What is an outsourced Employee Development Director?
Has your business grown to a size where you now need some more formal strategies and processes around how you develop your people, your teams and your organisation structure?
As your outsourced Employee Development Director I'll bring expertise in organisation and employee development to your business, but without the overhead of a permanent employee.
I'll build a long term relationship with your business, understand its context and become a valuable member of your senior team by providing direct support.
I'll bring best practice to the design and pragmatic implementation of development strategies, processes and solutions.
I can also work in partnership with your Human Resources (HR) professional or team to provide them with extra capacity and capability when they need it.
How does The Employee Development Director Package work?
The Employee Development Director Package provides you and your business with flexible support and access to specialist advice, guidance and expertise for a fixed monthly fee.
At the start of the package, I'll provide an initial 'Get to know you' session where I'll understand your business, meet your key people and understand your specific needs, wants and goals from our partnership.
I'll then provide monthly support, the focus of which will be agreed depending on what's important to you at the time. A number of areas could be worked on each month.
The Employee Development Director Package will be delivered using a mix of on-site and virtual support.
The standard package will consist of eight hours of support a month for three or six months (other options can be agreed).
Some examples of areas I can help with as your outsourced Employee Development Director
Employee Development strategy definition
Employee Development processes and implementation
Training and Development Needs Analysis
Training planning and budgeting
Identifying development solutions and interventions
Talent identification and succession management
Design and facilitation of events
Designing and delivering training sessions
Facilitating improvement workshops
Strategic Workforce Planning
Resourcing strategies
Organisation structure and role design
Organisation development and change management
Performance Management strategies and processes
Creating and embedding your vision and values
Employee engagement and communication
Being an independent sounding board for ideas
Coaching of leadership team members
What others say
"Andrew was an excellent sounding board, operated with complete integrity and I valued his support. His style is very collaborative and he gained the respect of everyone in the team during the time we worked together. Andrew has a high level of commitment, is well organised and consistently delivers."
"2019 was a whirlwind of a year - I went from being an employee of The Willoughby Book Club to being a co-director with only three months to get my head around the idea. Throw in a fire that destroyed our previous premises just before we took over (meaning a move to new premises), well, it was a fairly stressful start to the year! While I knew my job within the company and the framework of how it operated, when it came to heading a company and being responsible for 9 employees, along with venturing into business ownership with a close friend, I was a complete novice and felt a huge sense of imposter syndrome. Through the LLEP my business partner and I were introduced to Andrew Deighton and after an initial meeting decided to commit to 6 months of support from AWD Development Solutions. Throughout our time with Andrew he helped us enormously; from support with writing business goals and strategy planning, to team building, growth and personal development, I benefitted hugely from my sessions with Andrew and feel his help in creating a stronger and more stable workplace has been invaluable. It was with sadness we said goodbye to Andrew at the end of our 6 months, but I am confident we will continue to build on the skills he has given us and that we will work together again at some point in the future.
Thank you Andrew!"
“I worked with Andrew over a number of years and in a variety of roles at Rolls-Royce. Allied to strong interpersonal skills and a collaborative approach, I benefited from and valued his expertise, advice and support in the areas of organisational change, employee / team development and high potential talent management.”
Call Andrew on 07769 726556 or email andrew@awddevelopmentsolutions.com
to discuss your requirements and book your workshop.