Press Releases
April 2010
The Leadership and Management People help SME gain coveted Investors in People award
Interactive Ideas in the top 2% of best employers
Training company, The Leadership and Management People, has been credited with helping Interactive Ideas, an SME value-added distributor of software and technology products, to gain Silver Status by Investors in People. Due to rapid expansion, Interactive Ideas had a requirement for expert training of staff to allow them to move into management and supervisory roles.
After an initial assessment of the training needs, the bespoke training was developed by The Leadership and Management People and used a ‘blended learning' approach which included workshops, e-learning, workbooks, tutorials and project work. Of the staff taking part, some people are training for a full qualification (Level 5 Award in leadership and management, accredited by the Institute of Leadership and Management), and others are attending specific sessions.
The Investors in People Standard provides a framework for improving business performance and competitiveness through good practice in human resource development. IiP status is regarded as the benchmark of world class good practice for people management. Launched by the Government in 1991, it is now managed by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (http://www.ukces.org.uk/)
Jane Hatton, Managing Director of The Leadership and Management People said,
"‘Our people are our most important asset' has often been glibly quoted by companies, but in a recession where so much more is required from fewer people it is truer than ever. Leaders and managers face difficult challenges, and successful companies will be ensuring they have all the support, skills and knowledge they need to ensure ongoing health and growth. A programme specifically designed around the unique requirements, culture, context and sector of a company can significantly increase its capacity to flourish. Interactive Ideas recognises that by investing in the talent of their people they will be in a much stronger position to manage the further growth they will no doubt achieve in the coming years, and the IiP award is a fantastic achievement for them."
Michael Trup, Managing Director of Interactive Ideas said,
"Our commitment to developing our team has shown in our results - our sales have tripled over the past three years and we have grown our team by 50%. We worked with The Leadership and Management People to design an innovative and cost effective program to help us build a layer of middle-management. They did a great job in helping us define the core skills needing to be developed and designing a program to do it. The fact that completion of the course earns staff ILM accredited qualifications has added even further to their motivation. When you look down the list of companies that have qualified for Silver Status you see some divisions of multinationals and some government bodies but almost no SMEs, so we are incredibly proud of this award."
For further information, please contact Jane Hatton on 0845 658 5717 or info@theleadershipandmanagementpeople.co.uk www.theleadershipandmanagementpeople.co.uk
About The Leadership and Management People
The Leadership and Management People specialise in designing tailored training programmes for businesses of all sizes, and for all levels of staff, from team leaders and supervisors up to strategic Directors. It provides companies with bespoke training to facilitate people to become inspirational leaders and effective managers within an organization. The Leadership and Management People strongly believe that training can transform an organization into a high performing one with highly motivated, creative employees and a growing, loyal customer base. Different types of learning are available including accelerated learning, action learning sets, workshops, coaching, forum theatre, workshops, seminars, away-days and conferences and e-learning. Programmes can be accredited by ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management).
About Interactive Ideas
Founded 15 years ago in Southgate, Interactive Ideas has become a leading value-added distributor of Software and Technology products pro-actively working with over 1,000 retailer and corporate reseller their partners and working to identify emerging technologies and take them to market. The company has been recognized in numerous trade awards in recent years.
Structured into two divisions; the consumer retail team has a strong track record working with retail, mail order and TV shopping companies to provide market leading and unique software and peripherals for the home and home office user. The corporate reseller team works with corporate and government resellers to provide software solutions, licensing and enterprise Linux for companies of all sizes from small business to the enterprise. For more information please visit: www.interactiveideas.com
About Investors in People:
The Investors in People Standard provides a framework for improving business performance and competitiveness through good practice in human resource development.
An organisation that has achieved the Standard has been successful in adopting and maintaining its three fundamental principles: Plan - developing strategies to improve the performance of the organisation, from business goals to leadership strategies; Do - implementing those strategies, taking action to improve the performance of the organisation; Review - evaluating and adjusting those strategies, measuring their impact on the performance of the organisation.
