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Atkins – Alan Taggart
“We have employed Progression Partnership directly and on behalf of one of our key clients, Transport Scotland, who were so impressed that they wrote: “Your facilitation of the break out sessions was...
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Everything Else
Sometimes everything is just a bit rubbish. You can’t put your finger on it. It’s not horrendous. It’s not the end of the world. But something just isn’t as good as it could be. It’s just that you’re...
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BPR / Lean / Six Sigma / Process Improvement etc
Here at Progression Partnership we are major fans of Taiichi Ohno and W Edwards Deming. Therefore, we know that organisations that focus on cutting costs almost always INCREASE their costs as a result....
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Customer Satisfaction / Product Innovation
The world is changing faster and faster, and customer expectations also continually rise. Of course, part of the problem is that customers cannot clearly tell you what it is that they actually...
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Community Engagement and Development
A Director, A Middle Manager and a Front-line person walk into a bar… Actually, they don’t. What happens all too often nowadays is that they get into their individual cars (or hop on public transport)...
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Supply Chain Management / Partnering / Mediation
It is amazing to listen to the language of Procurement Teams, Buyers and Sales folk – and then see what actually happens. Far too often, we have seen organisations talk to their clients and suppliers...
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Talent Management / Learning & Development Strategies / Diversity
The saying goes that if you recruit the right people, show them how to do their job…and support their learning and development – you’ll have no ‘people problems’. Unfortunately, most organisations...
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Change Management / Culture Change
Apparently “Change Management” is difficult. Apparently “people don’t like Change”. What utter tosh. Of course they do! Have a look at the people in your organisation as individuals for a minute. Are...
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Leadership Development / Strategic Advice
A lot of twaddle is talked about ‘leadership’. What it boils down to is your board or senior management team having ‘board behaviours’. What do we mean by that? There are two common mistakes that...
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Philip Langman Emma says: “He’s always there for our clients, no matter what I’m up to. When they call or email, he responds almost instantly. He keeps my feet on the ground and sorts my logistics....
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Progression Partnership We are not everybody’s cup of tea. People who are fooling themselves and playing at wanting to take their organisation to another level, please go and arrange a beauty parade of...
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Dr Emma Langman Phil says: “She does all the client stuff. It seems to involve a lot of cups of coffee. She likes talking in front of big crowds. And she loves facilitating workshops. Stressful...
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“I don’t know. It’s all kind of… Argh! Can I just give you a ring and chat it...
Sometimes everything is just a bit rubbish. You can’t put your finger on it. It’s not horrendous. It’s not the end of the world. But something just isn’t as good as it could be. It’s just that you’re...
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“No two ways about it, we’ve got to cut our costs. Not tomorrow. Right NOW!”
Here at Progression Partnership we are major fans of Taiichi Ohno and W Edwards Deming. Therefore, we know that organisations that focus on cutting costs almost always INCREASE their costs as a result....
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“Yes, we want to serve our customers, but what on earth will make them happy?”
The world is changing faster and faster, and customer expectations also continually rise. Of course, part of the problem is that customers cannot clearly tell you what it is that they actually...
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“The community we’re in doesn’t realise what a great organisation we are. Why...
A Director, A Middle Manager and a Front-line person walk into a bar… Actually, they don’t. What happens all too often nowadays is that they get into their individual cars (or hop on public transport)...
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“If I have to sort out one more conflict with our suppliers, I’ll swing for...
It is amazing to listen to the language of Procurement Teams, Buyers and Sales folk – and then see what actually happens. Far too often, we have seen organisations talk to their clients and suppliers...
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“I’m sure we recruited some good people, but they’re not delivering their...
The saying goes that if you recruit the right people, show them how to do their job…and support their learning and development – you’ll have no ‘people problems’. Unfortunately, most organisations...
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“I’m sick and tired of people constantly resisting our change programme. It...
If ever there were two words that mean everything and nothing at the same time, Change Management would surely win the Gold. Any manager who has been around a while can tell you that most significant...
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“Our senior team are individually talented, but they seem to squabble so...
No matter how carefully you have recruited the leaders for your organisation, there will be times when they just aren’t ‘gelling’ and are pretty ineffective. Most companies attempt to solve this by...
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