February 2008
Good practice public sector leadership development
The challenge of being a public sector manager is greater than most people think. And whilst there is a tendency to assume that it is toughest at the top, in reality, however, the lower down the scale you are, the harder it is to manage and lead because it isn't formally identified as central to your role and therefore training and support is less likely to be forthcoming, says ILM’s David Pardey.
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How does your mentoring garden grow?
The hardest bit of training is getting people to use what they've learnt. It's one thing for someone to know what they should do, it's another to be able to do it. Effective mentoring means both mentor and mentee have the chance to benefit and grow, says David Pardey, as he gives his advice on how to get the most from mentoring.
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Transformational Leadership
While management is necessary for business, leadership is essential for business. It can make or break an organisation. Therefore, getting the right type of leaders and choosing the right style of leadership is vital to a company’s performance.
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January 2008
Interview with Penny de Valk: Kick mediocrity into touch
The Institute of Leadership and Management’s new boss believes taking an uncompromising approach to leadership will help breed success.
The saying that people leave managers, not companies, is something that Penny de Valk, newly appointed chief executive of the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), takes firmly to heart.
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Iron fists and velvet gloves: What's the best way to be the boss?
The battle for corporate leaders' hearts and minds is back. In one corner, advocates of "hard" leadership, championing a single-minded focus on ends; in the other, believers in the power of "soft" leadership, telling executives to get to know employees, build networks, and enthuse.
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January 6, 2008
Bosses must be given direction before they can hope to lead
According to life coaching expert David Pardey at the Institute of Leadership & Management… there is a pressing need for leaders at all levels in modern business. “There is a need for much more autonomy within the framework of a company, even those at the bottom are having to take more responsibility.”
The Management & Leadership Network
January 2008
‘Tough Love’ bosses keep staff keen
New research from AQR and the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) shows that people would rather work for a hard taskmaster who is successful than a lenient boss who fails to deliver the goods. While team working and people focus were identified as important leadership qualities, researchers found it was the desire and ‘determination to deliver’ that set effective leaders apart.
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This story was also covered in: The Times; Western Mail; Flintshire Business; Strategic HR Review; Internal Communications Magazine; The Daily Telegraph (Australia); Management Today; Training Directory; HR Zone; Management Leadership Network; People Bulletin; Training Zone; Management Issues; Personnel Zone; I.C. Wales; Enterprise Quest (Small Business Advice)
December 2007
Personnel Today
December 2007
Senior managers are missing a trick when it comes to using online research as a tool in their work
Penny de Valk, chief executive at the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), said: “E-learning is just one of a range of development tools available to managers, and although not a direct substitute for face-to-face contact with a tutor or trainer, it can be a powerful cost and time-effective means of supplementing and enhancing a learning experience, as part of a blended learning approach.
“The challenge for e-learning providers is to make the online experience as engaging and relevant as a more traditional learning environment,” she added.
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November 2007
Training Magazine
November 2007
New head on old shoulders
The largest provider of management education qualifications in Europe has a new CEO – Penny de Valk. In the last few years ILM has formed major partnerships with a string of high profile customers including the Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, Harrods, Sodexho, British Gas, Legal & General and Virgin Trains. ILM’s qualifications are delivered by 2,000 colleges, universities, training providers and companies in the UK and across the world.
Training Journal
November 2007
Empowering the leaders of tomorrow
All schools like to believe they are developing the leaders of tomorrow, but staff at Ipswich School in Suffolk can lay claim to being more proactive in this department than most. The school is the first to implement an Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) professional business leadership qualification for its sixth-formers.
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October 2007
October 2007
Home working: bosses ‘lack skills’
Many managers need convincing that remote staff don’t watch TV all day long and find it hard not to oversee things in person.
Management from a distance is becoming increasingly common. According to a report from the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM), part of City and Guilds, one in three managers now looks after teams that operate entirely or predominantly out of the office. Three out of four managers also report that flexible working is now common in their organisation.
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This story was also covered in: The Financial Times; The Sun; Daily Express; Metro (London); Daily Star; Accountancy Age; Human Resources; People Management; Personnel Today; HR Director; Training Zone; HR Look; BBC London; Manchester Evening News; The Scotsman; The Western Mail