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OVER 100 CANDIDATES ACHIEVE AWARD

Jennifer — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:05:03 +0000

Forward Together Consulting are delighted that so far over 100 candidates from the Criminal Justice Sector have achieved Unit 5019, CMI Award in Management Coaching and Mentoring. Eighty eight of these have been through programmes run by Forward Together and subsidised with funding from Skills for Justice. This is the Sector Skills Council for Fire and Rescue and Criminal Justice workers.

An Awards Ceremony sponsored by the CMI and Skills for Justice was held in Birmingham and well attended by candidates who had completed the Action Learning Programme. Forward Together staged a morning workshop on the Way Forward, as part of the day’s events.

We are pleased to continue our collaboration with Skills for Justice especially as it is part of the ongoing programmes that they fund for women under a national sector pathways initiative. It will run in tandem with programmes that we are organising for other public sector clients. Further programmes for the achievement of Unit 5016, CMI Award in Management Coaching and Mentoring, will also be taking place.

In conjunction with the Award programmes, Forward Together Consulting is well underway with programmes leading to the CMI Level 5 Certificate and Diploma in Management Coaching and Mentoring. These are aimed at managers who wish to develop their management coaching as well as mentoring skills and practices. They focus on supporting managers to develop the link between coaching, mentoring and the achievement of business goals.

Linbert Spencer

Matt — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:29:13 +0000

Linbert Spencer, an Associate of Forward Together Consulting Limited, is an international consultant, trainer and coach, and has facilitated seminars and workshops in America, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe as well as in the UK. He is a Member of the European Mentoring and Coaching Council and the International Coaching Federation and a Fellow of the RSA.

His key skills cover conceiving and developing strategy, communicating strategic priorities and building support among stakeholders, devising and facilitating personal development, management and leadership learning processes, developing practical approaches to meet organisations’ diversity and inclusion aspirations and commitments, building and supporting high performing teams and coaching and mentoring. He is an innovative, inspirational facilitator with proven experience of effective board level interventions and leadership team development.

Designing and delivering learning and development programmes have also been at the heart of his business with programmes focussing on personal development and personal effectiveness; leadership and management skills; race awareness and diversity & inclusion. He has also designed and delivered major programmes to multiple employees in the public and private sectors.

LAUNCH OF DIPLOMA PROGRAMME – MAY 2010

Matt — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 11:14:24 +0000

“If the knowledge economy is going to become reality, we need staff to have the capability to share what they know” Ruth Spellman, Chief Executive Officer of the CMI

Real Value In Sharing What You Know

The indicators point to middle managers becoming even more valued for their proven ability to coach and mentor staff within their organisations.

CMI LEVEL 5 CERTIFICATE and DIPLOMA IN MANAGEMENT COACHING AND MENTORING for those who have completed Unit 5019 Management of Action Learning. Fully accredited by the Chartered Management Institute this is the next stage qualification for middle management.

3 x Two Day Workshops Over 6 Months

understand organisational culture
identify needs of your organisation
plan for coaching and mentoring
mentoring for teams and individuals
strategic development of staff
develop your own coaching skills & style
build a portfolio based on practical experience
build upon ALS skills already developed
evaluate success

Be The One They Turn To For Advice

According to CMI research 68% of managers believe that coaching is an effective method of learning. One in four (23%) prefer to learn from colleagues. Employers are beginning to realize that capturing knowledge is just as important as sharing it.

Now is the time to talk to Forward Together Consulting Ltd

Programmes start in May 2010

For further details and to book your place go to Timetable

NEW QUALIFICATIONS IN LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Stephen — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:55:42 +0000

Forward Together Consulting has received Chartered Management Institute approval to deliver and assess Level 4 (team leader), Level 6 (senior manager) and Level 7 (strategic manager) Leadership and Management qualifications. These qualifications focus on leading the organisation, ethics, equality, change management and building teams. As Stephen Leach, the Programme Director, says

“These qualifications give us great flexibility in designing and delivering accredited workshops that meet the needs of the business in developing staff to lead the organisation in turbulent times and gain those staff recognition for their management skills. We are very excited about this opportunity and our team have been recognised for the skills that they have to deliver these challenging workshops”

FTC can now design bespoke workshops for you and enable your staff to gain a Certificate in Leadership and Management that is nationally recognised and valued.

To find out more about our services click here

13 MORE CANDIDATES ACHIEVE THE AWARD IN MANAGEMENT COACHING AND MENTORING

Stephen — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:22:36 +0000

An additional 13 candidates completed their assignments and met the assessment criteria for the Chartered Management Institute Unit on Management of Action Learning. They all came from the Criminal Justice sector and achieved the Level 5 Award in Management Coaching and Mentoring at an Approvals Panel on 10^th December 2009.

