De Lage Landen introduces project-management coaching
Netherlands-based global vendor-leasing organisation De Lage Landen has commissioned Rhema Group to provide formal project-management coaching for ten of its key project managers in Europe, as a follow-up to recent successful project-management training.
The coaching will take the form of bi-weekly sessions spread over four months. Delegates will be encouraged to identify general and specific issues surrounding the projects that they are currently running and how to implement their chosen project-management method. The coaching will also provide delegates with a practical opportunity to incorporate a wider range of project-management best practice.
The objectives will be to:
produce capable people to run successful projects;
implement project-management tools and techniques; and
build on the training investment.
Rob Clark, a member both of the Institute of Management Consultants and the Association for Project Managers, and a specialist in project management and project-support services for more than 15 years, will provide the coaching. It will deal with a wide range of issues, including many of the softer skills required to ensure that projects are delivered successfully. Additionally, work will be completed in real time, with direct input to the development of good project documentation on live projects.
Delegates will bring real project problems to the sessions, where possible solutions will be discussed for immediate implementation. Back-up telephone and e-mail support will be offered between the formal training sessions.
Rhema Group managing director Jeremy Francis said: “The growing importance of project management as a way of running a business optimally– by bringing together skilled and experienced people, who may be located at different sites or countries, and working in different disciplines –demands that companies develop world-class project managers. Training and coaching are the keys to delivering on that demand.”
