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Rhema Appointed by Luxfer Gas Cylinders

Rhema has been appointed by Luxfer Gas Cylinders, part of the worldwide Luxfer Group, to design, create and deliver a global management development programme.

A pilot programme is currently being run at their Nottingham site prior to roll out in Europe, the USA and the Far East.

Jeremy Francis, CEO of Rhema Group Commented:

“Luxfer Gas Cylinders is a world class manufacturing organisation dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in every area of its operations. It is no surprise therefore it would want to equip its managers globally with the most up to date leadership and management practices. We at Rhema feel it a privilege to have been appointed for the design and creation of this global programme”.

Rhema Delivers 'Influencing Without Authority' to Public Health Specialists

Rhema delivers 'Influencing Without Authority' training to Public Health specialists in London. Designed to enable Public Health specialists to fully optimise their influence in today’s constantly changing and complex health care environment the programme has received extremely positive feedback from attendees who view it as a vitally important programme for all Public Health Specialists.

Jeremy Francis, CEO of Rhema Group Commented:

“Public Health Professionals have always played a key role in the design, creation and roll out of key public health initiatives in the UK. Their influencing role is key to the success of these initiatives. The programme we developed in conjunction with PHAST is designed to enhance and grow the influencing skills of Public Health professional so that they can effectively influence key stakeholders in situations which they do not have direct authority of over these people. The response to this training initiative has been very positive indeed and I am delighted that Rhema was chosen for this important training initiative”.

Laboratory of the Government Chemist

LGC (Laboratory of the Government Chemist) commissioned Rhema to create and deliver a Consultative Selling programme for their field based sales staff selling.

The training has been well received and it is anticipated that it will make a real difference to the sales success of its field based sales staff as well as its office based customer service staff.

Jeremy Francis, CEO of Rhema Group Commented:

“LGC’s products are both highly technical and sophisticated. To sell them effectively requires a high degree of technical and product knowledge as well as in-depth understanding of the customer’s needs. This is what we focussed on in the training. The emphasis was very much on Consultative Selling versus product selling, with the emphasis on building solutions in conjunction with customers. It proved to be a great success”.

Rhema Group Launches Online Knowledge Assessment Tool

Rhema group is pleased to announce the launch of an online Knowledge Assessment Tool called Knowledge Builder.

With the increasing need of organisations to ensure that all employees/ members have the required standard of knowledge relating to regulatory issues, internal policies/ procedures, best operating practice and product/ service features this tool not only enables organisations to test employees’ knowledge on specific topics, it also provides access to a wealth of learning and development materials which employees can use to fill knowledge gaps.

Jeremy Francis, CEO of Rhema Group, commented –

"This is a very exciting new development for us as a global training solutions provider. We can not only provide instructor led programmes, training webinars and online training and personal development resources we can now also enable organisations to be able to truly measure and improve their people’s knowledge levels – critical to success in today’s highly competitive and regulated environment".

The portal is fully customised and is web-based. It is enormously scaleable making it a powerful knowledge management tool.

Public Health Wales

Rhema Group was asked to run a one-day 'Influencing Without Authority' course for Public Heath Professionals in Wales.

Jeremy Francis, CEO of Rhema Group, commented –

"The environment in which Public Health Professionals need to operate today is one that is complex, involves working in partnership with many different constituencies, and one that requires a truly interdependent way or working. The course was designed to enable Public Health Professionals to successfully lead and influence without authority in this environment, and to enable their voice to be properly heard in the world of Public Health".

The course was ranked extremely highly by all participants and will be repeated again in the Summer of 2011.

Rhema Group begin supplying Fort Hill Company products

Rhema Group is proud to announce that it has been approved to begin supplying Fort Hill Company products in the U.K.

USA based Fort Hill Company (www.forthillcompany.com) offers a comprehensive suite of products and services that ensure that an organisation’s training and development programs generate meaningful and measurable results.

At the core of their approach is the Six Disciplines™ Methodology, the first truly comprehensive approach to the design, delivery and measurement of corporate learning programs.  The Six Disciplines complement and extend traditional instructional design models by including the temporal and environmental factors that can truly make or break the impact of any training program.

