Latest Training and Personal Development News - 2011
Below you will find some of our most recent news, please click on a headline to read the article.
Lincolnshire Police completed their first Spring Forward programme in early Spring 2011. The programme was run behalf of the Springboard Consultancy by experienced licensed trainer Jan Morris. It was a mixed gender programme, with a mix of officers and staff. It was a great success and really well received by the participants.
Here are some testimonials from the course;-
'I feel like a new person after this course, I have a new lease of life. I can be what I want to be.'
'A chance to challenge, chill and change!'
'Has helped me change my life and life background.'
Spring 2011
The 8th Springboard and Spring Forward programmes were recently delivered at National Grid by Licensed Trainer Patricia Cresswell. Read a full report.
This year the British Association for Women in Policing combined with the Fire Service, Ambulance Service and Home Office's women's network at a development day hosted by the West Midlands Fire Service Training Academy. The event was held on the 8th March – International Women's day.
Sue Keane and Georgina Pullen from The Springboard Consultancy were invited to deliver a workshop looking at women as leaders, which was well received and produced some lively discussions. It was a really great day with lots of opportunities to network with women across the different services.
March 2011
The University of Limerick (UL) with over 11,500 students and 1,300 staff is an energetic and enterprising institution with a proud record of innovation and excellence in education, research and scholarship. We are renowned for providing an outstanding student experience and conducting leading edge research. Our commitment is to make a difference by shaping the future through educating and empowering our students.
The decision to introduce Springboard into the University in 2008 has been an extremely positive one. Over 80 Academic, Support & Research Staff have taken part in the programme. The feedback from participants has been extremely positive. UL now sees Springboard as a key Career Development Programme for its female staff.
The Picture features Group 3 consisting of staff from throughout the support areas of the University with Programme Leader Marie Connolly (bottom row – 1st right) right outside Plassey House in UL.
Marie Connolly, Springboard trainer at University of Limerick.
March 2011
Because their Springboard workshop took place on St Valentine's Day, staff at Loretto Housing Association in Glasgow decided to celebrate by wearing red for the day (and by brandishing their red chocolate roses). Loretto Housing Association is a great place to work - they were awarded a Gold "Investors in People" award (and have numerous other awards) - and investing in staff development is a priority - even in these difficult times. Loretto has been running Springboard programmes for several years and Marie Kane, the Springboard trainer on the right, says that she loves going there because the staff are so committed and passionate about their work.
The other big 'plus' is the Glaswegian humour and sense of fun - have a look at the Springboard poem from Katie O'Donnell, Loretto Springboard class of 2009 on our stories page.
February 2011
We have recently completed a Spring Forward programme at HMP Bronzefield in London for Kalyx, who are a subsidiary of Sodexo. Women participating in the programme had a wide range of roles from prison officers to nurses working in prisons across the UK.
Spring Forward is part of a larger programme for these women that will include mentoring and 360 assessments. Project work included shadowing each other’s roles and developing a new training framework. One of our creative project reports was a short drama with scenes in one of the training cells and at an incident debrief!
February 2011
Michelle Hunter, a Springboard trainer in Germany, gathered together colleagues and clients for a Spring Forward programme which took place in Stuttgart. This was the first time that Spring Forward has been delivered in Germany and I travelled over specially to deliver it. Two excellent speakers gave their views on the place of women in Germany and challenged the participants to make a difference for women within their own worlds, starting with themselves.
The small group really enjoyed their project work where they made significant steps in addressing issues both at home and at work.
Many thanks to Michelle for arranging the event. It was a real pleasure to meet and work with the German participants, and to get the opportunity to explore Stuttgart.
Sue Hewitt, Head of Learning & Development, The Springboard Consultancy
February 2011
This was the third Springboard programme we have run here at Loughborough. Over 30 women have now participated in this programme with our trainer Ellie Roberts. We aim to more than double that over the coming months as we now have 2 more licensed trainers.
Siobhan O’Reilly, Springboard trainer
11 February 2011
Recently the Springboard Consultancy passed their Investors in People 3 year review with flying colours. We take our investment in our people very seriously, so we were delighted that a formal review by an external organisation confirmed that we were doing a good job.
Investors in People helps to keep us on our toes by challenging the way we do things and ensuring we continue to push ourselves as an organisation to do more for our staff and to make sure the business is running effectively and efficiently.
We are looking forward to the next review in another 3 years time!
Sue Keane, Head of Corporate Services at The Springboard Consultancy.
5 February 2011
The Springboard Consultancy sponsors prestigious West Midlands Police, Women in Policing Award.
The Springboard Consultancy were delighted to sponsor the West Midlands Police, Women in Policing Award for ‘Excellence in Performance’.
Jan Morris has run over 14 Springboard programmes and 5 Spring Forward programmes on behalf of the Consultancy.
Pictured is Jan presenting the award to Detective Constable Esta Conroy from Sandwell Local Policing area at the Awards Ceremony held at Aston Villa Football Club in November.
The 4th Devon and Cornwall Police Navigator group came from a broad range of roles and ranks, and very quickly developed a supportive, open and comfortable group dynamic.
I have a fully subscribed programme ready to run in 2011, which is a first for me, so word is clearly spreading around the Force.
Neil Mutter, Navigator trainer at Devon & Cornwall Police
January 2011
Now that 'NewsSplash' has moved online we have archived pdfs of the past editions of 'NewsSplash'.