Recent Projects
Training Case Studies and HR Case Studies
From pay as you go HR for small businesses, to ongoing management skills training for large organisations, Calibre HR & Training offers a range of flexible and professional services.
Our HR case studies and training case studies highlight some of our recent work.
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Training Case Studies
Project Planning Training and Facilitation Case Study: Ardo UK
Project: Project planning training and facilitation for a major UK food producer.
Brief: Food producer Ardo UK had an opportunity to move into British peas for the frozen food market. To meet the complex demands of British retailers the product line would require a new supply chain and a range of cross-functional processes. To ensure the success of the diversification, the UK board decided it needed a more coherent project planning approach. The brief was to help the board agree a new project planning process and then facilitate them in writing a project plan.
Change Management Training & Facilication Case Study: Community Interest Company
Project: Helping two senior teams embrace organisational change.
Brief: Enterprising Opportunities, a community interest company, was facing many challenges as a result of growth. The organisation was going through significant change and two senior teams needed help to deal with it.
Induction Training Case Study: Cabot Financial
Project: Induction programme redesign.
Brief: With ambitious growth plans and following a period of high staff turnover, Kent-based Cabot Financial wanted a complete revamp of its 12-week induction training programme for account officers.
Bite-sized Training Case Study: Medway Council
Project: Design and delivery of espresso shots training.
Brief: To produce short training sessions to tackle
managers’ development needs based on new 360 degree feedback.
Equality Training Case Study: Leading Social Care Provider
Project: Designing and delivering a human rights and equality workshop for a leading London-based social care provider.
Brief: To create and deliver a practical, interactive and engaging workshop to help employees understand behaviours that uphold the principles of diversity and human rights.
Training Case Study: Skillsmart Retail Ltd
Project: Senior management development programme for the sector skills council for retail.
Brief: Following a rebranding and restructuring exercise, the Chief Operating Officer and heads of department team required a cost-effective programme to develop their core skills.
HR Case Studies
Closing a National Charity After Funding Cuts Case Study: UKPHA
Project: Bringing a national charity to a professional close while transferring some operations to a new organisation.
Brief: Government cuts meant the UK Public Health Association, an independent voluntary organisation promoting sustainable development and equality, was no longer tenable.
HR Restructuring Case Study: National Charity
Project: Supporting a national arts charity as it closed down a loss-making retirement home.
Brief: When annual losses of nearly £750,000 meant a nursing home was no longer viable, the charity owner needed help to formulate a diplomatic and sensitive closure plan. It also wanted to ensure it treated the nursing home’s 50 employees well and that they stayed motivated to deliver a good service during the final months.
HR Competency Framework Case Study: Southeast-based Manufacturer
Project: Developing an integrated competency framework.
Brief: A major manufacturer in the southeast had invested heavily in a new plant. However, the existing skills base offered limited flexibility which meant many hours’ downtime when things went wrong. To make the most of the investment the HR director wanted to develop a multi-skilled workforce. The company also wanted a more flexible pay structure to reward employees who developed new skills. The first step was to make a comprehensive list of competencies in the manufacturing processes.
HR Case Study: Nationwide Jewellery Retailer
Project: Creating a post-restructure workshop to help managers deal with change and move forward.
Brief: To design and deliver a one-day workshop to re-engage managers and help them motivate their teams after a restructure and large redundancy programme. The workshop should help managers deal with and accept change to allow them to maximise productivity and operational efficiencies.
HR Case Study: London-based Housing Association
Project: Creating a new payroll processes manual.
Brief: Document all payroll processes and create a new
step-by-step manual to meet audit requirements, improve efficiencies and train new joiners.
