Managing for Success
A new practical management
development programme, aimed at improving the management skills
that companies really need, has been developed and tested by
employers in the metals sector. Called “Managing for Success”, this
new programme is specifically designed to deliver measurable
business improvements by developing the right people management
skills that are lacking in many of today’s managers. Skills that
can be the vital key to unlocking untapped potential within the
workforce.
Now available to any company, particularly those within
engineering and manufacturing, where managers have traditionally
been promoted on the basis of their technical skills and abilities,
Managing for Success combines first-class tutored workshops,
in-company project work and competence assessment leading to NVQ
Level 4 in Management, in a single, cost-effective package.
Launching the new programme at the Metals Industry Awards
Evening in the West Midlands on 23rd November, Managing Director of
Caparo Merchant Bar plc, Richard Morley said: “The Managing for
Success Programme is designed to give managers the skills they need
to manage in today’s highly competitive, global industry. As
employers developing this programme, the first thing that we wanted
was managers to be able to implement business strategy. We also
wanted managers who can set and work to targets and KPIs, and who
can analyse and measure what they’ve achieved. We also required
managers to be able to identify waste in all its forms, and
managers who can improve business performance through the
application of lean practices and techniques. But, above all, we
needed managers who can manage people.
“Through extensively piloting the programme in our own
companies, we’ve already seen evidence that the Managing for
Success approach works. From a 14% increase in throughput for a
coatings process in one company, to an improvement in on-time
deliveries from 75 to 95% in another, and substantial reductions in
costs in many processes; the managers we have trained so far are
reaping the benefits by being better equipped to change their
behaviours and, thus, more effectively manage the people that
report to them.”
Companies seeking more information can
telephone the Managing for Success team on 0114 244 6833 or email
Dawn Vinall. Up to 50% funding
subsidy could be made available for companies through MetSkill,
part of Semta, the Sector Skills Council for the engineering and
manufacturing technologies sector.
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Media contact: Elaine Essery tel: 01229 716129, email:
Elaine Essery
Notes to editors:
1. MetSkill is the strategic skills body for the UK metals
industry and is part of Semta - the Sector Skills Council for
Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies. MetSkill aims
to help companies achieve measurable and sustainable improvement in
business performance through recruiting high calibre new entrants,
achieving workforce competence and culture change, reducing costs,
releasing cash and improving customer service, and managing
performance, and achieving effective supply chain
relationships.
2. As a Sector Skills Council licensed by government, Semta is
the employer-led organisation at the heart of the skills agenda for
Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies in the UK. The
sectors we represent are: Aerospace, Automotive, Bioscience,
Electrical, Electronics, Maintenance, Marine, Mathematics,
Mechanical, Metals and Science. Our role is to the raise skills
levels and competitiveness in the 100,000 companies and
2million-strong workforce that make up these sectors.