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In the increasingly fast paced, high volume, customer-focussed online and global world of business, you recognise that creating an advantageous & identifiable market presence and a rewarding customer experience will be the main currencies of your sustainable competitive edge. Coupled with high standards in quality and service, you know that this will enhance customer loyalty and generate value – delivering success and profitability. 

 

The aspire centre for leadership & management understands that, in order to achieve this, your aim is to attract, retain and develop quality people making your organisation successful as well as a career destination of choice. You also seek to respond to the diverse and challenging requirements of many interested communities, partners and stakeholders whilst leading in an ethical and socially responsible manner.

aspire will partner you to develop effective leaders and managers who will enable you to create a vibrant culture and communicate and implement the strategies that address your current and future challenges.

 

Programmes may be non-accredited or attract nationally recognised qualifications or development awards. In order to provide quality, choice and flexibility, we work with the UK’s two main national and international providers of leadership, management, coaching and mentoring qualifications along with a number of higher education institutions.

 

These bespoke events are intensive, engaging and highly focussed. They provide cutting edge, practical tools and techniques for immediate impact in your workplace.

 

Whilst we look forward to discussing your specific needs, here is a selection of workshops already used to great effect in the business world:

Workshops may be stand alone or grouped to produce a structured development programme with or without accreditation. We can deliver you a bespoke high impact programme unique to your business through our ‘Build Your Own Programme’ option. 

 

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how innovative leaders can give you the competitive edge 

In order to create world class leadership, aspire recognise that it is critical to provide for the development needs of leaders at all levels.

 

We have extensive experience in developing people – from the aspiring team leader or supervisor through to senior management and board members. All aspire’s programmes promote high impact leadership, enabling your leaders to be knowledgeable and flexible enough to commit to inspire and embrace change – delivering profitable, high quality and cost effective outcomes that respond to changing trends.

 

We achieve this by giving you practical tools and techniques whilst embedding attitudes and behaviours that will help you meet the requirements of your many customers and stakeholders.

 

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First class managers need a broad range of abilities and skills to meet the challenges and opportunities that abound in today's business sectors.They must be highly effective, innovative, skilled and able to deliver the expectations of a wide range of customers and stakeholders to provide competitive, efficient, high quality yet cost effective service solutions.

 

Performance and productivity are key. They go hand in hand with the ability to attract, develop and retain high quality staff with the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed in today's highly competitive and fast-moving economic environment.

 

aspire is highly experienced and perfectly placed to provide effective and high impact management development programmes.  They promote highly effective management across all levels and functions, enabling your people to implement change, meet and exceed expectations.

 

Your management development needs can be satisfied through uniquely tailored programmes designed in partnership with aspire.

 

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As the saying goes, “your people are your greatest asset" and, like most assets, people need investment to be able to achieve their maximum potential – support, inspiration, encouragement and development. This investment will quickly repay itself in increased and improved staff and customer satisfaction, raised self confidence and esteem along with efficiencies and improved retention over (often short periods of) time.

 

Sometimes the coaching and mentoring activities you require are part of a larger leadership or management development programme. More often you will need them to be integral elements of leadership and management roles within your business to accelerate the development of innovation and skills with a powerful low cost solution.

 

Whether you seek to build coaching expertise in your leadership and management teams, a core of coaching specialists or one to one development for your executives and key staff – aspire’s highly experienced team can provide flexible, robust and sustainable solutions that will help you unlock the potential in your people.

 

You will find improved performance, motivation and enthusiasm not only in the participants, but also those around them. Coaching and mentoring may also be provided concurrent with other leadership and management programmes, embedding new behaviours, skills and enhanced performance.

 

Coach and mentor development programmes may be non-accredited or attract nationally recognised qualifications or development awards.

 

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You know that performance, productivity, innovation and quality are key and go hand in hand with the ability to attract, develop and retain highly talented staff with skills, knowledge and attitudes you need in today's hugely competitive economic environment.

 

aspire are able to work with you to tailor foundation and honours degree programmes in leadership & management to meet your business needs. Validated by our partner universities these offer the opportunity for delivery on your own premises and can incorporate contributions from your own specialists and experts.

 

These modular programmes offer a vehicle for your people to gain a higher education qualification whatever their previous qualifications may be.

 

An additional benefit of our partnership with these higher education institutions is the potential for your future progression to honours, masters and even doctorate levels. 

 

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Assessing a person’s ability or personality in a measured and structured way can aid your selection process and help you to get the right people, with the right mix of abilities and personal qualities, in the right areas of your business – saving time and money. It can also enhance and focus the impact of your development programmes and individual coaching & development.

 

The aspire team is accredited and registered to deliver and interpret a range of psychometric and similar instruments. These powerful and focussed tools can be used to provide valuable information and indicators in a range of situations, including:

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