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Category: Training and Development
‘Managing People for Growth’ (Part 2)
Spreading the wisdom – More practical tools and techniques Last month, Karen MacArthur, our powerhouse Candidate Support Coordinator, shared some of the key learnings following her successful completion of the six-month ‘Managing People for Growth’ course run by Connect Three in partnership with Scottish Enterprise. In this follow-up post, we share details of additional management…
‘Managing People for Growth’ (Part 1) – Sharing the learnings
At different times throughout our career, we can find ourselves in situations we could not have foreseen. Perhaps a colleague leaves unexpectedly and we’re thrust into a more senior role, or a mentor or friend pinpoints potential we hadn’t recognised within ourselves. Whatever the reason, we strongly support seeking out training designed to help acquire…
Mind maps – free tool for generating fresh ideas
In this blog post we share how our team makes use of mind maps to generate fresh ideas to help bring new projects to fruition and how you, too, can harness the power of mind maps almost immediately. Several of our team have been using mind maps for years courtesy of our exposure to Accelerated…
CCG Group – Award-winning partners delivering quality construction training
CCG Group The CCG Group is one of the country’s largest privately-owned construction and manufacturing companies, founded in 1947 with a vision to “build a more sustainable and progressive future for Scotland”. The company’s ongoing success is grounded in a programme of stringent quality control and continuous improvement in both their products and people. CCG’s…
McTaggart Construction – building for the future, creating opportunity
From time to time, we find ourselves being asked whether our funded construction management training for supervisors and managers merits the significant investment of time, effort and commitment demanded of both candidates and assessors. Thankfully, this type of questioning arises rarely since we are blessed to have worked with Scotland’s leading construction and civil engineering…
EMN Plant, Shetland – Our Friends in the North
Shetland has made a welcome return to our TV screens – courtesy of BBC One’s popular ‘Shetland’ series starring Douglas Henshall as Detective Inspector Jimmy Perez – helping to shine a deserved spotlight on the more northerly of Scotland’s stunning Northern Isles. The series shares a slice of Shetland life with mainlanders possibly otherwise unfamiliar…
In need of a stress buster? Try taking a ‘Mindful Moment’
We’re all working harder than ever, juggling working from home, staying safe and healthy while balancing family commitments and tentatively restarting social lives during these pandemic-restricted times. It can all feel a bit stressful, so we wanted to pass on some practical tips from one of our recent Team Health and Wellbeing Days. We hold…
Willie Mahoney – Training programme with JGM
Memories of Scotland’s best summer in years are starting to fade and Autumn chills have started to nip the morning air. The season of ‘mists and mellow fruitfulness’ has rolled around, with younger children settled into familiar school routines while their older siblings have flown the nest – many to college or University, possibly for…
Championing lifelong learning in the Southern Uplands
I’m delighted, and more than a little flattered, to be invited to share this article via Esteem Training’s social media channels. We share a collective passion for helping industry professionals harness the power of training to reach beyond what they might have believed to be the limits of their abilities then watch them grow and develop as individuals, talented construction teams and business owners. The path that leads us to find our passion in life can occasionally feel long and winding, with many…
Leveraging the career-boosting power of training
They say it’s never too late to change the direction of our lives, and that received wisdom would seem to apply as much to our working lives as to our everyday existence. For some, career satisfaction might lie in having mastered most aspects of their role with few unforeseen events developing to potentially exceed their…