Improving Leadership and Management Skills

The Regional Analysis demonstrates that investing in leadership and management is the most effective strategy for improving skills utilisation and hence productivity. The region also has significant skills gaps in this area. Leadership and management will therefore remain a priority for the RSP and be the focus of co-ordinated action.

The RSP will:

• Fully implement the SW Leadership and Management Strategic Framework, led by RSP partners with the support of Leadership South West by September 2009.

• Strengthen the market for leadership and management development and promote the cycle of learn, apply and share articulated in the Leadership and Management Strategic Framework to ensure effective skills utilization across organisations.

• Ensure that European funds are targeted to expand and grow programmes and to fill gaps in existing provision.

• Work to achieve effective integration of activities across the range of partners supporting leadership and management programmes in the region.

• Review the leadership and management offer across the region to identify gaps in provision and develop a strategy and actions that will focus partners’ resources and delivery.

• Support the development of a sectoral approach building on the outcome of the Sector Analysis and the work of the Sector Operations Group.