Island Hotels Group Holdings plc invests in Management Development Training

This October Island Hotels Group Holdings plc has proudly certified forty of its Managers in 'Skills for Life' following an intensive 6 month course of training.  Following the success of the first programme the ‘Skills for Life’ training initiative has been launched for a second time with an intake of another 30 delegates. 

'Skills for Life' is both a personal and professional development programme which runs over a period of six months covering various essential soft skills necessary for effective people management. The programme was designed and delivered by Mr Patrick J Psaila, a registered psychologist and training consultant, to address specific issues in line with the Group's strong family values aiming to view people holistically as individuals and not just employees. The programme is delivered with a very practical and experiential approach so as to give the participants plenty of opportunities to bring personal and professional challenges into the sessions encouraging a healthy exchange of experiences and ideas amongst the delegates. The aim of the extended duration of the training was to achieve a drip-feed effect of continuous professional development throughout which time every delegate was given the assistance of a personal Mentor.  

Ms Christina Galea, the Group's Director of Human Resources says "The Company's vision is clearly for future growth which will lead to many opportunities for our people to develop in their careers and the investment being made in training and development is aimed at preparing our people for the exciting times ahead of us". During the Launch and Certification Ceremony held at Radisson Blu St Julian's, Mrs Beathe Jeanette Lunde, Senior Vice President, People Development and Franchise Operations from The Rezidor Group addressed the delegates and shared her own experience and appreciation of how programmes similar to 'Skills for Life' helped her in her own career progression over the years. Her advice to the delegates was to embrace such opportunities for self development and personal improvement. During her address she said “Island Hotels Group executives are fortunate to be within an organisation which is ready to continue to focus on its people to the extent of making such substantial investments in training throughout such a challenging economic situation".