working hand in hand with the retail industry
You inhabit a fast paced, high volume, customer focussed online and global retail world. You recognise that creating an advantageous and identifiable market presence and a rewarding customer experience will be the main currencies of your sustainable competitive edge. Coupled with high standards of quality and service this will enhance customer loyalty and generate value.
The aspire centre for leadership & management understands that, in order to achieve this, you aim to attract and develop quality people making your organisation a career destination of choice. At the same time you seek to respond to the diverse and challenging requirements of many interested communities, partners and stakeholders. All of this whilst leading in an ethical and socially responsible manner.
We will partner you, through pragmatic, credible and recognised training and development, to develop effective leaders and managers to enable you to create a vibrant culture and communicate and implement strategies that address these current and future challenges.
how high impact taster days can let you see the potential at relatively low cost
These bespoke events are intensive, engaging and highly focussed. They provide cutting edge, practical tools and techniques for immediate impact in the workplace.
Whilst we look forward to discussing your specific needs, here is a selection of workshops already used to good effect in the retail sector:
- managing change
- leadership essentials
- positive psychology
- transformational leadership
- personal effectiveness
- time management
- teams and team building
- communication
- sustainable training excellence
- performance coaching
- embedding excellence
- performance management
- interviewing and appraisal skills
- negotiation skills
- corporate social responsibility
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 organisation 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 recognises 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.
Your leadership development needs can be satisfied through a partnership approach with aspire to design uniquely tailored programmes.
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do you want more focused and effective management?
aspire recognise that you need an extensive range of management styles and abilities to meet the challenges and opportunities prevalent in today’s retail environment.
You need highly effective managers that are innovative, skilled and able to deliver to the needs and expectations of a wide range of demanding customers and stakeholders. They need to provide competitive, profitable, productive and high quality yet cost effective service.
Service, performance and productivity are critical to success. These go hand in hand with the ability to attract, develop and retain high quality staff with the skills, knowledge and attitudes you need – not only in the traditional market place but also, increasingly, in the global online arena.
aspire is highly experienced in providing effective and high impact management development programmes. They promote highly effective management across all levels and functions, enabling your people to implement change, to meet and exceed expectations in today’s hugely competitive retail environment.
We give you practical and affordable tools, techniques and approaches that will help you meet your business objectives.
Your management development needs can be satisfied through uniquely tailored programmes designed in partnership with aspire.
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how coaching helps you get the most from your greatest asset
“Your people are your greatest asset” the saying goes. Like most assets, they need investment to be able to achieve their maximum potential – support, inspiration, encouragement and development.
You know that this investment will quickly repay itself in increased and improved staff and customer satisfaction, raised self confidence and esteem along with 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 performance, 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, sustainable solutions that will help you unlock the potential in your people.
You will find improved performance, productivity, 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.
why higher education is the key to competitive, efficient, high quality yet cost effective service solutions
Performance and productivity are critical success factors in the retail environment. They go hand in hand with the ability to attract, develop and retain high quality staff with the skills, knowledge and attitudes you need in today’s hugely competitive retail sectors.
aspire is 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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if you could get the right people doing the right things – just imagine how effective your business could be
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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organisational development
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team development
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personal development
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professional development
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other development programmes
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recruitment and selection
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programme evaluation
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succession planning
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performance appraisal
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coaching and mentoring
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