The research behind the Six Disciplines revealed that the seeds of training success or failure are planted before the training itself begins,  so Fort Hill produced Getting Your Money’s Worth from Training and Development—a practical guide for managers and participants on how to prepare and to get the most from training.

At the request of their clients, they have created an interactive online version called How to Get Your Money’s Worth from Training and Development.  This two-part, LMS-compatible course facilitates the learner-manager dialogue pre- and post-program that research has shown is critical for learning transfer.  A companion program—Learning as Competitive Edge—makes the case for the strategic value of learning and helps create a more favourable transfer climate.

Because great learning leads to great results only when it is transferred and applied to the work of the organization, Fort Hill developed the first, practical, wide-scale Follow-Through Management® system, Results Engine®.    This solves the learning transfer problem, the weakest link in training and development.

Kathy Granger, Executive Vice President of Fort Hill Company, commented on their new relationship with Rhema Group – “We are delighted to collaborate with Rhema and its clients on improving and proving the business impact of learning from Rhema’s suite of training and development programs. 

Jeremy Francis, CEO of Rhema Group commented- “In our view Fort Hill’s products are quite simply the best in the world at ensuring the learning gained on training programs is transferred into the workplace with measurable business results. We see their suite of products as being an essential add-on to the products and services we supply. In future we can really help keep our clients calculate measureable business results in the area of training – a really important value added offering.”

Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press addresses global training challenge using Rhema Group's Training Webinars

Cambridge University Press, leaders in the provision of English Language Tuition products throughout the world were looking for a way to equip their Managers around the world with the necessary leadership and management skills to build high performing teams across their different locations.

Having seen Rhema Group's training webinar demonstration on Coaching and Mentoring skills it has decided to embark on the roll out of a full suite of soft skills training using Rhema Group’s training webinars.

Barbara Charlton, Cambridge University Press Sales Director, commented – "Having seen the power of Rhema's training webinars it seemed a natural next step to employ these more fully in the roll out of our training and development plans. Feedback from participants has been excellent and it suits them to undertake these bite size sessions from their own locations but still be able to interact with their counterparts from around the world. As a global operation this approach meets our needs perfectly."

Jeremy Francis, CEO of Rhema Group, commented – "The use of webinars for training is growing all the time, particularly within global organisations. Using this technology we are able to create lively, interactive and highly practical training sessions delivered to delegates anywhere in the world at the same time. This encourages people to form learning communities and share their experiences, a very important element in growing a learning organisation which Cambridge University Press most certainly is".

Macmillan

International Publishing Group Macmillan now use an extensive range of our Bite Size Training Sessions which are being extremely well received.  Sharon Jervis, Head of Publishing  for Macmillan commented:“Rhema’s wide range of 2 hour Bite Size Training Sessions ideally suit our staff who increasingly find it difficult to be away from their work for too long.  These highly practical sessions have proved a very cost effective way of training large numbers of our staff.”

Birmingham Royal Ballet

“Birmingham Royal Ballet wanted to develop the skills of a wide variety of their staff in the areas of Face to Face Communication Skills, Handling Difficult Conversations and Stress Management.  We put together a powerful one day course covering all three areas and those attending found the day thoroughly worthwhile",  Jeremy Francis CEO Rhema Group commented.

“This was the first time we used Rhema and I have to say we were extremely pleased with the quality of the training and the reactions of the course attendees.  They met our needs fully", Sam Howe HR Administrator commented.

Rhema Group MD writes global T&D article for HR Director.com
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Press Releases for 2008. To see older press releases, please see the archive for years 2007, 2006 and 2005

	Date: June 2008 Rhema Group appointed by the Higher Education Entrepreneurship Group (HEEG) to create case studies for teaching entrepreneurship
	Date: June 2008 Rhema Group to provide Interactive Learning Modules for Department of Health.
	Date: May 2008 Rhema Group MD addresses high profile Dubai HR Conference and Expo.
	Date: January 2008 Rhema Group provides online Learning and Development Resources to speed up creation of Personal Development Materials.
	Date: January 2008 Rhema Group and Carbon 360 jointly supply important performance management and measurement benefits for radio technology market leader Sepura
	Date: January 2008 University Challenge: Rhema Group helps Cambridge University Press reach business goals through Leadership and Management

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