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Management Training from Mitchell Phoenix – Low Cost High Value The management training provided by Mitchell Phoenix is some of the most effective management training that you will find anywhere in the world. It creates immediate measurable business results and leaves managers with a hugely improved ability to make a difference. This goes for the CEO, the board, right down to the supervisors. Why does Mitchell Phoenix management training make such an impact? The management training programs take place over the course of six months and are run by inspirational business leaders who understand how to motivate managers to change the way they think and operate. Managers attend seminars one day per month and then put solutions and ideas into practice back at work. There are immediate results that can be measured from the first day, results that may never have been possible wi... (more)

Sustainability in Business – What Does It Mean?

Sustainability is an increasingly common term in today's world. It is most widely used to communicate goals around ‘saving the planet', renewable energy and feeding the Earth's population. The concept of sustainability refers to the ability to maintain balance of a certain process or state in any system and is central to studies of ecological and biological systems. If we see business as an organism and start to explore sustainability as an overarching goal we will find that this idea has been around for hundreds of years. At Mitchell Phoenix we often ask people to consider  ‘What... (more)

Successful Management Development Depends on Four Things

When choosing a leadership development programme, one may encounter courses which promise “facilitation by experts.” The experts will have a background in a particular industry, and will draw on this background as they develop managers from the same industry on their programme. In this way, ex civil-servants will train other civil servants, ex manufacturing directors will instil leadership and management disciplines in those working in manufacturing, ex-lawyers will develop other lawyers, and ex IT professionals will inculcate “soft skills” in current IT professionals. When the d... (more)

Management Development or How to Make a Soufflé

The Four Pillars of Successful Management Development Pillar 3: Structure You are choosing a management development programme for yourself or others in your organisation. Of all the factors you take into consideration – the cost, the content, whether the course is residential or not, whether you’ll be able to swim and sauna before the gourmet evening meal at the venue –probably the last thing to cross your mind will be the structure of the programme. Of course, you might discount a week-long programme on the basis that you can’t afford the time out of the office (or alternatively y... (more)

When Vision does not Equal Reality, Innovate

Mitchell Phoenix believe that organisations should Govern Change, which means anticipating and responding actively and flexibly to the changing circumstances in which businesses operate. In doing so, companies create an advantageous, profitable future for themselves. Blind adherence to past processes and procedures, failure to ask searching questions about our business and the environment in which it exists, and unwillingness to really listen to those around us are all factors which can prevent us from Governing Change successfully. In Innovation and Entrepreneurship Peter Drucke... (more)