Let your business grow: embrace management development
Now that organisations are engaged in promoting and developing more effective leadership at all management levels, development is less
fashionable. Management however is as important in today’s world as ever it has been, and it is the vital glue that links organisational purpose with staff needs.
Effective managers thrive on the challenge of holding the tension and refusing to let go of purpose and the needs of staff.
Managers can make their lives easier but less effective by letting go of linking with their leadership purpose.
They can often see themselves as staff representatives – a conduit of news from above, while still maintaining an ‘I’m still the same
as you’ approach.
They can also let go of linking with staff needs, seeing themselves as burdened with senior proposals that are to be
conveyed to staff that whinge and whine. They rule with authority to prevent complaints getting out of hand in a restrictive style.
Create-ability challenges
Chris Fox has worked with numerous organisations to resolve key challenges especially in the two following areas:
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Working with traditional strong management cultures.
Chris Fox has helped organisations such as local government, educational sector and manufacturing outlets change traditional management cultures by developing effective leadership and strategic purposes. - Working for efficiency gains in strong leadership cultures.
Working with the telecoms industry, voluntary organisations and professional practices, Chris Fox has helped clients capitalise on clear purpose and leadership by enabling effective management practices.
Chris Fox has also helped managers find effective management solutions for problems such as:
- Leadership and management programmes in partnership with The University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing for several global organisations
- Leadership and management programmes in partnership with The University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing for The University of Trinidad and Tobago, MSc in Industrial Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management
- Leadership not linking well with managers – resulting in poorly communicated initiatives
- Working culture not matching new vision and values
- Inheriting a team with historical ‘baggage’
- Personality conflicts between talented team members
Creating-abilities have recently carried out a number of leadership and management development programmes including:
- Aspiring Managers Programme – for people considering a move into management, to help them understand the remit, skills, pressures and rewards of managing before taking up a post. Clients such as CAFCASS, Leeds Met University
- Management development programme for Leeds Metropolitan University and management modules for The University of Sheffield
- Facilitated programmes for numerous clients across sectors to overcome problems and release management potential
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Development
Effective recruitment and selection is critical in attracting talented staff and linking the right
individual to the perfect role.
The costs of getting it wrong are often hidden but research has shown
them to be very significant for any organisation.
Academic, Business, Community
Chris Fox believes in taking the time to understand each client’s business culture, staff structure and needs to provide services that are tailored to their exact circumstances. By doing this, Creating-abilities has established long-lasting business partnerships with all of our clients – many of whom have been valued customers for over a decade.
