Development 1st uses a systematic approach to satisfying business and people development needs whilst maximising ROI. Whether your requirements focus on strategic or people issues, we can help you to improve your business performance.

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Strategic HR
Our focus and goal is to transform your HR function into a Strategic Business Partner. This involves the HR function aligning itself with business strategy by spending less time focusing on transactional tasks and more on shaping strategy and making a difference.


Consulting
The key to our successful consulting record lies in developing close working partnerships, focusing on business objectives, the application of quality processes, and continuous evaluation. Input, feedback and updates are in line with the latest research and geared to the practical application of new skills and processes. Click to read more



Developing

People development initiatives are tailor-made to support the implementation of your strategic plans. Development focuses on improving Business Acumen, Leadership Skills and the Management of Change at a strategic level and improvement of Customer Experience and Sales Techniques at an operational level. Click to read more



Coaching
Effective coaching allows individuals to greatly improve their performance. This, in turn, advances organisational performance culminating in greater profitability and improved shareholder value. Development 1st is dedicated to achieving results and releasing the full potential of the individual, team and organisation. Click to read more



The Coaching Academy

The Coaching Academy is our in-house Coach Development programme, first created in 1997 to facilitate skills and knowledge transfer and reinforce best practice whilst enabling the retention of intellectual capital. Click to read more


Rewarding
Every business is looking for innovative ways of motivating, recognising, rewarding, and retaining high performers. The Training Miles system rewards such individuals and team learning events. Training Miles is funded from the increase in profits resulting from improved performance. Because of this, there is no real cost to the business that invests in this programme, only a benefit. It is the ultimate win-win proposition. Click to read more