The most common time to commission management training for a newly promoted manager is several months after the promotion, once the gaps have become visible. By then, the manager has already formed habits, some useful, some not, and the team has already calibrated its expectations of them. Changing both...
The management training market in the UK is large, well-populated, and, on the surface, remarkably uniform. Every provider claims to deliver behaviour change. Every brochure promises better managers. Every website features case studies, testimonials, and accreditation logos. The language has converged to the point where...
If your organisation has been developing managers and leaders through levy-funded apprenticeships, the next few months will require some decisions. This month, the government confirmed that Levy funding for Level 3 to Level 6 management and leadership apprenticeship standards will be removed from September 2026,...
This week, the Government axed 16 apprenticeship standards, including Team Leader, Operations Manager, and Chartered Manager. If your organisation has relied on levy funding for leadership development, that news landed hard. But alongside those cuts came something equally significant: a major redirection of funding towards...