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Introduction Areas that need development Your strengths Your action plan Key contacts Resources
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Introduction
To help ensure success for your business, a company owner needs to have a broad range of skills relating to management and leadership. Based on your current role and situation, this tool has prioritisedthe most important areas that you need to concentrate on and will point you in the right direction for furtheradvice and training Don't forget that as long as you have saved your plan online, you can visit our website at any timeto update your plan and see how much your skills have improved. This tool has been based on the National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership. View the full standards at http://www.management-standards.org.uk - Opens in a new window
You have lower scores for the skills needed in each of the following areas. This doesn't mean that you cannot do these tasks or haven't done them well in the past. It simply means that in order to be truly successful in these areas, you may need to brush up on some skills and get some advice on how to go about the following actions. 1. Recruit, select and keep staff Excellent performance in this area results in being able to: talk with colleagues who are leaving your area of responsibility to identify and discuss their reasons for leaving regularly review the work required in your area, identifying any shortfall in the number of staff, skills or experience consult with others to produce or update job descriptions and person specifications consult with others to agree methods, timings and responsibilities in the recruitment and selection process judge whether the recruitment has been successful and identify any areas for improvement
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Your strengths
The skills you scored highest in
You have scored highly in the skills needed for each of the following areas. This means that you have the capability and existing knowledge to carry out any of these associated tasks though you may still want to get some help along the way (see our list of contacts). 1. Map my business environment You have the ability to obtain crucial information to support planning and decision making eg information on your customers, competitors, market trends, new technologies and legislation Download full details of the Map my Business Environment Unit from the MSC website (PDF) - Opens in a new window 2. Plan the workforce You are able to consider the strategic objectives and plans of the business to decide whether the workforce should be expanded, maintained or contracted
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Complete Find local courses about within 3 recruiting, selecting and keeping months staff from the learndirect website - Opens in a new window Find local events about recruiting, selecting and keeping staff from our events directory Opens in a new window
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Lead change
Complete Find local courses about leading within 3 change from the learndirect months website - Opens in a new window Find local events about leading change from our events directory - Opens in a new window
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Complete Find local courses about within 3 promoting equality and diversity months in your business from the learndirect website - Opens in a new window Find local events about promoting equality and diversity in your business from our events directory - Opens in a new window
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Manage risk
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learndirect website - Opens in a new window Find local events about managing risk from our events directory - Opens in a new window 5. Develop a strategic business plan
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Complete Find local courses about within 6 developing a strategic business months plan from the learndirect website - Opens in a new window Find local events about developing a strategic business plan from our events directory Opens in a new window
Key contacts
Acas: Acas runs training sessions on a wide range of employment topics. Many of these are specially designed for smaller businesses. Tel: 08457 47 47 47 Website: www.acas.org.uk - Opens in a new window Learndirect: Learndirect can offer you free advice on courses, careers, funding and childcare. Search through 936,468 courses throughout the UK. Tel: 0800 100 900 Website: www.learndirect-advice.co.uk - Opens in a new window Investors in people: The Investors in People Standard is a business improvement tool designed to advance an organisation?s performance through its people. It is flexible enough to apply to any organisation and sets a standard for good practice in matching what people can do and are motivated to do, with what the organisation needs them to do.
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Resources
Find out if you are elgible for any grants or support on our Grants and Support Directory website - Opens in a new window Find a professional body or trade association using our contacts directory - Opens in a new window Find a business support organisation using our contacts directory - Opens in a new window Find a sector skills councils for your specific industry at the Skills for business website - Opens in a new window Read the employer's guide to training providers on the Learning and & Skills Council website - Opens in a new window Read guidance on 360-degree appraisals on the Chartered Institute of Management Institute Management website - Opens in a new window Find details of regional and local organisations on the British Chambers of Commerce website - Opens in a new window See which organisations participate in networking on the Higher Education and Research Opportunities website - Opens in a new window Read about e-learning and search for e-learning providers on the e-learning centre website - Opens in a new window Read about mentoring on the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation website - Opens in a new window Locate workplace training or seminars in your area on the Acas website - Opens in a new window Related guidance on businesslink.gov.uk
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Skills and training for directors and owners - Opens in a new window How to find a training provider / course - Opens in a new window Control staff turnover - Opens in a new window Create a written statement of employment - Opens in a new window Recruiting and interviewing - Opens in a new window Meet the need for work-life balance - Opens in a new window Benefits of flexible working - Opens in a new window Taking on staff - the options - Opens in a new window Prevent discrimination and value diversity - Opens in a new window Identifying and managing risks to your business - Opens in a new window Prepare a business plan - Opens in a new window
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