InDepth Director, Fiona Murie has successfully completed a twelve month interim management role with Wakefield and District Housing (WDH).

WDH is a Registered Social Landlord and is the largest single housing stock transfer organisation, responsible for over 31,000 homes. Fiona worked with the Audit Commission 3 star rated organisation to lead their ambitious people focused change programme titled ‘Shaping our Future’. She later added responsibility for heading the Organisational Development (OD) Team and has now completed her assignment.

Fiona said “the initial requirement was to organise and launch the two-year programme within four months and hand it over to a newly recruited team. In addition, following a restructure, I then assumed the role of Service Director - Organisational Development for a further eight months”.

Fiona added “The programme comprises of four projects and aims to build a workforce capable of responding to a challenging agenda and included all aspects of leadership, management and organisational development. It affects a diverse workforce of 1,400 employees and focuses on attracting and keeping the right people, grading and paying people accordingly, working more efficiently and flexibly, and simplifying HR and payroll processes,”

As demand for our Consultancy Skills Training and Qualification programme continues to grow, so does our need for first class, experienced consultants and trainers. We are therefore delighted to announce that David Rigby FIBC, CMC, BSc will be joining our team as an Associate Consultancy Trainer. David is fun, lively, vastly experienced - he is a Fellow of the Institute of Business Consulting and also a Certified Management Consultant. He is a very welcome addition to the InDepth team whom we are sure you will enjoy working with.

We are pleased to announce more dates for our Certificate in Management Consulting Essentials Programme in both the South West Region and the North West Regions.

In The South West we will be using the lovely Leigh House, Leigh Road, Bradford on Avon to deliver the CMCO course. The next two dates with available places are 17, 19-20 March inclusive and 11-13 May inclusive.

In the North West we will be in Golborne, Warrington and the dates for the CMCO courses there are 1 - 3 April inclusive and 1-3 June inclusive.

People Development Works Limited is an established business and training consultancy based in Nottingham in the East Midlands. They are also one of a minority of business and training consultancies that are able to offer to clients their own meetings and training venue. We are thrilled to have formed a partner relationship with PDW to deliver all of our Consultancy qualification programmes in the East Midlands.

Our Consultancy Skills Training Programmes Availability for 2009 is now available and include either workshop based, distance learning based or a combination of the two for both the Certificate and Diploma qualifications

Following discussions and feedback with our previous clients we have refined our qualifications programmes to make them even more accessible and relevant for business professionals. We have now created a blended programme that incorporates an element of on line distance learning followed by a three day practical, highly interactive workshop. This allows greater flexibility for delegates to work at their own pace in completing their on line learning and minimises the amount of time spent out of the office. The workshop then combines all of the practical elements of the programme, is great for networking, sharing knowledge and experience as well as time for experimenting with a wide range of tools and techniques.