Why Inspirations | Inspirations Learning & Development Ltd

Over the years Inspirations has built up a strong reputation for delivering innovative, and bespoke development programmes. Our programmes are energetic, highly motivating and focused around the idea of giving people the tools they need to fulfil their potential. If you invite us to work with you, you can expect a friendly and professional relationship with highly motivated experts. We work to deliver what you want, wherever you want it and that's what makes us great.

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Inspirations has been working in close partnership with The Civica Group since 2005. As a global software company and the 3rd largest UK headquartered software provider to the public sector, Civica with support from Inspirations, runs an Academy which offers training and development to everyone from new starters to senior executives. The Academy has created a high performance culture within Civica where people feel motivated to deliver and consequently this has created the foundation to achieve IIP Gold standard and gain the One to Watch in the Times BEST companies to work for.

Some highlights of programmes include:

A four stage leadership Raising the Bar Programme
A six month immersive Sales Optimisation Programme
Bespoke Customer First Programmes tailored to each business unit

The newspaper and magazine company Menzies Distribution has worked in partnership with Inspirations since 2009, developing managers and leaders throughout the business. Inspirations were initially asked to work with Menzies to design Aspire, an inspirational development programme with a vision of accelerating the growth of managers who already demonstrated success in their current role and had the desire to maximise their potential. The programme involved a series of two day workshops covering a wide variety of management topics, some of which provided tough challenges and new ways of thinking. A blended approach enabled Inspirations to support workshops with 360 feedback and one to one coaching. The result … a more capable and confident top team, with over 70% of attendees benefitting from internal promotion and career progression following the programme.

Sainsbury's Logistics wanted to move away from being a task - focused business, to one where it truly was a great place to work. They wanted to retain their brightest and best people for the long term. Inspirations were asked to work with Sainsbury's Logistics to design and develop a creative and innovative career pathway based on blended learning for their selected 350 plus managers from the supply chain management population. A suite of 4 Programmes each sponsored by a Senior Director was creatively launched to its target audience.

The pub and restaurant chain Stonegate had a keen focus on the development of managers within it's operations and aspired to move towards a coaching culture to nurture talent. We were asked to work with them to create a "dynamic and inspiring programme" for the managers at all levels within the business. Our role was to work initially with their senior managers to observe and understand the current processes, then to help the whole management team adopt a consistent, coaching approach through a series of workshops. The measured results have been dramatic - through greater involvement of teams in commercial decisions, greater ownership of targets, reported positive feedback from teams as well as increased staff engagement and internal progression.