Quarter 1 has started off with brilliant news, a newly commissioned programme of delivery for the University of Huddersfield to deliver ‘Strategic Thinking in Higher Education’ as part of an ambitious programme of development for Senior Managers. This leads to a recognised qualification from the Chartered Management Institute. Head of Staff Development, Daniel Benton explains (more…)
Coaching for Results: Event with Professional Liverpool
We are delighted to be partnering with Professional Liverpool to deliver a FREE seminar on Monday 5th March (3pm to 5pm).
This explores the role of Coaching (and Mentoring) in helping staff deliver business results. The session will be run by John Drysdale and will be a chance to find out how you can coach more effectively and perhaps consider a role in Coaching and Mentoring through our ILM Programmes.
To reserve your place click here. (more…)
Nexus – The University of Leeds
News this week is we have been working with the team at Nexus based within the University of Leeds.
Nexus is a new hub to connect business and enterprise with world leading research and innovation within the University. The video below shows the state of the art facilities which will house high tech companies and create a collaborative space, developing a community which supports business growth in Leeds City Region. (more…)
Liverpool based training company, No Guru is ‘leading in learning’ as the ILM city region hub
North West employers now have access to professional development qualifications for management, team leaders and supervisory staff as Cotton Exchange based training company, No Guru becomes the Liverpool City Region hub for ILM accreditation.
University Contract extended for 2 Years
Leeds Beckett University relationship extended
We are delighted to announce our current contract to provide Staff Training and Team Building to Leeds Beckett University has been extended a further 2 years.
During the next academic year we will be running new programmes around:
- Strategic Thinking
- Leading Change
- Leading & Empowering People
- Working to Strengths
- Designing and Delivering Presentations
Additionally we will continue to work with Teams to deliver on the University Strategic Framework as well as completing our first ILM Level 5 Coaching & Mentoring programme for internal ‘Coaching Champions’.
We would like to thank People Development and everyone at Leeds Beckett for making it a great place to work.
No Guru receives Workplace Wellbeing Charter
We are delighted to secure the Workplace Wellbeing Charter which demonstrates our commitment to health, safety & wellbeing in the workplace. (more…)
Liverpool Loves: “Pitch Perfect”
MD John Drysdale opened the August 2016 Liverpool Loves Business festival at the Crowne Plaza, Liverpool with “Pitch Perfect” – strategies and tools for securing work – to a packed audience of aspirational business owners, start-ups and established business leaders.
The talk was extremely well received as John laid out the main themes; “Why” you do what you do and how to “Be” in selling your ideas and your brand.
Copies of the slides for Pitch Perfect can be found below.
No Guru is proud to support the Liverpool Loves project and wish them every success for next year.
New elearning courses coming soon
We are pleased to announce we have signed a deal with Videotile, a production company specialising in professional video based learning packages to be made available under the No Guru brand. (more…)
Lifetime ILM Approval for No Guru
We are delighted to announce we have received re-approval to deliver and administer ILM (Institute of Leadership & Management) Qualifications as an approved centre. This is now a “lifetime” approval and enables us to deliver :
- Leadership & Management Levels 3 and 5 (with a view to the new L7 award being added later)
- Coaching and Mentoring Levels 3, 5 and 7
We would like to thank our facilitators and internal quality assurance staff for helping to secure this as it is a measure of the quality of our work and our approach to development.
Looking forward to running more ILM programmes in the coming years.