Training with Energy
Wed, January 07, 2009
Following a competitive pitch, training and development company, Instep UK, has been appointed as the partner for General Business Skills delivery for RWE npower.
RWE npower is a leading integrated UK energy company and is part of the RWE Group, one of Europe’s leading energy providers. RWE npower supplies gas and electricity to residential and business customers through its retail business npower, and they operate and manage flexible portfolio of coal, oil and gas-fired power stations.
With over 11,000 employees across 60 sites in the UK, Instep has been tasked to deliver a series of one and two-day workshops across the whole organisation that focus on core skills such as Coaching & Mentoring, Presentations, Business & Report Writing, Introduction to Financial Management, Negotiation, Managing Projects and Leadership & Team Building.
Mel Flood, Client Manager at Instep and responsible for managing the RWE npower account, said: “We have worked with RWE npower since 2002 on a number of projects and are delighted to have been selected as their preferred partner for delivering General Business Skills workshops as part of their core curriculum agenda.
One of our key focuses at Instep is to ensure that businesses deliver both a time and cost-effective training solution. Following a review at RWE npower, we have already recommended that a number of their existing two-day workshops are reduced to one-day by using Accelerated Learning techniques, making savings in the short and long term”, she adds.
Jamie Mowat, then Head of Corporate Learning and Development at RWE npower, said of the appointment: “We are delighted to be working with Instep as L&D partner for our business skills core curriculum. Instep’s refreshing approach, combined with their technical insight and understanding of how people learn, has impressed us and together we look forward to driving forward the people development agenda and equipping our employees with the skills and capabilities required to meet the ever changing challenges our business faces in the future.”
The workshops started on 7th January 2009 and continued to be scheduled every month over the next two years. Due to the excellent work we have been doing this contract has since been extended to April 2012.
