Management & Leadership Development
An award winning people development programme, courses and free ebook specialising in Management & Leadership skills and ILM qualifications.
Ican Grow People is brought to you through Ican Development - A People Development Company
Ican Development are the winners for the Training Journal Peer Award 2010 following the highly successful I Can Grow People Team Leader Programme with NSL Services... thanks to the Training Team at NSL Services for making history...
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Training Programme Outline
FOR GENERAL DETAILS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMMES CLICK ON THE "TRAINING" TAB AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE
Below you'll find the outline for a comprehensive First Line Manager Development solution based on achieving the IGP "Platinum Award", linked with recognised Qualifiactions through the Institute of Leadership & Management. Of course, this is just one example and we will be more than pleased to discuss your individual needs... and design a programme matched to the learning needs of your plants.
If you like the look of it, then give us a call or drop a line and we'll be more than happy to discuss.
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Prize Blooms and Managing Vegetables
Prize vegetables relate to high performance and high potential employees…Continue
Tags: planning, succession, talent, managing
Started by Jason Stevens Aug 10, 2011.
Growtivate = Motivate - A grow-bag full of tips to energise people
To Growtivate your employees you will need to understand which things motivate…Continue
Tags: staff, engagement, motivating, factors, motivation
Started by Jason Stevens Aug 10, 2011.
Performance Management - Growth from Cuttings and Dead Heading!
The Garden Performance Management Technique is quite similar to the business one.Take a typical sunflower and think about how you would manage their performance over the summer. Assume they have a 6 month objective to achieve. You will therefore…Continue
Tags: smart, targets, goals, goal, objectives
Started by Jason Stevens Aug 10, 2011.
Change Happens! - Learning to master the Seasons, Tasks and People
Seasons change across the world and the business world changes just as much…Continue
Tags: with, dealing, managing, management, change
Started by Jason Stevens Aug 10, 2011.
Vision - What kind of Garden are you going to create?
Creating a vision is something that an effective gardener is very good at. They have no problem seeing into the future and visualising what their garden will look like, be like and feel like. They will jot it down a piece of paper, draw it out as a…Continue
Tags: i, people, can, visionary, leadership
Started by Jason Stevens Jan 10, 2011.
Plant Personality! Understanding the Thinkings Styles and Needs of your People...
Growing grass is easy… …growing some plants is not… Plants seem to have a bit more Purpose about them. People can’t be mass grown and treated all the same way. Garden management is about managing diversity and dealing with new challenges every…Continue
Tags: of, ican, grow, different, people
Started by Jason Stevens Jan 10, 2011.
Are you a decent Plant Manager? - Prune your skills here...
A gardener’s general behavioural style is one of nurture for the plant (people focused) balanced with a strong desire to complete tasks and achieve results (the gardening calendar or “To Do” list). Focus too much on one or the other and both will…Continue
Tags: growing, skills, manager, development, management
Started by Jason Stevens Oct 5, 2010.
Why are plants like people?
I have spent many years in Training and Development, helping, guiding and supporting managers to transform themselves into better managers.I have trained, facilitated, mentored and coached. I have in some cases manipulated and bribed people along…Continue
Started by Jason Stevens Oct 5, 2010.
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NEW BOOK - I Can Grow People (For Blooming Great Results!) - available NOW as a free download!!!
FREE FULL EBOOK DOWNLOAD AVAILABLE FROM 1st FEB 2011
Get your free copy of I Can Grow People (IGP) here for FREE!
Click on the link (above) to get a copy.
Ican Grow People (IGP for short) took 2 years of creative writing!
IGP helped me and my Learning & Development Company to design a Management Development Programme voted the most innovative in 2010 by L&D Peers through Training Journal Magazine
IGP is a management book unlike any other!
Download it, Read it, Share it and let me know how you get on with Growing your People to achieve GREAT RESULTS!
Kindest Regards - Happy People Growing...
Jason
Jason Stevens is the author of "I Can Grow People" and the owner / founder of Ican Development Ltd - A People Development Company specialising in Leadership & Management Development.