Comments from candidates were :

“I thoroughly enjoyed this course. The tutors were excellent and the content too. I can honestly say I have never had so much value from a course. Feedback was delivered appropriately, being constructive and developmental”

“This programme has helped on a personal level & taking actions related to my own issues/development in my role. I have also seen how ALS could be used as part of my role to assist in achieving organisation objectives”

“An excellent course for problem solving which I can use in my role in different situations”

“I was most impressed with Forward Together, enjoyed the whole experience”

Out of 13 candidates, 10 have been through the programme subsidised by funding from Skills for Justice which is the Sector Skills Council for the Fire and Rescue Service and Criminal Justice workers. Skills for Justice are funding programmes for women as part of a national sector pathways initiative. If you want to know more visit:

To see the full list of those receiving the Award click here
To find out more about the Award

24 candidates from the Criminal Justice Sector achieve the Award in Management Coaching and Mentoring

Matt — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 09:41:03 +0000

Tony Osborne was the first to complete his assignment and meet the assessment criteria for the Chartered Management Institute Unit on Management of Action Learning. He and 23 women from the Criminal Justice sector have achieved the Level 5 Award in Management Coaching and Mentoring at an Approvals Panel on 2^nd September 2009.

As Hannah Riley from Hertfordshire Police said on receiving the good news “Thank you for the good news, and thanks again for a really interesting time on the course! We are currently planning how to take action learning forward in the organisation and are looking at new managers and also employee engagement as key starting points.”

Kay Weeks said “Thanks Steve – I am really pleased to have passed. We have plans in place for our first sets to start….one to coincide with employee engagement survey. When results go out to team leaders we are going to promote ALS & invite people to join a set that will focus on managers bringing issues involving demodulated, disengaged staff to the sessions to work through. The other will be for new managers. I keep promoting the course to others because it was brilliant – hope you get some more from Hertfordshire on the courses.”

Of those candidates achieving the Award, 18 have been through the programme subsidised by funding from Skills for Justice which is the Sector Skills Council for the Fire and Rescue Service and Criminal Justice workers. Skills for Justice are funding programmes for women as part of a national sector pathways initiative. If you want to know more visit Skills for Justice.

To see the full list of those achieving the Award click here

To see more about the Award click here

17 September 2009

Action for Children

Matt — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 07:13:44 +0000

Over the last 3 years, one of our Directors has worked with two senior managers both as an executive coach and team coach to enable them to deal with change and work effectively together in a highly supportive but also challenging environment. We believe there are two kinds of goals the leader needs to work on: business goals – getting external results; and personal goals – what the leader has to do differently in how he/she conduct themselves in order to get the business results. One of the senior managers, an Assistant Director, said “Stephen was totally client focused, remained confidential and supported me through major transformational change. His work with my newly formed team enabled me to consider different management approaches with different individuals. Together we worked on my leadership, my networking and my influencing – all of which give me confidence to do my job to the best of my ability. I would recommend Stephen as someone with total integrity, hugely reliable and someone I would turn to for personal and professional advice.”

Action for Children is a children’s charity that supports and speaks out for the UK’s most vulnerable children and young people. It has an income of over £200 million.

Care Quality Commission

Matt — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:09:56 +0000

One of our Directors worked as Assistant to the Chief Executive and Interim Head of Secretariat for a nine month period prior to and post the inception of the Commission in April 2009. This included leading the development and implementation of corporate governance and administrative systems and processes during a major transformational change programme. Key skills in listening, negotiating, challenging and inspiring people both from the legacy organisations and the Chairman, CEO and their new teams were instrumental to success especially in determining the appropriate demarcation between executive and non executive functions. As the CEO said “Helen, thank you so much for your unswerving support, wise counsel, energy and determination! I literally don’t know what we would have done without you”

The Care Quality Commission is the independent regulator of health and social care in England responsible for the regulation of health and adult social care services and for the protection of the rights of people detained under the Mental Health Act.

James Croser, FCMA

Matt — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:41:27 +0000

James Croser is a consultant to Forward Together Consulting Limited, offering the Company guidance on all aspects of financial planning, strategy and performance goals.

A fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants. James has worked with Forward Together Consulting Ltd since its inception. His practice, Headmark, located close to the offices of Forward Together Consulting, ensures that seamless, practical advice and best practice, in all things financial, are maintained at all times.

With an impressive background as Group Accountant and Financial Director of blue chip companies, James today offers, through his company Headmark, specialist advice to SMEs on the practical and developmental aspects of their financial affairs with a view to their probity and growth.

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Zena Drew, MA

Matt — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:35:30 +0000

Zena Drew is a trained Action Learning Set Facilitator, formerly part of the National Cross Sector Action Learning Forum, which sought to promote and implement action learning as a development initiative within the public sector including the NHS, MOD, Home Office, Police and DWP.

Soon to complete her formal qualifications as a coach, Zena already has an MA in Management focusing on Coaching. She has also completed the Belbin e-interplace and Team Role Accreditation Course and is a trained Equality & Diversity Advisor. In addition, she is licensed to deliver feedback on the FRS Aspire 360° feedback tool.

Her experience as Leadership and Organisational Development Manager within the Centre for Leadership at The Fire Service College has given her extensive insight into applying coaching, leadership, development and implementation skills to her consultation work with Forward Together Consulting Limited, an organisation dedicated to business management and leadership development with particular attention to the key skills of governance, risk management and executive development.

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