Call of the Wild’s Dave Thomas is taking part in the Capital Challenge 5×5 Charity Bike Ride in aid of the children’s hospital Ty Hafan. This cycling challenge starts on 23rd June and finishes on Saturday 28th June 2014.
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Call of the Wild’s Simon Forzani Swimming Equivalent to English Channel 22 Miles for Charity
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ne of our team, Simon Forzani is seeking your help. In memory of his son Anthony, who died of Leukaemia aged 10, Simon is going to swim the equivalent distance of the English Channel in a single day in order to raise awareness of the condition and encourage you to either sign up to the Anthony Nolan Register and/or donate money to this worthy cause.
This is Simon’s story:-
Call of the Wild Now Working withTony Faulkner
We are pleased to announce that Tony Faulkner is now working as an Associate with Call of the Wild . Tony brings a vast knowledge of sports psychology and coaching to the business arena. Tony Faulkner has been working in the area of performance psychology and coaching in the English Premier League for the past 17 years. He has researched and developed a working model to profile and develop the psychological, emotional and social traits required to maximize performance. Tony was also the former Performance and Development Manager at Manchester City Football Club.
Call of the Wild Invited To Present at Prestigious VINE HR Event
Call of the Wild are delighted to have been personally invited by the Head of HR at Vine HR to deliver a lecture and chair a workshop at the Vine HR event to be held on 7th May 2014 in Colchester. VineHR are a not-for-profit company formed by the Heads of HR from all 15 local authorities in Essex. Their aim is to raise performance and achieve consistency in people management strategy across the county.
Information, Advice and Guidance Courses
Our new information, advice and guidance training courses are designed to support all learners whether you are new to this area or a currently practicing. Our experienced staff have over 20 years experience in the Information, Advice and Guidance sector. This Advice and Guidance Diploma covers skills that are transferable across a broad range of sectors such as Support services, Advocacy,
Housing, Mentoring, Youth Services, Counselling, Debt advice, Citizens advice, Employment advisor, Career advisors
Presentation at UWE Creative Leadership Workshop Series 2014
In recognition of our expertise and the innovative approach we take to learning and development with our partners PDC we’ve been asked to present to the University of the West of England on Thursday 20th March 2014 as part of their Creative Leadership Workshop Series 2014.
The presentation will draw on notions of reflective walking for leadership and management development. The event will be introduced by Dr Gareth Edwards, Dr Arthur Turner and Kevin Gould. They will summarise some initial findings from a new research project in collaboration with Dr Mike Zundel from Liverpool University and Neil Sutherland from the Bristol Business School.
Directors Fund Small Firms With Their Own Cash
According to findings published by Experian®, the global information services company, a quarter of small and medium sized enterprise (SME) directors have used personal finance sources of funding including mortgages, credit cards and savings accounts to support their business.
Lead Like a Great Conductor by Italy Talgam
An orchestra conductor faces the ultimate leadership challenge: creating perfect harmony without saying a word. In this charming talk, Itay Talgam demonstrates the unique styles of six great 20th-century conductors, illustrating crucial lessons for all leaders. After a decade-long conducting career in his native Israel, Italy Talgam has reinvented himself as a conductor of people in business.
Endorsed Training Provider with Leadership Management Wales
Call of the Wild is one of the first organisations in Wales to achieve the quality award and become an endorsed training provider with Leadership & Management Wales (LMW) , the Centre of Excellence for leadership and management skills in Wales.
The Leadership & Management Quality Award represents the first definitive standard for training providers offering leadership and management development to companies and their employees. Those who gain the award become part of a select group of training providers who demonstrate best practice and maintain the highest standards.
Leadership and Followers – TEDTalks
TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world’s leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the “Sixth Sense” wearable tech, and “Lost” producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery.
TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts.
The Science of Nature & Its Importance for Learning
When Was the Last Time You Kissed a Frog?
Filmmaker David Bond is a worried man. His kids’ waking hours are dominated by a cacophony of marketing, and a screen dependence threatening to turn them into glassy-eyed zombies. Like city kids everywhere, they spend way too much time indoors – not like it was back in his day. Click more below to view these compelling videos.
He decides it’s time to get back to nature – literally.
“This film will change your life”Patrick Barkham, The Guardian
Grow Your Business At No Extra Cost – Great Results States Vince Cable
Are you looking to grow your business in the next 12 months but worried about the cost. Call of the Wild have been working with companies throughout England to effectively double their trainign and development budgets at no extra cost to you!This has been achieved using a training and development Government sponsored scheme launched by Business Secretary Vince Cable called GrowthAccelerator.
In the past 12 months GrowthAccelerator has been the catalyst for many ambitious businesses to realise their high growth potential more quickly. A report has just been published reviewing the first year performance of the scheme. Here we share the insights from the service’s first year on what determines high growth potential and how GrowthAccelerator is helping businesses to deliver jobs and real economic value.
What Growth Accelerator Does
GrowthAccelerator works by finding businesses with the highest growth potential, identifying and helping to overcome the barriers they face and providing support under four streams of activity: Access to Finance, Business Development, Growth through Innovation and Leadership and Management.
Change Management Good Practice – The Challenge of Change
Call of the Wild has recently been asked to deliver a workshop on change to an audience of 50 education professionals who are delegates in a change management conference in Portsmouth.
