‘Don’t recycle your managers – train them’, say Alliance Learning

Leading North West training provider Alliance Learning are calling on businesses to invest in management training after one in 12 UK firms were found to be badly managed.

[UKPRwire, Wed Aug 29 2007] Leading North West training provider Alliance Learning are calling on businesses to invest in management training after one in 12 UK firms were found to be badly managed.

A recent worldwide study of management practices and productivity conducted by the London School of Economics (LSE), McKinsey & Co. and Stanford University, found that one in 12 British firms were ‘very badly managed’.

The study of over 4,000 companies around the world blamed the poor performance of British businesses on a lack of management training and a high share of ‘traditional family firms’, where management positions were handed down to family members without appropriate training.

Alliance Learning, one of the North West’s leading suppliers of training and development services, say businesses should be concerned by the findings. Ian Chadderton, Management Training Co-ordinator with Alliance Learning comments:

“These are alarming statistics and businesses should take heed. Mismanagement costs businesses much more in the long run than training, and management training, whether it’s for First Line Managers or Team Leaders, is invaluable for any company. Managers today need to be aware of and kept up to date with employment legislation, health and safety law, management practices and a whole range of issues in the workplace.”

With the Recruitment Confidence Index (RCI) pointing to the highest levels of staff turnover for five years, Ian warns businesses that hiring and firing is not the answer.

“The Alan Sugar approach may look good on TV, but for any business high staff turnover is counter productive. Businesses need to train their managers not recycle them and the benefits of having a properly trained management team are measurable in motivation, staff retention, quality and productivity.”

Alliance Learning is accreditted with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) to offer a range of accredited management courses for First Line and Junior Managers covering a range of core and specialist areas of leadership and management, from briefing the team and influencing others, to marketing for managers and managing stress in the workplace. For more information go to www.alliancelearning.co.uk/ilm.


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Notes to Editors:

Alliance Learning is one of the North West’s largest independent training providers, with centres in Bolton, Horwich, Leigh and Radcliffe. The organisation has over 40 years experience in the training industry and specialises in the recruitment and training of young people through the delivery of Government funded apprenticeship programmes across a range of occupational areas. In addition Alliance Learning operate a commercial division, which includes learndirect, providing a wide range of courses across various industry sectors to companies throughout the UK.

Alliance Learning Biographies: Ian Chadderton

Ian Chadderton is the Management Training Co-ordinator at Alliance Learning and has been involved in management and leadership training for over 20 years.

Ian combines his extensive experience with a genuine passion for training and developing people. As Management Training Co-ordinator, Ian’s role is in the delivery and development of ILM accredited management courses offered by Alliance Learning for managers ranging from First Line to Team Leader, along with teaching Health and Safety courses and the ILM approved Train the Trainer course.

Before entering the training industry, Ian worked in construction for 17 years. In 1982, Ian joined the Civil Service as a brick-laying instructor before moving on to management training and since 1986 Ian has trained thousands of people in Management and Health and Safety.

For more information visit www.alliancelearning.com

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