March Group unearth real talent within a global oil and gas company

As part of a global approach to HR best practice. March Group delivered a resourcing coaching programme for senior managers. This led them to being asked to design and deliver a range of developmental workshops that also accredited a participants competency to lead resourcing interviews.

Peter and Sarah have found delivering the workshops around the world exciting and demanding. The cultural differences have brought a fascinating dimension to the programme. The trainer-training workshop have been particularly enjoyable and we have learnt.

On the beat with the Police

Working with both civilians and officers to provide one to one coaching was both interesting and challenging. Sarah became involved when one of the Police Force decided that it wished to provide personal development for all its employees in the form of training credits. The coaching covered a range of issues such as improved presentation skills, confidence building, personal effectiveness and team management. Sarah said she had to win the trust of the officers as apart of the contracting stage before they were willing to.

Bankers learn to throw eggs to improve performance management

A European Bank understands the value of money but also has invested time and resources in improving team working and creating team and individual performance measures. “It was great to see the bankers using all their ingenuity, energy and competitiveness in constructing their egg capsules” says Peter who led the consultancy team. “I particularly liked their predicted achievement setting as it introduced so many significant cultural issues”.

Changing the shape of Aluminium

When being engaged to help a leading aluminium company develop their strategic plan provided Colin with new insights about senior management attitudes and behaviours. “Sometimes its difficult to work as closely as I did with the team but maintain that fresh and independent view point that is vital to”.

Jet fighter manufacturer powers up its leadership teams

Working in South Africa and Australian made this very creative leadership programme one of the most challenging but enjoyable ones I have run said Linda.. The participants’ feedback has been great, particularly the comments about how the programme has personally affected.

March Group gets into the act with theatre company

Consulting in the entertainment business was a new and enjoyable experience from me, said Linda, and quite a contrast from my commercial and industrial world. We provided a total HR service at a particularly challenging time for the company. It was fascinating reflecting with the CEO on the similarities of leadership and managerial issues that transcend the different business sectors. Acknowledging people’s hopes and fears when implementing change is.