4 Jun 2009

In order to support the vision and growth of the company and acting on feedback from the staff surveys and the IIP review about management competencies, Lakehouse has set up its own Management Academy.

The programme is designed to develop the capabilities of our people and teams and enable them to develop their competence and confidence to new levels of performance.

A group of 28, including senior management and all the Directors, is currently taking part in the innovative programme, which measures current competence and identifies areas for improvement, prior to providing specific workshops and personal coaching. Learning will encompass behaviours and personal skills, important elements in companies that are experiencing growth and the inevitable changes that growth demands.

Over a period of several months staff will undertake training tailored to their individual needs in order to develop their skills and knowledge as well as their ability to apply the new learning. A re-assessment will be carried out at the end of the programme to measure success and demonstrate the improvements made.

Director, Ken Power, says "This is a huge investment in our people. Early feedback from all involved has been very positive and the initial assessment of our managers' competences, even before training and coaching, is above the construction average. Our training provider, Metricate, has a demonstrable track record of improving competences during the programme so things can only get better."

Subject to a successful outcome of the current programme the intention is to run the programme again next year for the next batch of managers, raising performance levels throughout the company.