Good news! Leadership and Management government grants are back – with awards of £1000 available for qualifying organisations. The grants are intended to develop people management skills. They are available for companies who employ between 2 and 250 staff and show growth potential. Typical applications of the grants include leadership development, executive coaching and interventions …
Train to Gain will soon be history. As I suggested nine days ago, this was an obvious target for the Chancellor’s Comprehensive Spending Review. Train to Gain has been of enormous value to SMEs, enabling them to operate more strategically and enhance leadership skills through coaching programmes. The existing contract will probably run for the …
I attended a Train to Gain consultants’ briefing last week and was surprised to hear how difficult it can be to give away free money. Organisations employing less than 250 people generally qualify for a £1000 grant towards leadership and management training. For a small firm this is a significant amount of free money, yet …