Case Studies

2011 Center for Creative Leadership - Leadership Development programmes

Five members of the collaborative team are associate faculty members of CCL EMEA in Brussels. This year leadership programmes have been facilitated for a number of global clients of CCL. These programmes have been run in Europe, Scandinavia, Egypt, China, Singapore, South Africa and the USA. All of the programmes include elements on self awareness, leading in times of transition, leading through change, and developing a personal leadership brand.

More information about the pioneer research and work of the Center for Creative Leadership can be found at www.ccl.org

2011 MDS Graduate Development Programme

Successful participants are awarded with the Post Graduate Certificate in Food and Fresh Produce Management from Harper Adams University College. Matthew and some of the team manage and facilitate a large part of this programme with MDS and Harper Adams.

Matthew has been part of this programme since 1997, facilitating the week-long business simulation programme and the negotiation training. Following the two-year programme, many of the graduates go on to hold senior management positions in the UK fresh produce industry.

More information about MDS Ltd can be found at www.mds-ltd.co.uk

2011 Berryworld

Following the successful team development programme last autumn, the Technical team at Berryworld spent a day last month on Collaboration and Influencing. With the team size increasing to 18 and more demands made upon it by internal and external colleagues, developing the ability to collaborate across the whole supply chain at Berryworld is seen as a top priority. Using the Collaboration Game® as a means of helping the team develop strategies for building value in the business, a number of new initiatives have been introduced by the Technical team to build collaboration across the business. The programme also included some practical activities to develop influencing skills - an increasingly fundamental part of managing across boundaries. Further development of the Technical team at Berryworld is being planned for later this year.

More information about Berrworld can be found at www.berryworld.co.uk