Footprint has been recognised in this year’s annual Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) awards for a programme that has helped almost 700 people across the UK enhance their existing leadership skills.

Footprint worked in partnership with our client, Home Group, to develop and deliver the Lead to Transform programme–which won the ‘Developing People’ award at the North East CIPD awards last week. Home is one of the UK’s largest providers of affordable housing and care and support services.

The Footprint team helped Home beat off stiff competition from organisations including one of Northumberland’s biggest employers to win.  Home was looking for a programme that would help its leaders understand the type of leadership required in the organisation; give them confidence in leading teams and people through change and uncertainty; equip them with coaching skills and develop versatility in their leadership by exposing them to different leadership styles.

We worked closely with the in-house People Management and Development team team to conceive, develop and deliver a two-day programme to approximately 700 leaders across the UK over seven months.  The programme was very practical, giving people tools and techniques to enable them to drive the best performance from their teams.

Susan Coulson, Home’s Director of People Management and Development, said: “We’re delighted to have won this award as we’ve put in a lot of hard work. We firmly believe that the Lead to Transform programme has made a big difference to our workforce as well as the customers and clients who we serve. Everyone involved has responded magnificently and it has made a massive contribution towards the transformation of the organisation.

“The team at Footprint helped us develop a programme that was very practical, giving opportunities for people to practise new skills and bring ‘real life’ scenarios to the course which they could then go back and implement in their day-to-day roles.”  

For more information about this story, please contact Mandy Holloway at Footprint Learning & Development on 07773 808217 or email mandy@footprintdevelopment.com.