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01/03/2010 by Phil.
I have now finished the RITA course which supplemented and tested my knowledge on the LEAN syllabus that we cover on the NVQ BIT courses (Business Improvement Techniques). I am glad to say I passed!!!!! We covered a lot of subjects in the 8 weeks -Effective Teamwork, TPM (Total Productive Maintenance), Lead Time Analysis, Statistical Process Control, Workplace organisation and Mistake Proofing just to name a few. It was good to network with people delivering the same subjects and to share experiences. Even as the Train to Gain funding starts to take severe pressure from the Government spending reductions it is good to find out that these techniques really do make a difference to the companies that we work in. After all they are self funding from the savings they generate!
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20/02/2010 by Geoff.
I’m just embarking on the second of three visits to Poland to deliver leadership training. Its cold in Poland at -10 degrees! On my first visit I trained inspectors, on this visit I am delivering to Head Teachers or Directors as they’re known over here.
Whilst its difficult to deliver through a translator I find it amazing that people, wherever they are, have not got a grasp of the funamental principles of managing and leading people. I look forward to returning to the more easily understood feedback in the UK.
Written by Linda Trapnell
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16/02/2010 by Geoff.
Currently accreditation for the coaching industry is done on a voluntary basis. Many areas of the world, including the UK are looking to move to mandatory accreditation. The IIC (International Institute of Coaching) is one of the leading overseeing organisations for coaching. It has existed for over 10 years and was formerly known as the ECI (European Coaching Institute). The IIC not only operates to raise the standard of coaching and coaches, but also approves and accredits training courses in coaching. Accreditation for coaches takes the form of – significant evidence of professional development, proof of extensive paid coaching, a live assessment of the coaching skills of the coach by an IIC member, a range of testimonials and a final interview. Written by Tony Brooks our accredited coach with the IIC
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16/12/2009 by Phil.
Having just been confirmed as an A1 assessor for NVQ ii in B-IT (Business improvement techniques), last week I then went onto sit a 2 hour exam (how many years since any of us did that?) to test my knowledge in B-IT. To the uninitiated thats LEAN or the Toyota Production System. I passed!!!!!!!!!!!!! And now I am on my road to Rita approval. The qualification is organised by the Manufacturing Skills Alliance and sponsered by the Sector Skills Council. Just eight more training weeks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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19/09/2009 by admin.
I’ve just returned from attending and delivering to “The 14th International Conference on Thinking, 2009” in Malaysia. The conference was attended by over 1000 delegates from around the World and I was lucky to meet up with some old friends from the Theory of Constraints World. Now I have the problem of telling you about the Conference for this blog! Rather than rattle on about the speakers I heard I thought it would be more beneficial to give you a couple of little gems I heard:
1. Gandhi – developing wisdom
As a young man Gandhi was late for a train in India – he jumped on board as it was leaving and one of his sandals fell back on to the platform. What did he do? He immediately threw the other sandal back onto the platform. His reasoning being that one sandal was no use to him or to the person who picked up the sandal he had dropped. He could not have both sandals so he donated a usable pair to whoever found them. Many of us would eventually have thought to do this but probably 20 miles down the line. He demonstrated his innate/acquired ability to reason, solve a problem and still consider the needs of others. The later can often be forgotten in the hard nosed world of day to day business.
2. Cross the river
Edward De Bono gave an example of how important it is to see things from all sides and be aware of the perspective of others.
A man stands on one side of a stream and shouts to someone on the opposite bank. “How do I get to the other side? The reply? “You’re already there!
How often do we have conversations where we talk at cross purposes because we fail to take account of the viewpoint of others and build our solutions on assumptions that may or may not be valid?
3. EBNE
Edward De Bono also spoke about continuous improvement and not resting on laurels. He suggests a new word EBNE - Excellent but not enough
4. Intelligence Howard Gardner spoke of the different intelligences that people use and how we should recognise strengths in others and use their expertise and skills. Alongside the usually quoted 7 intelligences he speculated on adding another – Gut intelligence. This would resonate with many of us who sometimes just “feel” solutions/situations. To be used with caution but not ignored was his suggestion
I gave a presentation on motivating people for optimum achievement/results and the need to apply thought and intelligence to the handling of projects and personnel. There was a focus on managing conflict.
If you want any further information on the above, please contact EMS at enquiries@emseff.co.uk or email ltrapnell@hotmail.com Additional information on the Conference can be found on the following link http://www.14ththinkingconference.com/ The 2011 Conference is going to be held in Belfast – more detail later Written by Linda Trapnell
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24/08/2009 by admin.
Linda Trapnell, our leadership and team working specialist, was proud to deliver a session - Leading teams: an experts view - at the Inaugural Teach On Institute weekend.
The Institute forms part of Teach On and Teach First - Learning To Lead - providing a broad offer of support and training to increase skills and confidence to maximise impact on education by young leaders in teaching.
Well done Linda for this and your work in Malaysia
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06/07/2009 by admin.
We’ve said before that to be a good consultant you need to have coaching skills.
To re-enforce this idea EMS are pleased to welcome Tony Brooks - Business Coach of Building Bridges - to their membership. We are sure that Tony will benefit our clients and consultants.
Tony has delivered his coaching skills to large corporates and SME’s with great success.
In the short term if you want to know more about Tony go to http://www.buildingbridgeslcs.co.uk
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14/06/2009 by admin.
John Hill, our financial guru, has just helped a client through a potential aquisition. It didn’t come off but he shares his experience with us below:
Why would anyone want to acquire another company? It could be a quick way to increase turnover and market share and possibly, thereby, removing a competitor? The process is a minefield of legal and financial requirements.You will need a solicitor and accountant who are experienced in mergers and acquisitions, and they don’t come cheap. It will be an expensive operation, and some proportion of the fees will be payable in advance.The process can take a long time and involve many meetings and could fail at any time, but will probably end up in some solicitor’s office late at night with loads of coffee and sandwiches haggling over some comparatively minor clause in a frequently rewritten sale document. If you see an opportunity; seek plenty of advice; sleep on it; take more advice, then go for it. Good luck!!
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06/05/2009 by admin.
We’re pleased to announce that Fresh Marketing Solutions Ltd have joined forces with EMS providing much needed sales and marketing expertise.
This is a bit of a first for EMS since previously only individuals have joined us. Having said this the expertise behind Fresh comes from Karen Roe and Kirsty Cambers. We welcome them on board and look forward to a mutually successful relationship helping companies improve and achieve their Goals.
Keep an eye on this page or the EMS site for a link to the Fresh Marketing Solutions site.
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13/04/2009 by Geoff.
A recent contact asked us how we diagnosed problems in businesses. With some embarrassment we had to say we would send an outline of our methods through to them. In truth his question prompted us to put down on paper the way we, as business experts, diagnose issues in businesses. Phil is right in dialogue with the contact “one question leads to another” but the following headings might help you do what we do and find the problem!
So that’s a general outline of how we start but if you follow this beware of half baked solutions!
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