Why Management development is crucial

A title is just a title unless trained and skilled in the arts required of your role – To manage!

Management development is vital in all businesses, but none so much as within Learning & Development. Within our L&D sector especially, we must ensure that management development is at the forefront of the business growth strategy, it must be engaging and should be ongoing!


Competent, experienced managers are critical to employee engagement and wellbeing, as well as for the overall success of the business. You cannot build robust businesses or employee relationships without exceptional management heading things up and leading from the front.


Why is management development so important you may ask?

Management development is important if your business is to be proactive and thrive. Training and development opportunities increase employee retention and motivate employees, resulting in a knowledge and driven workforce and this is from the top down and the bottom up. Master this and your business model will succeed.


“Put bluntly - Developing your managements capabilities, and business knowledge by supporting them with development opportunities is absolutely essential to the success of your business!”


So, as a business leader, if you feel that your management teams are lacking, or perhaps in need of training and development, do not sit back and ignore the misalignment. Strategies can be put in place with relative ease by experts in the field and the results will usually be almost instantaneous.


What should be included in a positive and progressive management development strategy?


1. Teaching the management and development of others

2. Applying effective management techniques

3. Developing management confidence and strategy

4. Interpersonal skills including communicating effectively and emotional intelligence

5. Inspiring influencing, and again confidence

6. Honing your managers strong negotiation skills

7. Showing them how to support team health and wellbeing

8. Boosting inclusion and diversity in the team and the workplace


If you are in L&D I have some great contact who may be able to help you with designing management training for your business.

Talk to me today if you need access to my little black book of L&D contacts!


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