“I was lucky enough to have a session with Andy and Andy from Expert Leadership Training. The first thing that strikes you is the upfront planning that goes into their events, the second is the unique, exciting and fun atmosphere they orchestrate. The course was hands on and, on reflection, thought provoking. Gelling a group of people, some of whom had not met before, in a matter of a few hours.

The group of people there that day will perform better together as a direct result of that training with Expert Leadership Training and I would not hesitate to recommend and use them in the future. If every manager in the UK went on a course with them the world would be a better place!”

CSC are restructuring the business to create a lean enterprise with a ‘can do’ attitude. This is a cultural change and one that is of strategic importance to the business. In order to gain greater control of the production process and empower our employees we are elevating some of our operators to the position of team leaders. This is a step change and in order to give us the best chance of selecting the candidates with the highest probability of success we decided to employ Expert Leadership Training to assess 8 individuals for the team leader positions.

The assessment day was professionally approached and covered all team leading areas required which gave us a view of their leadership skills prior to selecting various individuals for promotion.  Myself and another manager attended the days events to view the training and were very happy with the quality of the instructors and the content they covered.

Once the team leader structure is in place, we will be using ELT to calibrate the progress of each individual and tailor a coaching and mentoring programme to maintain progressive development.

This is a different approach and some companies may turn to more traditional routes such as an NVQ programme, but we need a team with leadership qualities, not a certificate.

Expert Leadership Training also provides bespoke leadership courses and I am considering using them to further develop my workforce, including senior management.

I wanted to get in touch with you to let you know how much I enjoyed the away day course on Monday at Ladybower.  I was a little concerned at first if I could keep up with all you fit guys, but I was quite proud of myself that I managed just fine.  I felt the tasks were so varied and kept the adrenalin pumping in order to complete them in a timely manner (which is a lot like the duties I carry out here at work).  Both you and the rest of the team made sure we were well looked after all day, ensuring we had plenty of water and kept happy along the way.  After taking the course I now feel much more confident of dealing with situations and problems which arise.  I also feel I can manage my apprentice in a much more managerial way.I would have no hesitation in recommending the course and I thank you very much for such a lovely day.

Janet Herring
Purchasing / Technical Assistant
Chesterfield Special Cylinders Ltd

Very interesting and enjoyable day, well run activities in a relaxed atmosphere.