The Rise of the Coaching Culture
by Hana Searson, IDG Head of Talent
www.trainingzone.co.uk

'Coaching has been with us for many years now, and it has become the norm for many large organisations to use external coaches for various reasons; executive coaching remains popular, and internal effectiveness coaches work one-on-one to improve performance. Recently, however, there appears to be a greater interest in, or perhaps a renewed emphasis on, creating a coaching ‘culture’ in organisations.'(excerpt from article posted 29/06/2010)

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First Open Executive Education Programme at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

IDG is pleased to announce the launch of our first open Executive Education Programme at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.

In the current economic environment leaders have to make tough decisions with far reaching consequences.  The Courageous Leadership Programme will allow participants to experience how leaders from commercial, military and sporting backgrounds have made the right decisions on their ‘difficult day‘. They will paint a picture of real life situations they have faced and then ask:

‘What would YOU do?’

This unique and business relevant programme has been designed to incorporate the moral, physical, intellectual, commercial and human components of Courageous Leadership and will allow participants to practise new skills in a safe yet challenging environment.  It will also:

• Demonstrate  positive behavioural change through 360° Leadership Assessment both before and after the programme
• Provide one to one coaching throughout the programme to support the participants and ensure they develop their personal impact as a leader
• Deliver a pragmatic and practical approach to development underpinned with academic rigour and theoretical best practise
• Challenge the participant personally and expect high levels of commitment
• Illustrate the commercial value of Courageous Leadership

For more information on how to join the Programme, please visit the Courageous Leadership Programme website www.inspirationaldevelopment.com/courageous or contact Martin West on 020 7798 2848

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Business Breakfast Discussion
The War for Talent Continues; The British Army's Approach to Selection

Guest Speakers:
Colonel Tim Checketts
Chief of Staff at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst

Hana Searson
Head of Talent, IDG

On Thursday the 10th of June, IDG held the 7th in its series of Business Breakfast discussions at the beautiful Chandos House.

We were delighted to host the breakfast and explore some of the issues around assessment criteria for potential future talent. Some of the issues discussed included: assessing potential talent based on both eligibility and suitability criteria, developing a culture where talent programmes reward effort, how crucial it is to truly understand your organisation’s culture and values when selecting future leaders and how elements of the British Army’s approach to selection could be transferred to business.

"I found the topic very thought provoking and relevant" breakfast guest.

"Stimulating topic! I always come away from these IDG discussions with a head full of ideas. We knew we wanted to change the approach to how we recruit our grads and this gave me the chance to stir the grey cells!" breakfast guest.

As discussed over breakfast, IDG design innovative talent and graduate programmes around our clients’ values and strategic objectives, carry out talent and team profiling and measure return on investment for our interventions. If you would like to discuss this in more depth or find out more about how IDG could help your organisation, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Hana Searson
Head of Talent
020 7798 2846
hana.searson@inspirationaldg.com