An award-winning Midlands accountancy firm has launched a Leadership and Management Programme to help 12 members of staff develop their careers and learn new skills.
Prime Accountants Group, which has offices in Birmingham, Solihull and Coventry, are implementing the course to enhance the skills of Prime’s team members and prepare them to take on bigger responsibilities in the future.
The programme, led by CAPE Coaching and Development, will cover a wide range of topics, including strategic planning, effective communication, decision-making, and team management.
Taking on this new professional challenge in the first year will be individuals from a cross-selection of assistant managers, managers and senior managers.
Morgan Davies, Director at Prime and the one who is spearheading the programme, said: “This will be a 12-month programme and the plan is to have it running yearly, with a new cohort each year.
“The board will be supplying the training provider with current, real-life leadership and management scenarios we face here at Prime, so we can all learn and grow from real-life situations rather than off-the-shelf text books and literature.
“The course will consist of six full days of face-to-face workshops, which will be held in our new Birmingham office, an online platform for cohort collaboration, 1-2-1 coaching and personality profiling.
“We are committed to investing in our team members’ development and are extremely excited about what this new programme brings to the firm,”
The first seminar took place on 28 March, at Prime’s Birmingham office, where the team outlined the training programme and what the 12 employees could expect from the course.
Emma Abbotts, Senior Manager in the Audit & Accounts Department who is taking part in the Leadership and Management Programme, said: “This programme will be a big step forward in my career and will be pivotal in helping me to reach my goals and upskill within the workplace.
“The directors here at Prime have consistently shown an interest in helping me and my colleagues grow and develop in our roles. I’ve been at Prime for seven years and it’s this supportive culture that is one of the key drivers for my continued commitment to the company.”
Following the first seminar, Emma said: “In just two hours I really felt like I learnt so much about my colleagues that I never knew before. I am really looking forward to the programme and think it will be extremely beneficial.
“I was very optimistic coming into the meeting and the team at Cape made us all feel at ease from the start which I think allowed us all to feel comfortable.”
Lynsey Kitching, co-founder and director of Cape Coaching and Development said: “The energy and enthusiasm from the first cohort in their launch workshop was fantastic. We’re really looking forward to getting to know the team and support them in the great work they do for their clients.”
This programme is just one of many ways Prime consistently looks to invest in its team, with flexible-working available for those who ask and an ongoing stream of charity events and fundraisers throughout the year to bring comradery and a positive workplace culture.
