22nd March 2017 @ Fidelity

Agenda items:

• Apprenticeships

• Senior Management Development

• Smart, Lean, Fast

• Induction

Apprenticeships

• Not calling things apprenticeships, but putting people through an apprenticeships scheme. Badging as professional development

• Some organisations are 'employer providers' of apprenticeship schemes

• Airlines have worked with other airlines, Trailblazer groups referenced.

• Different organisation doing the end assessment to running the programme to mitigate levels of fraud.

• Different approaches for devolved nations.

• Still need to budget for assessor at the end of the process.

• Open University have been quite innovative in the solutions to avoid the process being too classroom based.

• Worth exploring as a Diversify and Inclusion viewpoint. Returning form mat leave, etc.

• One organisation had mid career change programme, didn't enable anyone to progress to senior management levels for variety of reasons.

• Need to have a 'real' job for them to go into at the end of the apprenticeship.

• Targets in public sector, but not in private sector.

Senior Management Development

• Online options - Exec Online, Harvard ManageMentor

• New HMM platform works well internationally, but needs to be customised

• Collaboration company – can link senior leaders in with experiences

• Don't overlook the basics, comprehensive PDP and line manager discussions with feedback

• 50 people upskilled as ICF coaches in one organisation

• Extent to which we support individuals who aren't working out with more and more development

• 'Faculty excellence' used in some organisations to ensure a culture of learning is created and knowledge passed on.

• Organisations used - Hay for assessment and Kiddy and Partners, Preston Associates for coaching

Smart, lean, fast

• Make decisions faster, embrace digital, indicators we are doing things faster

• Angus Ridgeway, PotentiaLife - daily management decisions

• Newspaper example with resistant individuals - pulled out some journalists and provided them with intensive training. Ensure they have support around them.

• Timely decisions - IVs with successful people to understand what successful people do to understand what they do and spread the word

• Charles Duhigg book on the topic - Smarter Faster Better: The Secrets of Being Productive https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1847947433/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_tai_QqL0ybQBM05ER

• OneLeap - Hamish done work at Entrepreneur space

Induction

• Principle - pre load all content

• Try to make people feel part of the family before they join

• Specific focus on grads

• Aim to make sure they meet senior leaders as soon as possible

• Induction process starts at recruitment process