Latest: New research shows public sector managers struggle to manage change, bureaucracy, poor performance and office politics (Feb 08).

Latest: New research shows competent managers are the best option to tackle staff poor performance issues in organisations (Jan 08).

Latest: New Institute of Leadership and Management Chief Executive Penny De Valk wants to see an end to 'mediocre management' in the UK (Jan 08).

Latest: Our latest research White Paper 'Developing for the Future' shows Northamptonshire employers see Employee Engagement and Leadership Development as key to future success (Jan 08).

Latest: The Pathways Group has acheived the East Midlands Development Agency (EMDA) Quality Assured Provider Status, recognising our professional approach to working with regional clients (Jan 08).

Our management development programmes for St John Ambulance have been featured in the Northamptonshire Chamber In Business magazine for October/November (Oct 07).

Is your organisation suffering from 'boreout'?. The Times identifies this new office disease and says that 15% of staff and managers may already be sufferers (Sept 07).

30 volunteers from St John Ambulance are studying a flexible evening and weekend programme with us, leading to ILM qualifications in Team Leading and First Line Management (Jun 07)

A Personnel Today article says that rather than aspire to leadership or strategic thinking, managers must first get trained in the essential management skills their people know they lack. (May 07)
 
More leadership development programmes in the Public Sector could save millions says a Sunday Times article (May 07).

Pathways Director Bernard Genge ran his first London Marathon on Sunday 21 April, completing in a very respectable 3:34 on one of the hottest recorded marathon days. Well done Bernard! (Apr 07).

Development of our unique residential development centre, an 18th century water mill in Almeria in Spain, continues with first groups now being programmed for 2008 (Apr 07).

Our Team Leader Development Programme for leading performance enhancement and motivation company BI Worldwide has completed and we have been asked to provide further work on Effective Line Management and an Internal Mentoring programme (Apr 07).

We provided a Team Development Day for the Special Educational Needs Unit of Wiltshire County Council, a restructured 20 strong team organising specialist education for children with special needs. We delivered a practical day covering change, team development and empowerment to set direction after a change period and action plan for future progress. Read case study (Apr 07).

We have developed an exciting new opportunity for Healthcare professionals who completed the Leading an Empowered Organisation (LEO) programme to upgrade to an ILM Level 3 Introductory Certificate in First Line Management. Download the overview flyer, an ILM guide or contact us for more details (Apr 07).

We are delighted to announce a specialised partnership with dg Anti-Fraud Consultants Ltd, international experts in Fraud Management, Corporate Governance, and Company Fraud Health. The DG team work actively with public and private sector organisations and will provide specialised input to our executive programmes (Apr 07). 

Pathways Directors Paul Bedwell and Chris Malpass supported a fund raising lunch for The Challenger Trust on 8 March. The Trust raises funds for disadvantaged inner city teenagers to experience outdoor expeditions in the UK and overseas. The Pathways team will also be at the Outdoors Show on 17 March (Mar 07). 

New report says 'useless middle management' paralyses organisations and costs the UK £220bn in lost productivity (Mar 07).

We are delighted that experienced Executive and Personal Performance Coach Maria Deacon-Viney has joined our Associate team. Using her experience of senior HR roles in diverse sectors and her coaching expertise, Maria will contribute to our executive and leadership programmes alongside work with her company, Remarkable Success (Mar 07).

Reports say UK must improve its management skills to compete in todays global market (Jan 07).

The Times featured the Seron area of Spain, the location for our residential development centre, in a 'Jewels of Spain' report. Read article (Jan 07).

Reports find Organisational Politics the biggest cause of stress for managers. Read about our unique development programme on this topic (Jan 07).