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10 - 06 - 2010

Training budget slashed? We can still help!

In fact, now is the time you need us most. It's well known that companies which invest in their workforce when times are tough benefit greatly when conditions improve. Likewise, public sector organisations that make the effort to fund training in critical areas such as communication are able to rapidly recover their effectiveness, even though they may have suffered many redundancies.

Both sectors have one major factor in common when it comes to communication training. As an independent company, with a very unusual background, we are in a unique position to be able to analyse the communication needs of your senior people, cut through the issues and trauma caused by the economic climate and deliver accurate and effective help right where and when it's needed.

As a company, we run with minimum overheads, so are very cost-effective. We know that we can help you. So even with a slashed training budget, can your organisation afford not to at least contact us for a chat?

9 - 03 - 2010

Halving the Cost of Professional Training

After a meeting with Angela Lewis of Go Wales, we are pleased to be able to tell you (if you don't know already) that businesses in Wales that employ less than 250 people can access up to 1500 pounds towards the cost of training and developing staff that have graduate level qualifications. That includes training on courses delivered by The Creative Work Place at our centre in mid Wales or at a venue chosen by you.
For more information visit www.gowales.co.uk

4 - 03 - 2010

Creative Work Place in development discussions

We can't reveal details yet.
The Creative Work Place is in discussions with a number of UK based public sector organisations with a view to co-developing our unique training methods with them. The power and effectiveness of our techniques, drawing on experience in television production, psychotherapy and company management have caught the imagination of senior people in several organisations, all of whom want to know more about how we can collaborate with them in designing training for their organisations.

Watch this space!

4 - 03 - 2010

Senior civil servants now "Communicating Effectively"

Busy executives in the Home Office have praised the effectiveness of our one-day communication skills workshops. Held at the Home Office's Centre for Leadership and Learning in central London, these new intensive courses enable senior civil servants to identify and tackle areas where their communication skills might be improved.
We have now delivered most of the first series of "Communicating Effectively" workshops. Feedback has been extremely positive. Even participants who began the day thinking that they were expert communicators realised that there was much they could do to raise their game.
Innovative techniques drawn from Karen Whiteside and Andy Brice's production work in the television industry made each workshop demanding yet extremely rewarding.

4 - 03 - 2010

Major utility company hones HR skills at the Creative Work Place

Wales and West Utilities, one of the UK's leading gas transportation companies sees the importance of a well-run HR Department. The whole department, responsible for 1400 employees recently spent a couple of days on an intensive residential course at The Creative Work Place's training centre in mid Wales.
Head of HR, Sarah Hopkins said,
"Valuable time out with the team an opportunity to rethink how we work together and achieve. It will be good to have the DVD to review what we learned at the Creative Work Place in the future. A great few days. Thanks!"

For more news about what's on at The Creative Work Place, please give us a call on 01550 721 213

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