Learning and Development

East Midlands Councils is committed to supporting local authorities in the East Midlands, particularly on learning and development. Using internal and external expertise East Midlands Councils provides training and development opportunities to both members and officers. From focused sessions such as chairing skills and minute taking to full scale accredited leadership development programmes, East Midland Councils supports authorities to build the skills and capacity of their employees.

Learning and Development support

East Midlands Councils is committed to providing learning and development support to local authorities in the East Midlands.  We support local authorities in a number of ways. 

• We hold sessions open to all local authorities (a list of the sessions held over the last year can be found below).
• We deliver tailored support to individual authorities across a range of subjects (such as Performance Management training).
• We support partnership approaches to learning and development by delivering learning and development programmes (such as Councillor Development programmes).
• We help authorities identify learning and development solutions to meet their needs and help authorities to identify the appropriate trainer/facilitator.
• We provide regional programmes such as Leadership, Coaching and Mentoring and Action Learning Facilitation Skills.

If you would like more information about how East Midlands Councils can help support your learning and development needs please call Lisa Bushell, Learning and Development Advisor on 01664 502 640 OR Kirsty Lowe, Learning and Development Advisor on 01664 502 637.

Learning and Development events held over the last year

Below is a list of learning and development events held over the last year, if you interested any of these events or others, please call Lisa Bushell, Learning and Development Advisor on 01664 502 640 or Kirsty Lowe, Learning and Development Advisor on 01664 502 637. 

• Employment Law
• Chairing skills
• Influencing skills
• Negotiation skills
• NLP Coaching
• NLP Taster session
• NLP Practitioners
• Performance management
• Reviewing Terms and Conditions
• The role of the Civic Head and team
• Organisation Developmentment
• Art of Being Brilliant
• Report Writing Skills
• Mediation Skills
• Leading Change Management