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‘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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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Funded places available on our regional SVQ3 workshops for Site Supervisors
Regional SVQ3 Workshops for Site Supervisors Our SVQ3 Site Supervisors programmes are a recognised route to CSCS Gold card. They are funded by Skills Development Scotland and companies can also claim £3500 CITB Modern Apprenticeship grant on certification. Sign up to our funded SVQ3 workshop programmes for Supervisors – places available in Aberdeen, Cumbernauld, Dumfries…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Gearing up to thrive in the low carbon economy
As chief executive of CECA Scotland (Civil Engineering Contractors Association), I relish the opportunity to contribute this guest article to be shared with Esteem Training’s network of clients, partners, supervisory and management candidates and SVQ ‘graduates’. Esteem Training’s working relationship with CECA Scotland stretches back well over a decade and we share many of the same values…