Five, free, workshops are on offer throughout June and July for the Welsh business community.
Businesses in the South Wales Valleys have a unique chance to share the skills and lessons of inspiring entrepreneurs and business leaders.
The workshops will provide a taste of the knowledge and skills on offer through the Elevate Cymru programme – covering leadership, management and high-performance working topics – essential to everyday business life.
Elevate Cymru is part of the Work Based Learning programme, funded by the EU’s Convergence European Social Fund, through the Welsh Government. This is a pioneering project that offers funding to private sector companies for skills development via the sort of courses your business demands for success.
The two-hour, taster workshops have attracted a number of forward-thinking speakers who will share their experience in the area of sales; marketing, social media, public relations; human resources and networking.
Delegates will also learn how Elevate Cymru’ funded support can make a difference to their organisation. From provision of a programme of short, university-accredited courses; through to a bespoke training programme, tailored and delivered to teams at the business premises.
Elevate Cymru Heads of the Valleys Network programme manager, David Colebourne comments, “The timing of the Elevate Cymru programme couldn’t be more fitting as the economy continues to struggle and budgets for staff development come under pressure. This can be a real threat to company performance as research has shown that effective leadership and management development improves organisational performance by up to 23 per cent.”
For private sector companies based in the Convergence areas of Wales, or employees either living or working in the Convergence areas, then support provided by the programme is either fully or part-funded.
Training cuts a risk to business
Mr Colebourne continues, “Business success rests with the ability to attract the right team; and develop their skills to meet critical challenges like cutting costs, cultivate innovation and maximise new opportunities. This is where Elevate Cymru can help.”
“The Elevate Cymru programme has already attracted a number of ambitious Valleys-based companies wishing to be ahead of their game. They’ve benefited from tailored face-to-face support to help identify the skills obstacles to growth and develop training programmes absolutely right for their business. In the process, they will address crucial business challenges as staff undertake assignments relevant to their organisation.”
For details of the taster events which include networking opportunities with peers to spark ideas and discuss new business opportunities visit http://fbs.glam.ac.uk/campaign/elevate-cymru/