Embedding a Coaching Culture

Background

REC is the trade body for the recruitment industry. Its reason for being is to promote good recruitment practices for the benefit of recruiters, employers, and job seekers. Its purpose is making great work happen. It is a membership organisation offering a range of services from legal advice, guidance in starting up a recruitment agency and workshops on best recruitment practices.

They have 75 employees. The then HR Manager was keen to build a coaching culture into the organisation and they had identified 5 high potentials who would benefit from having a mentor. The objective was to retain talent as well to deliver an engaged workforce with the capability of meeting the changing needs of the business. In addition, they wanted to incorporate the wider aspects of employability such as CV writing and LinkedIn.

Programme Outline

We adopted a blended learning approach using online tools, workshop delivery and skills practice. The population was divided into two cohorts, members of the senior leadership team, and all first line managers.

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