site to train your team, please get in touch.