Focusrite plc is a global music and audio products group that develops and markets proprietary hardware and software products. Used by audio professionals and amateur musicians alike, its solutions facilitate the high-quality production of recorded and live sound.
When Focusrite Audio Engineering approached TrainingU in 2016, they had recently experienced a period of enormous growth, becoming a £50 million turnover business. Throughout this growth phase, they had retained the existing Directors and Senior Management team, and as the business continued to grow and diversify, these managers were facing new challenges as they were driving the business to the next level.
Focusrite were keen to take this opportunity to support the learning and development needs of the Directors and Senior Management team, ensuring they were equipped with the capabilities required to maintain the continuing growth levels in the changing business environment.
In order to support Focusrite with their development needs, we created a competency matrix that would enable a full learning needs analysis to be conducted. We designed and facilitated a 360-feedback evaluation on each of the directors based on the matrix, and held half day interview sessions with them on both the matrix and their 360-feedback. A report was then presented back to the board on each director’s focus areas and the business’ key learning priorities.
As a direct result of our recommendations we:
Following our development work, we conducted interviews with each of the board of directors to discuss and explore the behaviour changes that had occurred both within themselves and their team.
The management team also took the initiative to set up a management forum, to connect regularly outside day to day activities, and build on what they learnt. The key impacts were a significantly perceived increase in Employee Engagement from Middle Management, and much improved communication departmentally.
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“There are many training companies around these days, and our main aim was to find one which could work with us, not just provide a slide show training session.
We’ve been working with TrainingU for over 2 yrs now, on a combination of tailored Management and Effectiveness training modules, delivered in house to provide the opportunity to as many people as possible. We wanted the training to be a fit with our culture and values, and being able to work with Jo to tailor the material to fit with our needs, was vital for this.
Besides relevant content, I believe one of the keys to a successful training session is the ability and style of the trainer. It was great to find someone who can quickly read a room, and adapt the approach, tone, and pace, to make it relevant and engaging for whoever is attending. TrainingU have provided a great platform, from which Jo has successfully provided training to almost every member of the company, at all levels.”
Simon Holt – Engineering Director, Focusrite Audio Engineering Limited
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