Corporate Responsibility Report 2008 - Mitie

1,000MITIE people have completedInstitute of Leadershipand Management coursessince 2006.Employee developmentTraining is important for everyone, atevery stage of their career. We offeran integrated career and personaldevelopment programme to allof our employees. In 2007/08, over21,000 MITIE people undertookone or more of our wide rangeof training courses.Furthermore, since the start of ourrelationship with the Institute ofLeadership and Management inApril 2006, almost 1,000 MITIE peoplehave completed ILM courses,including ILM Level 2 in TeamLeading, ILM Level 3 in First LineManagement and ILM Level 5in Management.We’ve also developed our inhouseNavigator men’s personaldevelopment programme andSpringboard women’s personaldevelopment programme whichwere launched in April 2007. Theseprogrammes have been specificallydeveloped for non-managerialpeople and give advice on a widerange of issues both in and out of theworkplace, from getting a promotionto building self-confidence. Comingout of the programme, candidatesmoved forward with their actionplans and were offered individualtrained mentors to support theirfuture development. In October2007 we opened the new MITIETraining Centre in Frimley Green.So far, 772 people have attended58 courses at the centre.The Skills PledgeOn 14 June 2007 MITIE became one of the first employers to makethe UK government’s Skills Pledge – a specific and voluntary promise,made by an employer to its employees, that every eligible memberof staff will be helped to gain basic literacy and numeracy skills anda full Level 2 qualification, equal to five GCSEs at A*– C. Speaking atthe launch last year Gordon Brown said: “In the future, skills will bethe only route to prosperity and jobs.” Our commitment to the SkillsPledge is a key part of our strategy: we will only deliver world-classservices if we have skilled and competent people who can seizeall the opportunities offered to them.Signing up to the Skills Pledge gives us the opportunity to demonstratepublicly the importance MITIE places on investing in the skills of ourpeople. MITIE’s commitment to developing a better skilled andqualified workforce benefits our business’ competitive advantage,as well as aiding the training, development and employabilityrequirements of our people.28 MITIE CR Report 2008