Motivating people is a key leadership role and what better way is there in motivating your employees than developing them?
This is a subject that is close to the heart of two of the region’s leading training providers who have joined forces to form a partnership to advance the skills of people at all levels in the construction industry.
AccXel is the new Construction Skills Accelerator Centre, which is co-funded by family construction firm K W Bell Group and almost £2 million from the Government’s Getting Building Fund, awarded via GFirst LEP.
AccXel and QuoLux™, the leadership development specialists, have created Skill Steps©, a new program which defines a pathway for individuals entering or progressing through the construction industry.
“We are delighted to have QuoLux™ as a partner in such an exciting initiative. Their experience and insights into people development were instrumental in the formation of the Skill STEPS© program and to have their facilitators delivering the Personal Development modules on levels 3, 4 and 5 is incredible,” announces Nicola Bird, Founder and Managing Director of AccXel.
Jo Draper, Director of QuoLux™ comments, “It truly is a privilege to be partners with AccXel and work alongside Nicola and the team. There is such energy, enthusiasm and engagement surrounding this excellent initiative. We fully support their vision to develop people at all levels and help create a conveyor belt of talent for companies in the construction sector. This will be a key part for employers in motivating people at all levels. We look forward to delivering the first leadership, management and teamwork sessions in early 2022.”
Nicola continues, “There are five levels to Skill STEPS© from trainees and new employees at level 1 through to skilled trade people at level 2, team leaders at level 3, senior site supervisors at level 4, and site managers at level 5.
“The Skill STEPS© program provides the opportunity to develop a career. It allows individuals to build upon knowledge as they work their way up the STEPS©, gaining the confidence, self-belief and self-awareness required to safely and successfully work on site and develop the skills to lead and manage a construction site.
“We believe it's important that we offer such a breadth in skill levels. For example, the focus of STEP 1 is on youngsters in school considering entering the construction sector. STEP 1 will provide a vital bridge for school leavers into construction. We are proud of our in-house Careers Liaison team who are working with local schools.
“At the other end of the scale, our partnership with QuoLux™ will advance lifelong learning as people at STEP 5 can progress onto their LEADlight management development program if they and their employers are looking to develop their organisations and invest further in them becoming better leaders and managers.
“The new AccXel training centre will welcome its first students in February 2022. We are already receiving many enquiries from a diverse range of companies about sending their team leaders and supervisors onto STEP 3. That is another reason we’re so pleased we are working with QuoLux™ as our clients will immediately be benefiting from their industry leading training.”
We wish AccXel every success and look forward to working with them and all their clients on STEPS 3 – 5.
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