Challenging Times For Business

Challening Times

Changing environments affect everyone these days and there aren’t too many people or companies who haven’t been affected by the economic downturn. For some, the answer is easy they hit the problem head on and face the change positively. For others they are lost with no direction and not sure how to take the first step. The main focus for any individual or company in today’s economy is to remain “employable” and “marketable”. For this reason the focus must be on up-skilling – developing new and existing skills. Up-skilling is important for everyone, for those who are unemployed so that they may gain new skills to get back into the workforce, those who are in the workforce but fear that they could be next on the redundancy list and those companies who require more from their current staff in order to remain competitive and successful.

At CMD Training Institute we have the solutions. Our team of qualified and experienced professionals can assist you with your plans and goals. They will take each individual case and deal with it uniquely.

For the employee a successful track record is no longer enough to protect against the effects of the downturn. You must constantly strive towards improving on your current skills. Unemployment is one of the most stressful times in one’s life. The initial reaction is of shock and disbelief that this could actually happen to “me”. It becomes a source of grief and it takes time to adjust to this feeling and emotion. Why me? What did I do wrong? Why didn’t the company see this coming and protect me? How do I tell my family and friends? With positive focus on your future, determination and a little hard work you will become re-employable. All you need is a little help in the right direction. For all career planning help and guidance, CV essentials, interview preparation, CMD Training Institute is only one step away. You won’t look back but will you look forward with optimism.

Employers how much time an effort do you put into your talent management? Are you proactive in retaining your current talent? Do you know how? How much thought have you given to your current employees who could take on extra responsibility and be accountable for their actions so that you can grow and maintain a successful business in these economic times? Every employee is a valuable asset and investing in their development and up-skilling is an invaluable investment for any company no matter what size or turnover.” Skilled employees create successful organisations”. In our current times organisational change is inevitable. Change has a huge impact on employees and they must be encouraged to fully engage and adapt their behaviour and thinking for the future.

CMD Training Institute can guide you through your company’s change initiative so that you get it right. Relying on ad-hoc customer service won’t keep you ahead of the competition. Your service must be high quality, inside and out in order to keep your customers returning time and time again and promoting you. Long gone are the days where your employees only had to take orders because the customer approached them wanting to buy - nowadays they have to sell, sell, and sell. Do they know how? Are they equipped with the necessary and vital skills of converting that order into a sale?

At CMD Training Institute we understand the trials and tribulations of everyday tasks of running a company in today’s economy. Talk to our experts for a tailor made programme which is unique to your company, unique to your employees and unique to your future success. brenda.crowley@cmd.ie

The CMD Management Team

The CMD Group, owned by Mullinabreena native, Chris McDonagh, is made up of CMD Training Institute, CMD International Training Services and CMD Tender Assist. Having developed an excellent business model in Ireland and the UK the group are now concentrating on a number of European locations and are in the process of building strategic partnerships in these areas.

CMD Training Institute is one of Ireland’s leading training providers and employs up to forty trainers at peak times. Managed by its CEO, Brenda Crowley, the Institute delivers training solutions to corporate clients, state agencies, community groups and private individuals throughout Ireland.

Established since 1994, CMD moved to its new state-of-the-art training rooms in The Gateway Building, Northwest Business Park, Collooney, in April of this year. This 590m² modern building is finished to the highest standards, with state-of-the-art equipment. The facility includes a Resource Library, fully fitted IT suite and 4 large training rooms complete with interactive white boards and video conferencing facilities. It is serviced with a modern canteen and administrative offices. The new centre can cater for groups of up to 140 people for meetings, training events and conferences.

A variety of programmes are available each month and learners can receive qualifications up to level 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications. CMD Training Institute is Quality Assured by FETAC, ILM – Institute of Leadership and Management and City & Guilds. It is a FAS registered Training Organisation and approved Trainers for the Irish Institute of Training & Development.

Collooney was chosen by the CMD Group because it is ideally situated in Co. Sligo providing easy access to the national transport corridor - it is located along the major artery route to Dublin (N4), Galway/Mayo/Roscommon (N17) and Donegal (N15). It has free car parking capacity for 65 cars. Main line rail and commuter access is at the nearby Collooney station.

New Chief Executive Officer at CMD Training

CMD Training Institute is delighted to announce the appointment of Brenda Crowley as the new CEO of CMD Training. Brenda is the former Managing Director of Signature Coaching and a leading Trainer, Coach and Psychometric Profiling Practitioner. With over 17 years experience working in a variety of business sectors such as hospitality, service, software and health care she has a genuine personal interest in the development of people and organisations.

Her knowledge and expertise in the Training and Development field is second to none and her main focus for the role is in assisting organisations and individuals with their Training and Development requirements.

Brenda brings with her a positive coaching and leadership [managerial] style approach to the business as well as a determined focus on achieving a successful result. In announcing her appointment Chris Mc Donagh [founder and owner of the CMD group] said that he was looking forward to an exciting future for CMD Training under Brenda's management and that this was the first of four new senior appointments to the CMD group this year.