I Can Grow People is fast becoming the Prize Bloom of Development & the way to GROW Management Capability. And we are Training Journal Peer Award Finalists in 2010!
The Ultimate GrowBag!!!
People have asked us what are the 20 main modules that make up the ultimate IGP Programme. Well here they are...
Growbag 1 - Personality - How you impact on your plants
Growbag 2 - Culture & Climate - Creating the right atmosphere for your plants to survive
Growbag 3 - Vision and Planning - Don't just start digging, picture your ideal people garden
Growbag 4 - Creativity and Decision making - Learning how to improve sound judgment
Growbag 5 - Paths and Pathways - Providing structure and direction for everyone
Growbag 6 - Change - Mastering the ever changing seasons and weather conditions
Growbag 7 - Perf Mgt - Getting the best out of Prize Blooms and knowing when to compost!
Growbag 8 - Recruitment & Selection - Choosing the right seeds and plants for your garden
Growbag 9 - Induction - The management greenhouse - protecting in the early stages
Growbag 10 - Planning & Time Mgt - The essential gardening skill that is often overlooked
Growbag 11 - Communication Skills - The art of listening, observing and questioning
Growbag 12 - Communication Methods - Learning the pro's and con's of differing approaches
Growbag 13 - Training & Development -Supporting growth with management trellis
Growbag 14 - TAG (The Assertive Gardener) - Feel good about dealing with difficult people
Growbag 15 - Personal Effectiveness - Appreciating your good bits but not ignoring others
Growbag 16 - Talent Management - Managing super growers requires great skill
Growbag 17 - Growtivate! - Our look and take on what makes people yield more for you
Growbag 18 - Developing Teams - How would you get the best out of a team or gardeners?
Growbag 19 - Customer First - If you want a "Gold at Chelsea" what do you need to do?
Growbag 20 - Essential Top Tips - What are the 10 principles of management to get right?
These are the Top 20 Modules and Topics for Ican Grow People!
Remember that any IGP programme can be as long or as short as you wish and be delivered under licence or by us.
What do your managers need?
Blog Posts
Watering - It’s as simple as clean, clear and fresh communication
Effective Communication = Effective Watering
Effective communication is essential for any manager to get right just like the effective watering of a plant is essential for any great gardener. Plants can’t live without water and people can’t work or grow without communication - it’s as simple as that.
You may think that communicating with plants is a bit…
ContinuePosted by Jason Stevens on August 15, 2011 at 9:28
The right plants and seeds - selecting and recruiting for success
New blood v New Chlorophyll
What is your recruitment process and how does it compare to a gardener looking for new plants or a packet of seeds?
A Poor Manager in business may say…
“I need someone”, “get bums on seats!” or, “they are walking and breathing so that'll do for now”
A Poor Gardener in a Garden Centre…
ContinuePosted by Jason Stevens on August 15, 2011 at 9:18
Free Cuttings! Grab some top tips and shoots on how to improve the way you communicate with people.
Not Communication but Comm-pollination - spreading the nectar of rapport.
In the book we discussed how communication is an essential management tool that in Ican Grow People related to watering plants.
From sprinkler…
ContinuePosted by Jason Stevens on August 10, 2011 at 15:27
Tools! The essential things to have at hand that make managing people so much easier.
The essential things to have at hand which make managing people so much easier.
Gardeners know what tools to use and how to use them. They look after their tools, keep them clean and sharp and have them to hand ready for when they are needed.…
ContinuePosted by Jason Stevens on July 28, 2011 at 15:58
Are you a decent Plant Manager? - Some people gardening tips here to prune your skills.
Posted by Jason Stevens on January 10, 2011 at 11:06
IGP Training Overview
In here you will find some info on how IGP could help support your People Development agenda.
Or just click here to… Continue
Posted by Jason Stevens on August 13, 2009 at 11:00
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Posted by Jason Stevens on June 5, 2009 at 18:28
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Building the Induction Greenhouse
Participants on a recent IGP Programme got all creative whilst linking effective Induction Programmes with Garden Greenhouses... to see more great photos and find out more about the Induction Greenhouse...
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