Faced with skills gaps among managers, Brett Martin needed to provide a robust development program to support their managers in becoming highly effective in their roles. Brett Martin knew that they required external expertise to implement a long-term solution. By partnering with Discovery, experts in training and development, Brett Martin successfully upskilled their managers, increased productivity and aided employee retention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After making an internal promotion, Brett Martin identified the need to develop their newly-appointed manager. The employee had limited management experience and had a challenge on their hands after the previous manager had left the existing team with some difficulties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The manager was very effective at the functional elements of the role, however, they had lower competency with certain soft skills \u2013 in particular modifying their leadership and management style to suit the audience. They also hadn\u2019t undertaken much strategic responsibility previously, so this was an area that the Managing Director of the company was keen for them to develop in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As the manager\u2019s development areas were negatively impacting the progression and development of the whole team, Brett Martin recognized that they required support from external expertise to deliver a long-term solution to address the manager\u2019s skills gaps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n