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The programme was a real eye opener – it changed my working world and now external networks have become a crucial part of my life…

During the course I came to understand some beliefs I had that were holding me back such as my own independence which meant I viewed asking for help as a sign of weakness.

Top Talent was unlike any leadership course I have previously undertaken, which was too focused on my management style rather than me as an individual and a leader. As such, Top Talent has not only helped my career; there is a personal dimension to the course that previous leadership course has simply not addressed.

I have applied the lessons – especially emotional intelligence – to my home life and found my relationships at home have been helped by the topics and ideas addresses at TT

I believe the benefits of attending this course has allowed me to improve my own skill set but also enabled me to grow. At the time of the course I was the Team Lead for ICT Support.

And now, since the course, I have developed my leadership skills to focus on not only managing the ICT Department, but also other areas within the Council. I firmly believe that without participating in this programme I would not have been able to gain the promotion to my current post

I was relatively new to leadership roles within my workplace and felt I could do with improving my leadership skills. I had attended internal training courses, which were a good foundation, but I felt that I needed a course which was more in depth.

I had heard of the programme through other colleagues who were graduates of previous Top Talent courses and spoke with others further about the course and what it would deliver for me as a leader.

Denbighshire County Council have undertaken the Socitm benchmarking exercise for a number of years. It has been invaluable to us as we are able to analyse our annual results and compare them year on year. This allows us to look for trends enabling us to see what we are doing well and to investigate any areas which may need addressing.

In addition to comparing our results internally, we are also able to compare ourselves against other UK local authorities. It is useful to see how we compare against other councils and it also offers us a networking opportunity.

Just wanted to drop you a line to say we got a lot of sign ups off the back of you guys promoting our webinar (63 to date).

It’s great to see the return on this.

Just a very brief note to say how much our team are enjoying working with you, and to thank you all for your sterling efforts in producing and distributing a fabulous joint communique. We rarely have the opportunity to work with such a professional cadre of people such as the like of you; it has been both refreshing and inspiring for us to experience. We are very grateful for your efforts to date.

The support Microsoft receives from Chantelle and the team at head office is really fantastic.

Not only are they incredibly proactive when responding to enquiries, but they also work really hard to ensure we are getting the most out of our investment in a partnership.