Best of Berkshire

We have designed and delivered award winning leadership programmes, having won a Gold and Bronze award at the 2014 Training Journal Awards for the Best Public Sector Leadership Programme for the ‘Accelerate’ Programme at the National Offender Management Service (NOMS).  This follows our Gold and Silver wins from 2013 for our work with the Health Foundation with Yorkshire and Humberside NHS Trust. Our Global Leadership Development Programme for RSA Group won the 2010 CIPD Award for Organisational Learning.

Prior to winning both Gold and Bronze in 2014 our  ‘Accelerate to’ programme had been shortlisted twice for national awards. The initiative, running since 2003, is aimed at developing BME and disabled senior managers across the National Offender Management Service.

The Learning and Development Programme designed for RSA Group won the 2010 CIPD Award for Organisational Learning. Judges were impressed by our highly innovative solution, robust metrics.

We were the winner of the ‘Supplier of the year’ award, as well as the award for ‘Best Collaboration on a project’ at the Home Office awards. These awards related directly to a performance improvement programme, which delivered a return on investment of some 5:1.

Over the years we have earned professional accreditation from key industry bodies, attesting to our commitment to quality. In addition, our consultants are individual members of organisations such as the Institute of Directors, the Association of Project Managers, the Organisational Development Network and the RSA.

BCL is a Premier Certified Practice that is recognised by the Institute of Consulting (IC) for the highest standards of professionalism and competence. The Practice agrees to abide by the IC’s Code of Practice and has a significant number of consultants who are Certified Management Consultants (CMC®). There are only 13 certified registered consultancy organisations currently in the UK and we are proudly one of those.

Many of our consultants are accredited individually as Full Members of the Association for Coaching (AC). BCL is also a Corporate Member of the AC. This demonstrates evidence of the training, skills and experience our consultants bring to their work with individuals and teams as Executive Coaches.

We have achieved this award since 1996 and consistently received excellent feedback from the Investors in People (IiP) external assessors on our culture, our development ethos/practice and our induction process. BCL was one of the first companies in the UK to be assessed against the enhanced standards for IiP at their launch in 2002.

We partner with carefully selected organisations when we can together offer increased value in meeting our client’s requirements. This approach often offers the best solution, enabling us to provide the range and depth of skills and expertise required, while maintaining overall management of the project. Examples include the use of actors, e-learning specialists, outplacement providers and 360º feedback tools.

Role Plays for Training –  has been operating successfully for over 20 years and has a wealth of experience in the field. They have a team of around 120 role players who have been auditioned to ensure the highest level of acting ability, feedback skills and professionalism.

Mind Garden – is an organisation that enables access to validated psychological assessments and instruments. They serve the international corporate, academic. and research communities by offering high-quality, proven instruments from prominent psychologists.

Premier Partnership – is one of the UK’s leading providers of learning design and delivery, employee relations support and health & safety consulting.

OPP – is part of CPP – the Myers-Briggs Company and one of Europe’s largest business psychology providers.

VoicePrint – shows the personal contribution that you make through the way you talk, think and act, but these potential strengths can also be limiters until you understand them and know when and how to use them.

ConsultancyONE HR Framework – This framework provides strategic, broad based advice  government wide across a range of disciplines and functions to support, guide and provides innovative solutions to public sector customers. Services have been categorised into 15 lots, Berkshire Consultancy is on Lot 3.2 – Functional Advice and support for Human Resource Management.

Health Trust Europe – is underpinned by world-leading expertise and best practice: aligned to support its members to achieve consistently superior quality, safety, services and best pricing that is needed to deliver enhanced patient care and financial sustainability.

Other frameworks include:

• Financial Services Compensation Scheme
• University of Bath
• House of Commons – Learning & Development Framework
• NHS Thames Valley & Wessex Leadership Academy
• SOAS University of London
• University of Cardiff