Looking at change from the unique perspective of each individual the question that Call of the Wild intends to pose to the audience is:-
“Why do some individuals thrive on the challenges presented by change, yet others see change as a threat which has an adverse impact on their performance”
ILM Level 3 Certificate in Coaching & Mentoring – Funding Available
Our new ILM Level 3 Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring goes live today. In addition the good news is that the course can be fully funded (subject to eligibility)
What is Coaching
Coaching uses one-to-one conversations and guided questioning to unlock inner potential. It helps managers deal with change and find solutions to business problems using their own resources. It’s an effective way of creating a high performance culture in your organisation.
Management Training Needed Before You Can Dismiss an “Unsuitable” Manager?
Poorly Performing Managers Need to be Offered Training or Face the Consequences!
To enable the directors to focus on running the company, a manager has been brought in. However, there have been a number of complaints about their poor management style. Can you dismiss them because of this?
To answer this question, we need to turn to the Employment Appeal Tribunal’s (EAT) recent ruling in the case of JJ Food Service Ltd v Kefil 2012. Mr Kefil (K) had worked for JJ’s, which is a major food distributor, for more than 14 years. During that time, he had been promoted twice, initially to warehouse manager and then to stock control manager.
FREE Training Needs Analysis from a Business Professional
At Call of the Wild measuring the success of the programmes we deliver for clients has always been of fundamental importance to us. With training budgets stretched and the need for your staff to be performing to their optimum levels making the correct decision about the right type of training at the right time has never been more important.
As a NEW customer of Call of the Wild why not contact us today to arrange a FREE no obligation Training Needs Analysis (TNA) from one of our friendly and qualified Business Managers.
Grow Your Business At No Extra Cost with New Training Grants for England!
Accelerate Your Business Growth At No Extra Cost – Double Your Training Budget and Get Dramatic Returns
Thinking of growing your business this year but afraid of the cost of developing your staff? How would you like to accelerate your growth plans at no extra cost? With these new training grants you can claim up to a maximum of £2,000 per employee as match funding so you can effectively double your training budget!
Now is the Time For Training -Response to the Richard Report on Apprenticeships
With the skills gap still a major issue in workplaces today, a number of recent reports have pointed towards giving employers more involvement in the design of training programmes.
Employers will be empowered to design and develop their own apprenticeship standards and qualifications, so they can address skills shortages that are threatening growth, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has announced yesterday.
Responding to the review on apprenticeships carried out last year by entrepreneur Doug Richards, the Government has said apprenticeships should be more focused on the needs of employers as some businesses find they are not tailored enough to their requirements. Clegg said he believes it is “vital” that apprenticeships are tailored around what employers want.
Clegg thinks this will enable the employer to design their own qualifications and choose their own training provider, rather than getting a “one-size-fits-all-programme” that is “bad for apprentices” and “bad for employers”.
Creating Future leaders – ILM Research Findings
Creating Future Leaders – How Do Businesses Identify and Develop Their People
Succession planning is essential for any business intent on long term survival and is critical to ensure the future leadership of the organisation. That’s why ILM set out to find how businesses identify and develop the people who will become their future leaders, and what potential future leaders could do to improve their career prospects. Whether the aim is to develop potential leaders for the organisation internally, or to recruit the most talented external candidates to nurture and promote, in an increasingly competitive world, the search, retention and development of the leaders of tomorrow is complex and challenging.
The ILM conducted in-depth interviews with senior HR professionals in predominantly large corporate organisations and consulting firms. The sample size was large enough to provide a breadth of coverage, while the approach ensured a richness and depth of response which meant that the subtleties of the respondents’ different approaches were captured.
Take a Walk in the Park – What’s Your View?
Walk and Talk – The New Approach to Meetings
You’ve heard about walking the talk now the new fad is “walk-and-talks” according to the Sunday Times and the author Nilofer Merchant. Well what’s so new? We’ve been offering and delivering walking the talk events for many years with our clients seeing the benefit of this innovative approach.
So what exactly are “walk-and-talk” events? Well they are the art of conducting business meetings on the move and in our case in an inspiring environment taking people out of their comfort zone.
Award For Our Green Business Practices
Last week we were lucky enough to have picked up another award in recognition of our green business practices. This was awarded to a business that has demonstrated a dedication to adopt or improve sustainable green business practices within their operations.
View this video to find out the reasons why we won this award. Click on “More”
ILM Research Reinforces Importance of Having a Talent Pipeline
How Effective is Your Talent Pipeline?
Only 18% of employers expect candidates to have received management training prior to being appointed to a management position!
To complete successfully on the global stage UK plc needs a steady stream of management talent capable of delivering strong economic growth. Creating business leaders and managers should be a top priority for UK business and requires a fully functioning management talent pipeline.
These are the findings of a recently published report by the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). They set out to understand the state of the UK’s management pipeline and where it could be improved. An independent report was commissioned with 750 UK organisations across the public and private sectors to identify the challenges they face in recruiting and developing skilled leaders and managers.
By talent-pipeline they mean a joined-up approach to leadership development that enables a flow of skilled and capable individuals through an organisation. A talent-plan meanwhile is the means by which a talent pipeline is implemented and defines the skills and knowledge required to ensure the future needs of a business are met.
More Public Sector Success for Call of the Wild
Call of the Wild have recently been successful in winning two contracts with English local authorities and one with a Welsh local authority. Our expertise in management and leadership development has been recognised by Devon County Council, the London Borough of Enfield and Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council.
Call of the Wild have been awarded contracts to develop the leadership and management skills of staff within both Councils. These will be accredited Institute of leadership and Management courses for managers at various levels from first line, aspiring and senior management.
The courses being delivered are:-
- Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Level 3 Award in First Line Management
- Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management
- Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Level 5 Certificate in Leadership & Management
- Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) Level 7 Award in Strategic Leadership